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You are here: Home / Music industry & related / Album sales through 2011… Are CDs failing us?
SoundScan data is telling us that music sales are on the rise. But it is interesting to analyse the figures by format.
You have to be careful when reading these sorts of statistics. Initially, you'd think that digital sales are outstripped absolutely every other format..
Looking at album sales, digital posted a whopping 19.5% increase to 103.1 million units from 86.3 million units. In the physical formats, CD sales decreased 5.7% to 223.5 million units from the 236.9 million units tallied in 2010.
What this doesn't tell you is what is actually the case. This is based on total sales. In actual fact, sales of music in the "album configuration" – that is, albums as we know them – are on the rise in physical formats. People don't want digital downloads of entire albums. They want to choose the tracks that they like, and pay for them that way. More than two-thirds of the time, physical format WINS.
And, for all you vinyl lovers, guess what? Your purchases are being noticed. Sales of vinyl in 2011 were up 2.8 million units on vinyl sales in 2010.
The media loves to tell us that digital only is the way to go; but as I have always argued, consumer activity tells us a different story. The push towards digital is great in many ways; but what it actually does is reduce the outlay and product provision logistics for major companies, therefore saving them a whole lot of money. Be careful how you read what the media tells you.
People still want physical copies, and CDs aren't failing us. The proof is in the consumer's pudding.


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OK then - the people have spoken. There's been a lot of discussion in the offseason about medium-term and long-term issues that are currently swirling around the UNH Hockey program, but there is the simple issue of the upcoming 2016/2017 season to get on with. And after what was Coach Umile's worst-ever season over his quarter century at the helm of his alma mater's (former?) flagship program, the stage has been set for the final act of his long-running play way, way off Broadway. Two years are what's left on his (former?) lifetime contract, and the successor-in-waiting is not even at the midway point of his holding pattern. Recruiting has slowed to a crawl, and the Wildcat faithful are searching desperately for a glimmer of hope that the good times of old are on their way back to Durham.
Much has been written and debated about Coach Umile's exit strategy, and "The ____ to 600" will be at the forefront of his team's rebound from last year's debacle. The leadership role - something they handled naively and ultimately poorly last season - looks to be in excellent hands this time around. Two healthy goalies in competition for playing time bodes well, and although Tirone might not like playing less than he's been accustomed to over the last season-and-a-half ... the burden of backstopping the team in every game might allow him to play more consistently and progress back to his late 2015 form, after what he'd have to consider a "sophomore slump" season last year.
The defense should be slightly better than last season's crew, as the returning players will have that extra year of experience, and Maller looks to be healthy, which is a solid if unspectacular *addition*. Wyse looks to have some potential, but we're going to have to give him time to adjust, as a second pairing assignment is a pretty big ask in this league, and certainly in this program. But with addition by subtraction of two players who got sizeable ice time last season, this year's crew HAS to be better. If not ... watch out.
Up front, I know there's a lot of excitement about some of the guys and their potential, and hopefully it's for good reason. There doesn't appear to be a whole lot of talent in the pipeline behind them (at least not at this point), so this group could be a "make or break" group that either generates the new excitement that so many of us are waiting to see ... or if they underperform and underachieve, then there will be ramifications that some (myself very much at the fore) have discussed ad nauseum.
Or, just after the Columbus Day weekend holiday? Speaking of which, there is still time to get into the nine-goal over/under contest for the UNH-Bentley match up this weekend. IIRC correctly, Chuck took the over, by predicting that UNH would win 7-3, and Wildcat DC and I took the under, not making a prediction for the goal distribution. I think that the game will come down to whether TyK can generate more offense than French.
Waltham. Their off-campus arena is in Watertown. At least until they finish up construction of the new on-campus arena.
I think that the game will come down to whether TyK can generate more offense than French.
The forward match up that would have been fun to watch was three years ago when Kevin Goumas and Brett Gensler were seniors on the two teams.
Snively - I think if we win, Chuck has to type the full name of our AD for week when referencing him. If he wins, I will use the "B" acronym for a week.
HR, we have a small crew coming. You going to Libby's?
Wow, they have two C's and three A's on their squad. I guess that's the other end of the spectrum.
Pretty sure drinking in boxer shorts isn't particularly uncommon at UVM.
That stated - wow - that's a pretty big deal. All joking aside.
The Catamounts went through a worse hockey hazing debacle a couple of decades ago, from which it took them years to recover. Those hippies just never learn.
Nobody will ever forget the, ahem, elephant in the room.
