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Cesar D’Onofrio founded CommonSense in 2006. Charlie is the VP of Marketing at CommonSense and holds down the Austin office. CommonSense does IT consulting and email marketing for many companies in the Austin and San Antonio area. They are starting to get more into iPhone product development and iPhone consulting. They are using the consulting to drive the direction of the product development. This seems to be a common theme for startups right now perhaps because of the lack of seed and early stage money.

Matt Genovese is a great community builder here in Austin. He runs Door64, a social networking site for engineers. Matt connects unemployed engineers with the recruiters that need their talents through the site and through the happy hours that Door64 hosts from time to time. In fact, there is one Thursday 5:30pm - 9pm at 360 Condominiums. Matt is a cool guy that really cares about our community. You should try to meet him if you have not already.

David Nguyen is starting a cool green company called Natures Wash. He has a bag of nuts that will make your clothes washing a delight. He is a good communicator and has a very interesting offering. I like the green space. There seems to be money for this kind of thing if you can find the right kind of socially interested investor. Hope you enjoy the interview and go purchase yourself some soap nuts.

Byron was at ProductCamp. This is him talking about his company conferencecalltraining.com. He started his consultancy a while back and has been growing it as technology has changed. Byron has some interesting stuff to say about conference calls. I should probably get his help in controlling my untamed usage of Skype.

Yesterday, I had the pleasure of hanging out at ProductCampAustin. It was a great opportunity to learn more about Product Management and get to meet other folks who love strategy. I met a number of other entrepreneurial Austinites there. I purchased a 3GS last week and I love it. All of these interviews were taken on it. It is not the HD quality I was getting before, but it is much more convenient. Hope you enjoy this first interview with Sherry.

Sherry Lowry is a local serial entrepreneur. She has started 7 different businesses in 7 different industries. For the last fourteen years, she has been transfering those experiences to others through coaching and training. She is also currently working on Bridging Futures. Bridging futures is a business built around helping companies with e-commerce and social networking. She is a sharp and wise member of our community. She volunteers and advises in many areas of the Austin Startup and Social Media scene.