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Wednesday Weekly Meeting - First of the Month Strategic Networking

December 2, 2009 from 8:30am to 10am – EOK Meeting Place

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How did you find EOK?

I met Leo one day at his Sequioa Hills building.

What do you do?

Online Data Mining Software, Twitter Data Mining, and Custom Development

Where can we find you on the web?

LocalChirps.com
Pro.LocalChirps.com
www.CarpData.com
www.DeepOgon.com
www.OgonPro.com

Who are you? Tell us a little about you...

Frank Podlaha is the owner of Carp Data Service, LLC, a local data mining software and consulting company.

Carp Data finds hidden money in businesses with our Business Intelligence software. Digging deep into data reveals savings, new opportunities, unknown inefficiencies, and unexpected secrets.

Carp Data serves East Tennessee by consulting directly with local companies in setting up their Data Mining projects. Custom Business Intelligence software, created by Frank Podlaha, is used as part of the consultations to help the clients improve their bottom line.

Frank is also very happy to contribute and be part of the EOK Board of Directors.

What role would you play in a startup?

Visionary, Designer, Business Lead

How can we contact you?

tel: 865-238-2560, x101
toll free: 800-405-6785
fax: 877-279-2493
fpodlaha [at] carpdata [dot] com

Linkedin Profile

http://www.LinkedIn.com/in/frankpodlaha

Twitter Url

http://twitter.com/CarpData

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data mining, business intelligence, data analysis, online reporting, saas, software as a service, consulting, custom development, websites, databases, data warehousing, social networking

Frank Podlaha's Blog

Uploaded Photo Cruise Pics

Pics from the EOK Autumn Photo-Cruise on Nov. 3, 2009: http://www.eokhq.com/photo/albums/autumn-photocruise-2009

Posted on November 6, 2009 at 12:30am —

Twitter-Publisher :: Easy Wordpress Plugin to Tweet Blog Posts

Twitter-Publisher is a Wordpress plugin to automagically publish a tweet whenever a new post is created on our blog. Pretty cool. To hook up Twitter-Publisher on your Wordpress blog, follow these steps.

1. Login as site-admin to your blog's dashboard
2. On the lefthand menu, choose Plugins
3. Then choose Add New that expands in the menu
4. In the search box, just enter Twitter-Publisher, it will be found as the first entry.
5. To the right, click on Install… Continue

Posted on October 12, 2009 at 12:22pm —

News: LocalChirps.com goes Global!

LocalChirps.com has gone global! You can now find local tweets for anywhere in the world. We’ve loaded over 9000+ world cities (population 50,000+). It’s fun to follow the conversation around the world: witness breaking news events, find American Expats, get in touch with the culture for your next big travel adventure.

Here are a few direct link examples:
- Fight for Freedom: http://localchirps.com/452435143,tehran,iran… Continue

Posted on September 1, 2009 at 4:30pm — 1 Comment

Improve your Social Networking Profile Pic

I was flipping through Popular Photography magazine the other day (amateur photography is one of my hobbies) and I came across software to improve portrait photographs. This software makes you prettier by smoothing out your skin, adjusting your eyes, making your lips fuller, and all the subtle changes defined in what makes a human face beautiful.

http://www.portraitprofessional.com

I downloaded the Trial Version and gave it spin… Continue

Posted on August 13, 2009 at 2:00pm — 1 Comment

What is Business Intelligence? The understandable answer.

Selling Business Intelligence software is like selling a heater to an Eskimo, when he thinks it's a refrigerator. (Yes, we know Eskimos are now called Inuits, but that's not the point.) Ask 100 Business Intelligence (BI) experts for an explanation and you will receive as many different answers. Think of Microsoft's "Surfin' CEO" TV commercial. Who understands that?

… Continue

Posted on August 3, 2009 at 3:00pm —

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Frank Podlaha added a discussion to the group Code Monkeys

SDCI Funding Available for Software Development. Applications are due Feb 26th

[I'm not familiar with this program, just passing along the info. fjp] SDCI Funding Available for Software Development. Applications are due Feb 26th The purpose of the Software Development for Cyber infrastructure (SDCI) program is to develop, ...