Wait? Foegele? the same Foegele who wasn't good enough to play on a top two line at UNH?
But Umile's preference for older players is just a myth am i right!? A few of the best forwards in UNH history bucked the trend late in the season, so it has to be a myth. Right?


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WordPress is used by bloggers, which isn't surprising being that it was originally a blogging platform. Although it has become much more than that, it still functions as a blogging tool for many. For those bloggers out there, I will now dissect SINGLE.PHP, the template that displays a single post.
The key differences between the post and page templates lie in the get_post_format() and twentythirteen_post_nav() hooks. PAGE navigation is primarily by means of the menu structure. POST navigation is included on the post page (Next, Previous, etc.), and is further defined in the comments.php (discussed next). The current post formats include the standard, aside, chat, gallery, and more, and are differentiated by the css styling that controls how each format is displayed.
The single.php template is pretty basic. But it does pull in the comments template, so let's take a look at what that part of the code does.
The default comments template is comments.php, though you can create your own, and pull it in using comments_template ($file), and defining $file as the template you want to use.
The code has comments to help guide you through what each piece is doing. The div "comments" are open for the comments area of the page, and the number of comments is displayed. The comments themselves are then displayed in an ordered list with the commenter's avatar and navigation (pagination) provided—if the parameters you set require it. Finally, the comments_form() is put to use. This will enable users to add their own comment to the page. The comments div is now complete, and we can return to the single.php template code to finish the page with the sidebar and footer elements.
Although single.php appears simple, and displays one single post, it pulls in a couple of other elements—like the comments template and the comments form. You can personalize the post display by styling elements through style.css. Elements, such as the sidebar, can be removed, and other elements can be added. Any changes made to the twentythirteen files should be saved as the same name, and placed in your childof2013 theme folder so they will be used in place of the 2013 theme files.
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The opening lines of the Royal Rangers Leader Manual define the program as "a mentoring ministry for future men, providing Christlike character formation and servant leadership development for boys and young men in a highly relational and fun environment. Our mission is to evangelize, equip, and empower the next generation of Christlike men and lifelong servant leaders. Royal Rangers enables pastors and men to influence more boys and young men than ever, more effectively than ever!"
Royal Rangers is an activity-based, small-group church ministry for boys and young men in grades K-12. We provide a diverse program of fun activities, specifically designed to meet the unique needs and interests of boys. Boys participate in weekly small group meetings and activities under the leadership of adult men and women who are specifically trained to deliver the adventure that is Royal Rangers.
Each age group follows a program of activities and advancement unique to that group. The advancement system provides recognition to boys for their growth and accomplishments while developing valuable skills and the confidence to succeed.
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The Royal Rangers program seeks to develop the total boy according to the pattern laid out by Jesus Christ in the Holy Bible. The ideals of Royal Rangers are exemplified in our pledge, code, motto, and the points of the Royal Rangers emblem.
ROYAL RANGERS PLEDGE
With God's help, I will do my best to serve God, my church, and my fellowman; to live by the Ranger Code; to make the Golden Rule my daily rule.
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A Royal Ranger is Alert, Clean, Honest, Courageous, Loyal, Courteous, Obedient, and Spiritual.
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Meaning of motto: Ready for anything. Ready to work, play, serve, worship, live, and obey God's word.
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The four GOLD points represent the four ways a boy grows – Mentally, Physically, Spiritually, Socially
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Swedish Artist Mikael Takacs reveals his fascinating technique for expressing the human form through his own variation of an ancient Turkish printing technique.
If you are at all familiar with some of the articles that I have written covering visual artists, you might have seen me mention that one of the things that will instantly draw me into an artist's work is if I can't decipher the technique in which it was made. And this is exactly what sparked my interest with Swedish artist Mikael Takacs.
I was first introduced to Takacs' work last year through an exhibition at Gallerie Wolfsen in Aalborg, located in the far northern reaches of Denmark. I often follow their exhibitions and their stable of artists, because the share a curatorial style that I appreciate. With Takacs' work, it was love at first sight, because – and this is a rare thing in this day and age – I had never seen anything like it.
His work is something that you can admire purely for aesthetic appeal alone. It is completely style and technique over substance, and I find that to be wonderful. With so much of the art industry driven by conceptualism, abstractness and obscurity, it's refreshing to be taken in by work that is just aesthetically beautiful. The complexity lies in how it was made, not by what it means.
