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Brennon Cardone

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President/CEO, Tidal Telecom

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Before Tidal Telecom, I was a leading executive in one of the nations largest ISPs building and managing the telecom infrastructure for dial and broadband technologies.

I have negotiated with all major telecommunications providers and built solutions for CRM, Billing ...

Before Tidal Telecom, I was a leading executive in one of the nations largest ISPs building and managing the telecom infrastructure for dial and broadband technologies.

I have negotiated with all major telecommunications providers and built solutions for CRM, Billing, Wholesale 800, and data applications.

I also have a strong finance background from my experience in running Telecommunications for more than 14 years. Strengths include SOX compliance, internal/external audit, cost and accrual accounting, taxes, and governmental regulation and compliance.

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WEB: Tidal Advertising

Jan. 18, 2011

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Corporate Structure and Subsidiaries for a Startup

The best choice depends on what interrelationships exist between the revenue streams/products. The more unrelated the revenue streams/products are in terms of customer base, production processes and workforce, the more sense it makes to have separate subsidiaries which can be evaluated on their distinct profit ... more

Startup Launch and Operation

Strategy & Execution

Jan. 5, 2011

Brennon Cardone and 7 other people answered this question

Why wouldn't I use Vonage as a business phone service?

Chris,
A hosted VOIP solution will offer you the quality as others have mentioned, but it also offers you scalability and other features Vonage and the like choose not to support. For example, with a hosted VOIP solution, you can often add software or other such ... more

Information Technology

Dec. 20, 2010

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Dec. 17, 2010

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Where did or could OCR (optical character recognition) software help your organization the most?

OCR software can be a valuable tool for invoice processing. For Telecommunications specifically, invoices are often complicated and filled with data that is much easier to analyze in excel or some other database software. OCR software can be used to scan invoices into data that ... more

Information Technology

Data Management

Dec. 14, 2010

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What kind of tools help you with making purchase decisions?

The best tool is always excel. You can build a complex model or a simple comparison. Because of the variations in pricing, contracts, commitments, etc. I have not seen a software tool designed that can handle the different measures you would use to evaluate your ... more

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Buying Decision

Decision Making Process

Dec. 14, 2010

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What email marketing has worked best for you?

Email Marketing

Dec. 14, 2010

Brennon Cardone and 2 other people answered this question

How much should you let vendors assist in your requirement gathering?

Always make sure you have a general understanding of the requirements you need for your company. Look at the proposal and suggestions from the vendor as an education in features you may or may not need. Odds are they have put many systems in, but ... more

Information Technology

Evaluation Process

Dec. 14, 2010

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How do you research a wholesale provider?

I have always found your best way to learn about a wholesale provider is meeting the people behind the company. Before you get to that stage, however, you have to find the companies you want to meet.
There are many ways to find new wholesale ... more

Dec. 13, 2010

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How can we get a deeper insight into our supply chain costs?

One of the questions you have to ask is what is your supply chain management process not doing for you. No supply chain management process is perfect and knowing what areas your supply chain management process is not working will lead you to hidden costs ... more

Cost Management

Expense Reports

Logistics Management

Dec. 13, 2010

Brennon Cardone and 3 other people answered this question

What can I do to speak my accountant's language?

Completely agree with Wray regarding trying to learn the fine details of accounting. As a small business owner, your most important goal is to find new business. The accounting is what you pay the CPA to do. With that said, however, you do have to ... more

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