Aaron Booker from Varvid speaks with Alex Huart who is a Microsoft Gold Partner and Small Business Specialist with offices in France, Switzerland, Belgium and Luxembourg (http://www.ordin-ere.com) . Alex is pretty fired up about Windows 7 and the opportunity he sees in the coming year for his business.
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Karl interviews Aaron Booker – turnabout is fair play!
Karl is having Aaron on his monthly radio show – SMB Conference Call. http://www.greatlittlebook.com
Karl asks Aaron probing questions and puts him on the spot… Karl has decided that Varvid is – VarVid-ian – Vlogger – Videographer to the Vars
Cindy Bates and Robert Deshaies – Microsoft Vice Presidents – at WPC
Cindy Bates and Robert Deshaies – Microsoft US Partner Group on VARvid.com
Cindy is the VP of US Partner Strategy, Marketing & Programs and
Robert is the VP of the US Partner Group. The two of them drive the
decisions that lead to opportunities for US Partners. They gave us an
exclusive interview speaking to the US Partner Program and how
Microsoft is really investing in the program this year. Specifically in
talking about the Small Business Specialist Program, they spoke about
how they are pleased with the numbers that the program has grown to,
but this upcoming year (remember – to Microsoft the "Year" is July 1st
to June 30th) the focus is on growing Partner’s business with Microsoft
rather than increasing the numbers of participants. This was really
clear to me when they proudly told us about the 52% of SBSers that are
Certified or Gold. If you work with Microsoft and want to be part of
this investment – you can learn more about the Small Business
Specialist program at: partner.microsoft.com/40021525 
Eric Ligman talks about the SBSC program in FY 2009
Eric Ligman is the Microsoft US Senior Manager for Small Business Community Engagement (and many other things). Eric spoke with Pat and listed his roles, but his impact on the partner community is far deeper and wider than that list makes clear – we closely follow his blog, and highly recommend keeping up with the Small Business Channel Community at: http://www.mssmallbiz.com
Also – Eric does amazing webcasts on Licensing – I know that many of you reading this have already seen Eric speak on Licensing but if you haven’t, watch one through the 5W50 series! http://www.mssmallbiz.com/sbstraining/
Like most things SBS, I originally learned about Eric and the many resources he’s responsible for via the SBS Diva – http://www.sbsdiva.com
Harry Brelsford at WPC
Harry spoke to us about a new curriculum that SMB Nation has developed
for school districts (180 day curriculum for the classroom) so that
schools can teach high school students and/or adult learners about SBS
and how to get certified in SBS. He is working with the Houston School
District right now and is excited about the opportunity to work in education again.
Mark Crall on the SBSC Community
Mark Crall from Charlotte Tech Care Team on varvid.com
Mark spoke to us as WPC wrapped up about Community. Mark heads up the Charlotte Tech Care Team (a SBSC and Certified Partner) as well as acting as one of the eighteen worldwide Microsoft PAL’s (Partner Area Leader) – acting as a liason between Microsoft and their SBSC Partners. You can learn more about Mark and what’s going on with the PAL’s at Mark’s Blog: http://sbsc.techcareteam.com/