There is no doubt that Takacs' knows his craft. Not only in his technique – which I later learned was his own personal approach to an 16th century Turkish printing technique called Ebru – but his choice of color palate. It's clear he knows how the colors that he chooses will play with each other in liquid form.
A rare thing happened when I dived a little bit deeper in Takacs' and his work, and got a chance to ask him some questions about his style and process. I was not only exposed to style of painting that I had never seen before, I was introduced to a technique of working with paint which had complete avoided my radar.
Let me just start off by saying that the thing that intrigues me the most about your work is that when I first saw it, I couldn't decipher how you did it. So, take me through how you create one of your paintings?
I use pipettes to distribute acrylic paint across the canvas to create my subjects, which I then distort by dragging the paint around using various tools, like sticks and combs. By doing the marbling directly on a canvas, instead of transferring it from the surface of water gives me much more control, and makes portraiture possible.
You work is based on this technique called Ebru now more commonly called 'marbling.' For those who are reading this that might not know, can you tell me what "marbling" is? And how did you first come in contact with the technique?
Looking back, I think I first came in contact with paper marbling in elementary school. Paper marbling is a little bit different from what I do, but it's the classic way to marble. You drop paint onto the surface of the water, drag it around with tools similar to the ones I use, and then you dip a piece of paper or fabric in the water, to transfer the pattern onto it. This technique has been around for several hundred years.
You work with a lot portrait and figure, and from what seems to be the same model. Is this muse a real woman, a creative fabrication, or simply me projecting?
I thought I distorted my portraits so much that it would be hard to tell that many of them are the same models, but you have a sharp eye! You are right; I have a few recurring models.
Tell me about your selection of color palette for your work.
I tend to use all the colors of the rainbow, steering far away from any realism when it comes to skin tones. I enjoy playing around with all the different colors, instead of having all my paintings ranging from beige to brown.
Can you tell me how you keep the acrylic in liquid form on the canvas long enough to use your tools to create the uniformed patterns in the paint?
I add some retarder to the paint, which makes it dry a lot slower.
How long does it take you to complete a piece?
It varies a lot depending on the size of the piece. After I start pouring the paint, I have to get it done before the paint dries, so I have to prepare the mixed paints and a finished sketch, so I know there will be a minimum of interruptions after I start the process of pouring and marbling.
Are there any other techniques that you are exploring for the evolution of your work?
Not really other techniques, but I try to evolve within the marbling. Right now I am experimenting with cutting out shapes in wood, which I then marble.
Mikael Takacs is represented by Galerie Wolfsen in Aalborg, Denmark. He is quite active in exhibiting his work throughout Scandinavia, but his work can be enjoyed internationally through the old interwebs.


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Richard Magid
CO-FOUNDER & GENERAL PARTNER
Richard's early career in international trade finance and corporate banking provided him with the experience and instincts for managing risk. In the early 1980s, he successfully managed the risk on a loan portfolio in excess of $3 billion for Societe Generale. Richard's financial skills are compounded by his tenure as a commodities trader, managing his own accounts in trading options and futures on the New York Board of Trade (formerly the Coffee, Sugar, Cocoa Exchange). Along the way, Richard built and sold a wholesale/retail food business and was integral in securing funding for the start-up of a staffing company. His passion for working with business owners who want to grow, succeed and profit by improving their leadership skills has led him to a lifetime of diverse experiences.
Richard is recognized as an expert in leadership coaching and management training, founding Soundboard Consulting Group in 2000 to support business leaders and executives to build more productive and profitable companies through the ideals of collaborative leadership. His philosophies on leadership are described in his book, Small Shifts Towards Collaborative Freedom, published in 2011. Through Soundboard Consulting, Richard has coached hundreds of entrepreneurs and their managers across a broad range of industries.
In 2012, as Partner and co-Founder of the Soundboard Angel Fund, Richard extended his reach into the start-up world. In addition to his personal angel fund investments, the Fund has invested in over 20 companies across a broad range of industries.
Richard's other interests include collecting modern and contemporary art, travel and hosting, on weekends, at his daughter's restaurant in Montclair, NJ.
Richard earned a Bachelor's degree in Accounting and a Masters in International Finance from New York University. He is trained in advance facilitation, conflict resolution and executive coaching.
Jonathan Hakakian
CO-FOUNDER & MANAGING DIRECTOR
Jonathan is Managing Director of SoundBoard Venture Fund, formerly SoundBoard Angel Fund which he co-founded in 2012 in order to build a community of experienced entrepreneurs to formally invest in early-stage companies outside the major city centers.
