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    1. Welcome to Enterprise Network | 2.19.2009 James Powers Chairman, President & CEO SURVIVING AND THRIVING IN ANY ECONOMY When Agility, Adaptation and Focus Really Count
    2. We stand in a time of challenge…
      • A Diverse Career:
      • Real Estate
      • Bottled Water
      • Restaurant Industry
      • Dental Practice Management
      • Web Conferencing Software
    3. I wanna be a cowboy!
    4. I wanna be President!
    5. I wanna be a football player!
    6. Nice game, son. Now grow up and get a real job!
    7. Do dentists really lack business skills? Not me! Go get an MBA and find out!
      • Got MBA, Series 7 and 63 Securities Licenses.
      • Made a lot of money… Fast!!
      • Lost a lot of money… Fast!!!
      Shopping Centers Subdivisions Apartments Homes $
      • Founded Clearidge
      • Nashville Tennessee-based Bottled
      • Water Company in 1990
      We even got Crystal Gayle as our spokesperson! Too bad that didn’t really help us sell more water…
    8. Me Lawyer Lawyer Lawyer Economist MBA / PhD MBA The Dream Team Crystal! Lawyer
    9. Clearidge Bottled Water
      • Commercial and residential five-gallon delivery business
      • Grew rapidly:
        • Bought 13 other companies
        • Largest Independent Bottler in Southeast
      • Successfully sold in 2000, despite critical financing error by former Perrier exec
      • Founded Lovett’s Buffet
      • “ All You Can Eat”
      • Focus group told all
      • Bought Barnhill’s Country Buffet
      • Grew to more than 50 stores
      • Over $100 million company with 2,700 employees
      • Sold to former Shoney’s execs in 2005
      • Liberty Dental
      • Founded in 1997 – Nashville, Tenn.
      • Merged Liberty Dental with Pentegra in late 1998 and became Chairman, President & CEO
      • High-end fee-for-service Dental Practice Mgmt
      • $75+ Million Revenues
      • 100+ Dental Practices in 31 states
      • 1,000+ Employees
      • Market Conditions – Early 2000:
      • Stock = currency used to buy dental practices
      • Business sector collapsed or imploded
      • We had:
        • Disgruntled dentists who could turn off cash flow
        • 1,000 employees, $1Million payroll every two weeks
        • Owed $15Million to bank for credit line
      • The Balancing Act
      • Give the Dentists Hope: Hold their stock while we drive to new business model (e-dentist.com)
      • Give Bank Little Hope (to get 50% discount): Dentists could turn off cash flow at anytime.
      • Give Shareholders Vision to Future: Raised $5.75 million to pay off bank.
      • The iLinc Story
      • EDT Learning acquired five companies
      • Changed name from EDT Learning to iLinc
      • Focused strictly on Web and Audio Conferencing
      • From 2003 to 2007 went from $2 - $15 million revenue
    10.  
    11. Loyal Customers – High Retention FINANCE/HEALTHCARE LEARNING TECHNOLOGY GOVERNMENT
    12. The Opportunity
      • “ By 2011, worldwide sales for web conferencing will reach $11.5 billion.”
      October 2007
    13. iLinc Product Use Growing Fast
    14. iLinc customers have saved over $75 million in travel and energy
    15. Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) Focus
      • Tough Competitors
        • Cisco WebEx, Microsoft Live Meeting, Citrix
        • Low-cost providers (freeware) popping up
      • Early 2008 > Moved focus to SaaS, briefly pushing down revenues and creating losses
      • Summer 2008 > Sold audio conferencing for cash
      • Currently > Growing Direct/Channel SaaS sales
    16. Market Conditions Have Changed!
      • iLinc has gone private or “Dark”
        • Now a non-reporting company
        • No quarterly audits, conference calls or filing Q’s
        • No IR efforts/expense
      • Reduces cost by $500,000/year
      • Allows more intense focus on growing SaaS revenues
      • Better positions iLinc for strategic options
    17. Technology Access Has Changed Marketing
      • Geography used to be important
      • Now, the Internet eliminates geography
      • So use these tools to communicate:
        • WordPress, Facebook, LinkedIn, Ning, Meetup, Twitter, Squidoo and Basecamp
        • iLinc, Skype and Google
      • You can make a difference in your organization…
      • or a difference in the world by leveraging technology
    18. My YouTube Debut
    19. My YouTube Debut http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DM2Ll-_hFgo
    20. 7 Guiding Principles:
      • Cash flow – You gotta love it like your mama!
      • If it’s not measured, it’s not managed.
      • Capital structure is make or break.
      • Trust your instincts.
      • Make a decision!
      • Give back – individually and corporately.
      • Integrity starts at the top.
    21. NEED VISUAL Questions / Comments? For info: www.iLinc.com
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