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Uploaded Photo Cruise Pics

Pics from the EOK Autumn Photo-Cruise on Nov. 3, 2009: http://www.eokhq.com/photo/albums/autumn-photocruise-2009

November 6

Frank Podlaha added a blog post

Uploaded Photo Cruise Pics

Pics from the EOK Autumn Photo-Cruise on Nov. 3, 2009: http://www.eokhq.com/photo/albums/autumn-photocruise-2009

November 6

Frank Podlaha joined Leonard Knight's group

Photographers

If you like taking pictures and meeting other entrepreneurs, this is the group for you. We will setup photo opportunities around Knoxville and talk about our ideas while looking for that perfect shot!

November 3

Frank Podlaha joined Leonard Knight's group

Bow Hunting Group

If you enjoy bow hunting and want to hang with other entrepreneurs on a few hunts, this is the group for you.

October 16

Frank Podlaha added a blog post

Twitter-Publisher :: Easy Wordpress Plugin to Tweet Blog Posts

Twitter-Publisher is a Wordpress plugin to automagically publish a tweet whenever a new post is created on our blog. Pretty cool. To hook up Twitter-Publisher on your Wordpress blog, follow these steps. 1. Login as site-admin to your blog's dashb...

October 12

Frank Podlaha added a discussion to the group Website Professionals

How long would you keep session variables around?

Looking for some opinions: I'm working on a web application using session variables. The sessions variables are stored in a db, so they can persist as long as I want them to. The variables store simple things as you might expect in a web applicat...

September 22

Frank Podlaha joined Laurel Bowen's group

Virtual Incubator

please join if you are interested in vetting business ideas from your fellow EOK members, helping with evaluations, and making recommendations

September 4

Frank Podlaha added a blog post

News: LocalChirps.com goes Global!

September 1

Frank Podlaha added a blog post

Improve your Social Networking Profile Pic

August 13

Frank Podlaha added a blog post

What is Business Intelligence? The understandable answer.

August 3

Frank Podlaha added a blog post

New fun Twitter tool: LocalChirps.com

We just launched a fun little tool that lets you see what local folks are currently saying on Twitter. No Twitter account is required, just enter a zip or city to see your neighbor's tweets. The site: http://localchirps.com Direct link for Kno...

July 21

Frank Podlaha joined Leonard Knight's group

Code Monkeys

Programmers; Software developers; Freelancers for Software; Not owners of software companies...real fingers-on-the-keyboard people

June 30

Frank Podlaha joined Leonard Knight's group

Consultant

Are you a consultant? Do you get paid to give advice? Do you have a wealth of knowledge or expertise in a certain area and get paid to share that information? Then this is the group for you!

June 30

Frank Podlaha is now a member of Entrepreneurs of Knoxville

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June 30

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At 8:03am on November 20, 2009, Heather Christopher said…: Frank - Thank you very much for the welcome. I'm excited to be part of this group and look forward to networking within. I will try to come up with something to blog about; I haven't really done much with that within my career. Thanks again for the comment. Have a great day!

At 12:36pm on October 16, 2009, Marc Lighter said…: Thanks for your message Frank. I look forward to seeing you there. Don't forget to call 523-0405 and let them know how many people will be in your party. Dress code is business casual. See you soon! -Marc

At 4:37pm on October 15, 2009, Marc Lighter said…: Hi Frank... I'm contacting fellow EOK members. I work at CyberCE here in Knoxville and we're hosting the Knoxville Business Alliance Luncheon on Wednesday October 21st. It's a great networking opportunity. If you're interested, lunch is $10 and will be at 12pm (noon) at the Club LeConte -- 2700 Plaza Tower --Call 865-523-0405 to RSVP (required). Do you think you'd be able to make it?

At 7:44am on September 3, 2009, renee holiday said…: Hey Frank, I wanted to touch base and invite you to learn more about the project we are collaborating with our fellow organizations across TN on, 48Hour Launch.

You definitely have a LOT to bring to the table. I would love to help you team up with other brilliant minds and heads. :-)

At 7:45pm on August 21, 2009, Leonard Knight said…: Great articles! You really understand the whole educate and inform request! Thanks for helping! Believe me, it pays big dividends! ~Leo

At 5:11pm on July 8, 2009, Lisa Spegman said…: Great meeting you today. Hope to talk more in depth at future gatherings!

At 11:07am on July 8, 2009, Patricia Bell said…: Welcome Frank! Take a look at our FAQ page and be sure to ask if you have any questions.

At 10:17pm on June 30, 2009, Leonard Knight said…: Welcome to EOK, Frank! Glad you're here! Look around; if you have any questions, feel free to ask me or any of the BOD. I hope to see you at one of the upcoming events. Leo

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