The Fund was born from Jonathan's involvement in the Mid-Atlantic startup scene (Washington DC to NYC), along with his experience in coaching entrepreneurs and consulting into their organizations. From his extensive knowledge of the entrepreneurial journey and general business strategy, he has been able to work with entrepreneurs to structure atypical agreements and provide innovators with a valuable network of investors.
In early 2010, after working in the construction industry as a project manager, Jonathan joined SoundBoard Consulting Group LLC. His entrepreneurial passions started earlier though, having grown up in a retail, family business and playing a role in the growth and success of the company. In 2006, Jonathan partnered in founding a marketplace startup which evolved into a tech consultancy.
Jonathan graduated from the George Washington University, with a degree in Business Administration concentrating in Finance. He is certified in Essential Facilitation. He has also participated on the review committee for a number of business plan competitions at local universities. Most recently he graduated from the Kauffman Fellows Program (Class 19) where he focused his studies on being an innovative venture investor.
Locally, Jonathan is an Entrepreneur in Residence (EIR) at Stevens Institute of Technology Venture Center and an advisory board member for Miracle Corners of the World (a non-profit focused on empowering current and future leaders to better their local communities). In 2018 he received the NJBIZ "40 Under 40" award (in the Entrepreneur category).
Veronica Fey
Operations and Analysis
Veronica joined SoundBoard Venture Fund in Summer 2021 to facilitate fund operations and provide analysis through due diligence. Veronica is a proud non-traditionalist with a broad role at SBVF to match as she assists with all aspects of SBVF. Veronica brings with her a decade of experience supporting the C-Suite as they've aspired to startup, realign and grow.
Veronica began her career as a plaintiff's paralegal tasked with a high-volume collection litigation portfolio and navigated through elder, corporate, and real estate law. Real estate led her to pursue a career in mortgage banking, working her way from originator to assistant branch manager. In 2010, Veronica was presented with the opportunity to get in on the ground floor and grow another business. Confidence in working autonomously or collaboratively and her ability to remain unwavering under pressure made her a commodity to the C-Suite, expanding her experience into the world of finance.
To satiate her thirst for knowledge and attain a personal goal, Veronica is attending Capella University pursuing a BSIT with concentration in data analytics.
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After almost 20 years as a highly respected Securities Analyst for leading investment banks, and 6 years at AT&T, Steve embarked on his next professional path in late 2005; sharing his accumulated knowledge of business in general, the telecommunications industry specifically, and his understanding of the relationship between corporations and Wall Street, as an independent director of corporate boards.
Steve currently serves on the board of directors of two publicly held technology companies, PCTEL (PCTI-NASDAQ) and Allot Communications (ALLT-NASDAQ). He is the chairman of PCTEL's board and sits on the firm's Audit and Nomination and Governance committees. In addition, Steve serves as director on the board of privately held Edison Properties, a leading real estate owner and operator focused on the New York and New Jersey areas.
Prior to retiring from Wall Street in September 2005, Steve served as a Managing Director and Global Head of Communications Technology Research at Lehman Brothers. Before joining Lehman Brothers in 1998 he was a Director of Telecommunications Research at Salomon Brothers, a Managing Director and Head of the Communications Research Team at Oppenheimer & Co. and a senior communications analyst at Hambrecht & Quist. During his time working in the financial community, Steve was recognized as one of the top analysts in the industry by a variety of independent organizations and surveys. While he was an analyst, Steve was often quoted in communications trade journals, financial publications, and was regularly interviewed by CNBC, CNN, and other business television shows. Prior to coming to Wall Street Steve worked at AT&T for six years in its fast track Management Development Program where he held positions in marketing, sales, engineering and operations and developed his fundamental views of how telecommunications networks were developing and how large enterprises purchased communications services.
Steve received his M.B.A. and his B.S. in Materials Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 1980 and 1978 respectively. He currently resides in Mendham, New Jersey with his wife. Together they have three adult children. Steve is an avid golfer, a lifelong NY Yankees fan and an amazingly happy grandfather of three.
Steve Levy joined SoundBoard Angel Fund as an investor in 2014.
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GENERAL PARTNER & INVESTMENT COMMITTEE MEMBER
Scott has a deep background and experience in raising venture money, angel investing, managing numerous boards (as well as sitting on them), and advising a number of early stage companies.
