It all started around the kitchen table, of course.  For the umpteenth time we got a call to help a friend with a computer home networking project, with an offer of a good dinner in return.  Don’t get us wrong, we love a good dinner, but we could spend every weekend coming to the aid of friends who call us.   After promising to come over later and hanging up the phone, the conversation went something like this: Rob:  I should just record myself and hand a copy of the recording to friends whenever they call. Nina:  This is valuable info you're sharing - we should do a DVD and sell it.   Who wants to plow through a book to figure this stuff out?   And then we went back to our breakfast and newspapers.  Before too long Nina was interviewing Rob every Sunday morning at the kitchen table and writing a script.   Of course the concept grew as we realized that we were the geeky do-it- yourself people who are ALWAYS getting called by lots of friends to help them with LOTS of things, not just computer home networks.  Stay tuned for more titles – check them out at Other Titles Under Development The Team: Robert Labatt Rob is currently CEO of ezboard, Inc. a profitable and growing consumer social collaboration network.  Ezboard delivers services to over 8 million active users who view nearly a billion web pages a month.  Prior to ezboard, Rob was Research Director for Gartner Group’s Business to Consumer practice and later, Web Services practice.  Before Gartner, he founded and managed a digital strategy and solutions services firm with clients including CIBC, Magna International and MunichRE.  Earlier he was a successful direct response marketer for IBM and AT&T.  Rob received his Bachelor’s Degree in Economics from Bishop’s University and his MBA from The University of Western Ontario and at one point in his life he was a world class triathlete. Nina Labatt Nina’s day job is as Chief Financial Officer for Labrador Ventures, an early stage venture capital firm in Silicon Valley.  There she is responsible for financial management and reporting, operations and human resources. She currently serves on the board of directors of Soligence Corporation.  Before joining Labrador Ventures, Nina spent six years at Goldman Sachs in New York city where she worked in various departments of the investment banking division, including Corporate Finance, Mergers and Acquisitions, Capital Markets, and Principal Investing.  She spent one additional year in Corporate Finance with Montgomery Securities before moving into operations management for Nice Ventures where she was CFO, PeoplePC where she was Director of Operations, and Saints Ventures where she was a Managing Director and CFO.  Nina received her Bachelor’s Degree in Economics and her Master’s Degree in International Policy Studies from Stanford University.  She received her MBA from Harvard Business School.    She has also written a mystery novel that she never had the time to try to get published. Production The original Expert in the House DVD was filmed by Dan Schmeltzer and his wonderful crew at Traveller Films.  Makeup was by Manjuri.  DVD editing and graphics by Jay Visit, currently a student at the USC film school.  Logo and graphics by Pavel Dudrenov. You guys rock!