Mike Smith is the owner of Michael Smith Business Development (MSBD), Inc., a northern Virginia-based consultancy focused on assisting companies primarily in the technology sector with marketing, sales channel development, communications, funding acquisition and investment strategies. Presently, he is working with the Nielsen Company on a new media research launch. Prior to founding his own firm, Smith was Executive VP for Euro RSCG Advertising/PR and GM of its Washington office. He has 25 years of experience at companies like Dow Chemical Co., agencies including Edelman and Burson-Marsteller and associations such as the National Association of Manufacturers.

Blog Entries by Mike Smith

Warner Takes National Stage

Posted August 28, 2008 | 07:18 PM (EST)


Mark Warner: Senate Run a Prelude to Executive Branch

Mark Warner admitted to butterflies before giving his keynote address at the Democratic National Convention this week. His message of shared economic prosperity and creating true bi-partisanship in Washington resonated with centrist Democrats.

Former Virginia Governor Warner bowed-out of a nascent...

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Is Al Franken "Good Enough, Smart Enough?"

Posted August 27, 2008 | 07:03 PM (EST)


Al Franken and his wife Franny are running for US Senate in Minnesota against Norm Coleman. He flew to Denver to tell a few jokes, pick up some checks, and talk about US foreign policy and the War. Franken's greatest plea is to ensure a future Barack Obama presidency comes...

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Camelot Revisited

Posted August 26, 2008 | 01:12 PM (EST)


Teddy Kennedy's speech last night, Caroline's introduction recalling her father's presidency, and Michelle Obama's statement about equal opportunity and the American Ascendancy of the working class are so reminiscent of the Camelot era. Even Sasha asking the shirt-sleeved candidate "where are you today, daddy," reminded us of JFK and the...

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