He is currently serving as the Senior Vice President Corporate Solutions for Jones Lang LaSalle ("JLL") and sits on JLL's Bio Pharma Vertical Board of Directors. In 2009, he led JLL's Transformational Change process working group to develop a structured architecture and process to programmatically baseline each major real estate service line defining "World Class" performance and "Best Practices" for each sub function.
Scott is also the Chairman of the Board of UMS Group, a global Utilities Management Consulting firm headquartered in Parsippany NJ and the only outside board member of ChemSW a world leading software company focusing in chemical inventory control and environmental compliance tracking.
Scott has a significant entrepreneurial mindset, proficiency managing large, complex and critical real estate assets and facilities portfolios, and 30 years of engineering and operations expertise. Prior to joining JLL, he was the Global Corporate Services Vertical Leader for Utilities and Manufacturing Assets at CB Richard Ellis (CBRE). He transitioned to CBRE in 2006 during the acquisition of Trammel Crow Company. At Trammel Crow, he was an Alliance Director, specializing in large national and global portfolio outsourcing and management transformation. Scott was also the Startup Facilities Management Head of Service Delivery for the 7.5 million s.f. Pacific Gas and Electric portfolio.
Currently living on the West Coast and an avid traveler, Scott is actively representing the SoundBoard Venture Fund across the country. He graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy with a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics, received his Nuclear Engineer Certification, has been trained/certified in Lean Manufacturing and Reliability Centered Maintenance, and received a Senior Reactor Operators License from the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Scott has been working with Richard Magid (through SoundBoard Consulting) since 2001 and joined SoundBoard Angel Fund as an investor and member of the Board of Advisors at launch in 2012.
Phil Samuels
Philip Samuels is a dynamic entrepreneur building a multi-faceted career spanning 40 years of success in the worlds of commercial insurance, angel investing, and real-estate.
After graduating from the University of Miami's business school in 1977, Philip spent his early years in the insurance industry building his risk management acumen acquiring his Property & Casualty, Life, Health & Benefits, Series 7
and Series 63 licenses. Working for insurance giants such as Aetna and large construction-focused brokerages, Philip quickly gained a reputation as a trusted source for his clients and one of the most innovative minds in insurance.
In 1996 Philip founded Amerisc Corp which became a top-5 independently owned insurance brokerage in the tri-state region. Over a 15 year span, Amerisc Corp dominated real estate and construction portfolios becoming a regional-powerhouse. In 2011 with a thriving book of business Philip created an opportunity to exit to USI, a Goldman Saks enterprise (currently owned by KKR). He continues to manage the USI Long Island operations.
Following Amerisc's exit to USI, Philip became a founding member of SoundBoard Angel Fund (SBAF), an early-stage investment fund focused on providing capital to emerging markets. SBAF has deployed in excess of $15M in over 50 companies, diligencing thousands, with successful exits to the likes of Uber. Along with his involvement in SoundBoard, Philip continued to build upon his real-estate assets establishing a growing portfolio in New York City, Hoboken, Jersey City, and Long Island.
With his 2 sons, Jeffrey & Cory Samuels, Philip's entrepreneurial spirit thrives as the leader of Q56 Capital. Q56 Capital is the culmination of early-stage venture investing, real-estate, and consultative advisory work. Philip welcomes the opportunity to lend his experience and successful track record to the next generation of entrepreneurs.
Phil has been working with Richard Magid (through SoundBoard Consulting) since 2003 and joined SoundBoard Angel Fund as an investor and member of the Board of Advisors at launch in 2012.
Olu
Olu Fajemirokun-Beck
INVESTMENT COMMITTEE MEMBER
Ms. Beck is an inspirational and innovation-focused C-Suite Executive and Board Member with a proven track record for unlocking growth and sustainable profitability of consumer branded businesses by re-energizing brands, growing under-leveraged consumer segments and markets and engaging employees and leadership teams to share in business success. She has experience in the CPG industry working across multiple categories, functions and countries building a reputation for developing a future-forward vision and strategy, prioritizing resources, surmounting organizational barriers that undermine cross-functional collaboration, focusing on operational excellence and building a healthy winning culture. She is an active Angel investor and an industry speaker in forums ranging from the Organic Trade Association to the Network of Executive Women (NEW) and ACG Women of Leadership. In 2017 and 2018, she was awarded the title, Top 25 Most Influential Women CEO's of the Mid-Market in the USA.
