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Executive Conversations

- David Wood, “recovering actuary,” online businessman and life coach, provides his advice on creating a successful online business along with how it can positively change a person’s life. After all he should know, being the owner of 15 coaching Web sites, creator of a million-dollar online empire and a former actuary in New York for Fortune 100 companies.

- Kevin Weiss, president and CEO of Authors Solutions, Inc., looks forward to the changes coming to the industry of self-publishing. Weiss believes the industry, though controversial, is here to stay and will revolutionize writing and reading for the better. In fact, Weiss’ company thinks the new business card might just be the self-published book, which they say is giving employees, job hunters and business leaders an advantage over the competition.

- Dr. Lou Anna K. Simon is a perfect example of the benefits of promoting from within. She earned her doctorate from Michigan State University in 1974 and has taught and administered there ever since, assuming the presidency in 2005. She, along with other higher education officials in the state, has had to deal with decreased funding from the state, students facing their own financial crises, and an almost moral obligation to provide the best guidance possible to help Michigan...

- Ten minutes is not enough time to discuss the countless accomplishments that Joel D. Tauber has experienced in his life. But it is enough to get a sense of who this man is and how he came to be a leader in the manufacturing industry and an unwavering philantropist who has made a world of difference.

- Windquest Group recently helped launch “Momentum,” a venture firm that invests in Web-based technology start-up businesses. Young entrepreneurs accepted into the 12-week program receive start-up funding, advice and counsel, and mentorship from local business and technology experts.

- Greg Main, named to lead the Michigan Economic Development Corporation, has a daunting challenge before him. Still, he is invigorated by the countless opportunities that Michigan has at the ready. Main’s last post was leading i2E Inc., a technology commercialization business in Oklahoma City.