Gabe Zichermann, chair of GSummit, CEO of gamification.co and dopamine, inc, is the co-author of The Gamification Revolution: How Leaders Leverage Game Mechanics to Crush the Competition. He is today's guest on the podcast.

David Hughes is an assistant professor of entomology and biology at Penn State. Together with Marcel Salathé, a professor of biology at Penn State, they created and maintain PlantVillage, a website built to create a social network of people growing food plants.

Kreigh Knerr is the director of Knerr Learning Center in Wisconsin, a boutique educational consulting company that specializes in standardized testing.

Kevin Lawton, co-author of The Crowdfunding Revolution talks about Kickstarter, IndieGoGo best practices. Crowdfunding is revolutionizing the way projects are funded. The interview is by Lee Schneider.

With us today is Lotta Alsen, a start-up entrepreneur working in the emerging and merging space of digital media, entertainment and wellness. Her latest project is called Quickenings, an entertainment-driven wellness platform.

Andrew Wicklander is the owner of Chicago-based Ideal Project Group, developing apps and projects for start-ups and small businesses. One of the group's newest creations is a cloud based application called Tula Software. Tula allows yoga studios to manage their students, class attendances, schedules, and all other aspects of their business online from anywhere in the country.

In this edition of the TechSmart Podcast, Susan Curtis, social and marketing director for Scott Harvey Wines and president of All Social, discusses how Scott Harvey Wines uses social media channels to gain visibility in the food and wine world. Wine is personal, and keeping it that way online means creating a proxy experience, a virtual tasting room, that draws an audience ready to get closer to the wine and the winemaker. The interviews on the TechSmart Podcast are conducted by Lee Schneider.

We're focusing on entrepreneurs in this edition of Techsmart who left college to pursue their dreams. With us today is WIll Mitchell, director of marketing of Affluence.org and co-founder of StartupBros.com.

Jeff Haynes, editor at TechBargains.com, back from CES, discusses portable projectors, tablet/laptop hybrids and near field communication.

Digital storyteller Jesse Gift recommends cameras, lighting and techniques for producing videos that look great with a minimalist approach.