Olu manages her eponymous strategy and management consulting business, The Beck Group NJ LLC, working with PE firms and key Angel Funds on pre/post acquisition due diligence to drive shareholder value. Most recently, she stepped in to drive growth as CEO of Wholesome Sweeteners Inc., the #1 Natural & Organic, Fair Trade sweetener brand in North America in the Natural Channel. She is a Limited Partner of SoundBoard Angel Fund, a NJ based Angel Fund, (www.soundboardangelfund.com) and a Limited Partner in the Entrepreneurs RoundTable Accelerator, the premier New York City accelerator (www.eranyc.com).
Olu's career experience is in Consumer Packaged Goods managing both large and small businesses. She held Senior Executive positions at two Fortune 50 companies, Mars Inc. & Johnson & Johnson, where she focused on turning around under-performing small divisions or functions in these large corporations and building stellar global brands. She has also led management teams in smaller companies, such as Wholesome Sweeteners Inc.
Olu, who is an Oxford University, England and University College London, England Alumna, has held Board seats for a number of for-profit and not-for-profit organizations, such as CH Briggs and Wholesome Sweeteners Inc. and Big Brothers, Big Sisters Northern New Jersey respectively. She is a member of the National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD).
Jon Brandt
Jon S. Brandt, is a hard driven, overachieving entrepreneur, who has successfully built and sold multiple businesses. Jon's most successful venture was National Healthcareer Association (NHA), the largest allied healthcare certification organization in the country, which he successfully sold in 2009. With NHA, Jon was able to turn a vision of improved, quality patient care into a profitable venture in the allied healthcare sector.
Diving into entrepreneurship early in his career, Jon has experienced all levels of building a company and has turned numerous ideas into businesses creating new markets and market leadership status.
Jon's current undertaking, Momentus Ventures, was built to work with entrepreneurs who want to take their company to the next level. Momentus looks for businesses that share Jon's core belief and show the discipline to create a plan and follow it through with laser focus and consistency of execution. Jon brings his CEO experience and strategic marketing acumen to his portfolio companies.
Clark DeHaven
Partner Emeritus
Clark brings over 40 years of experience in advanced communication technology ranging from new business development to significant P&L business responsibility to strategic planning.
In addition, Clark is an Adjunct Lecture in Lehigh University's vSeries program where he co-teaches a course on the importance of Intellectual Property for entrepreneurs. He is also a mentor in Rutgers University's 2-semester CTEC graduate program on creating technology-driven startups. He also serves as a board advisor for the Mid-Atlantic Diamond Ventures in Philadelphia.
He began his career with Bell Labs and held numerous positions with AT&T, Lucent Technologies and Alcatel-Lucent SA. Most recently, he was responsible for facilitating overall Corporate Strategic Planning for a wholly owned subsidiary of Alcatel-Lucent. In addition, Clark was responsible for the development and marketing of 4G/LTE wireless solutions for the federal government. Prior to that, he was the general manager for a custom development organization which focused on applications of commercial telecommunication technology to solve some of the US Government's most pressing communication challenges. He also had several commercial assignments with Lucent Technologies including R&D Services Director as well as Program Manager for a long-distance network program.
Clark received his doctorate degree in Physics from University of Michigan and his undergraduate degree in Physics from Michigan State University. He also earned a Masters Certificate in Program Management from George Washington University.
Clark joined SoundBoard Angel Fund as an investor and active Screening Committee member in 2014.
Michael Hepp
Mike Hepp fits the mold of a serial entrepreneur, innovative investor, and dynamic business leader. Over the course of his 35+ year business journey, he built and sold a successful business that designed and installed wide-area computer networks for the public sector in NJ which included a computer training division to train displaced workers, invested in a diversified real estate portfolio, and amassed an investment portfolio that includes, asset-based financing, life settlements loans, litigation funding, music royalties, and cannabis funds.
As a leader, Mike is known to be an amazing listener, someone that asks well thought out probing questions, and an excellent collaborator. Better decisions are made when Mike is part of the discussion. His leadership skills have been applied both within and outside his professional journey. He was the Chairman of the Sussex County Chapter of the Red Cross, and has directed several large-scale disaster relief deployments; including major hurricanes and large apartment building fires. He is also active member of the Sussex County Medical Reserve Corp.
Mike was an original investor in the first SoundBoard Angel Fund (2012) and remains an active LP in SoundBoard Venture Fund. He is a member of the screening committee and recently joined the Investment Committee. As an engineer with an extensive background in technology-based companies, Mike brings a very pragmatic, analytical, and systematic approach to the fund's due diligence process.
Mike holds a degree in Computer Science from New Jersey Institute of Technology.
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