Mid-Atlantic Mini Moguls Emerge

I just launched a new podcast series called The Looney Executive Mid-Atlantic Emerging Growth Series.

It's a podcast interview series where I have discussions with emerging growth Mini-Moguls in the Mid-Atlantic region that spans from Baltimore, MD down to the Hampton Roads area of Virginia (Norfolk, Virginia Beach, Williamsburg, Portsmouth ... etc.)

Of course, I also interview financiers and representatives of organizations that provide assistance to these growth firms.

The focus of this limited-run series is to capture and present emerging growth Mini-Mogul inside stories, great successes, big blunders, Looney moments, lessons learned and much more.

For this short series, I'm especially focusing on emerging growth Mini-Moguls that operate in a technology-related sector.

Introducing An Emerging Mini-Mogul

This week I have the pleasure of introducing you to Russell Thomas.

Russell is the CEO of a tech firm called Communications Scientific, based in Glen Burnie Maryland. This Mini-Mogul leads a company that primarily does business in the government tech arena, especially communications kind of stuff.

The company is also moving into the information technology space with a new contract with a local state government.

In the interest of full disclosure, emerging Mini-Mogul Russell recently brought me in on a short-term contract to assist with some strategic issues in the expansion and growth of the firm. This was well after our interview had already been completed.

LISTEN TO THE INTERVIEW!

Childhood Mini-Mogul

This Mini-Mogul had a couple of key experiences in his childhood that paved the way for his move into the Mini-Mogul hood.

First, as an 8-year old and at the behest of his step-father, Russell peddled candy bars in Norfolk, VA. He went door-to-door to sell those delicious chocolate treats.

According to Mini-Mogul Russell, he learned to use his charms as an 8-year old to relieve those adult pockets of all that heavy change and re-direct it gracefully into his own pockets.

A few short years later, Mini-Mogul Russell also worked as an independent newspaper peddler in downtown. He and his teenage Mini-Mogul cohorts would buy the papers for a few cents and then resell them for a few more cents. His big treat would be to buy a pop (known as a soda to those not from the Mid-West!) and a hotdog.

A treat never tastes so good as when you really earn it!

Now his job is to build Communications Scientific into a fast-growth success story.

Maybe the stakes have changed a little, from candy bars and newspapers to hi-tech gear and components, but the treat of moving into the Mini-Mogul hood has never been sweeter!

I'm sure Mini-Mogul Russell would agree.

Want to learn more?

To get the inside scoop and learn more about his experiences as an entrepreneur, listen to my interview with emerging Mini-Mogul Russell Thomas.