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View the full archive of The Businessmakers Radio Show PKF Texas: The Entrepreneur’s Playbook® - Learning and Ignorance As we age and younger workers enter the workforce, how gracefully will we leaders relinquish power to the less experienced? Do you know how to help others achieve their optimum performance? Greg Price has spot-on observations and valuable advice to offer on Leadership. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website John Hofmeister is Educating Citizens on Energy John Hofmeister, former president of Shell Oil Co., wants to be the voice for grassroots Americans in the future of affordable energy. Energy is a broad term, he says, and people need to know more about what’s at stake for our environment. Hofmeister has used his energy expertise to create a simple, basic plan for what we need to do to survive a future of potential disasters. Life would be better if we could get the politics out of it; his book, “Why We Hate the Oil Companies,” explai ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Flashback: Josh Wolfe of Lux Capital Russ flashes back to a 2008 interview with a man who has conducted and published cutting-edge immunopathology research, lectured at Harvard University and completed a $4 billion hotel merger. Wolfe is an expert in nanotechnology, one of the brightest guys EVER, and he’s not afraid to give an opinion. In this segment, Russ asks for his thoughts on the future of energy. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website School of Business 11/07/09 Russ and John present the show about the entrepreneurs, the people who take risks, build businesses and, well, these people are like the economy’s Marine Corps. Includes: the BusinessMakers Quote of the Week—political commentary from humorist P.J. O’Rourke; This Week in Business History includes such incredible inventions as the x-ray, the electric plug and Rolling Stone Magazine; Navigating Business Jargon—acronyms, technospeak and trendy new stuff; and Dumbest Moments in Business ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Business Survival Tip - Minimum Wage Regulations Did you know the Minimum Wage can be different in cities across the nation? Did you know there are exemptions for some of the requirements? Carl Kleimann has the 411 on Minimum Wage. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Surfing on the Google Wave Google is hot—and it’s EVERYWHERE! Katie and Esther dissect Google Wave. It might well be the Next Big Thing! Have you logged on to CompleteWaveGuide.com yet? Could we call it a document collaboration tool or is it just email? (“It’s tons and tons of rich media.”) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Shop.org: We Should All Learn From Each Other Esther interviews the executive director of Shop.org, a division of the National Retail Federation. Silverman gives us reason to be optimistic. While retail may not be immune from weakness in our cyclical economy, it is certainly resilient. It’s the little things that reduce or improve sales; Silverman gives tips on improving the customer experience, interpreting data, and building relationships with consumers. (“Online retail is the bright spot in today’s economy.”) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Baby Geniuses, Mallrats, and Guerilla Marketing Katie Laird and Esther Steinfeld dissect the week’s business news. Disney recalls its Baby Einstein brain-builder videos. Guerilla marketing franchiser AArrow Advertising gives sign spinning a boost. Microsoft goes retail. Favorite links for the week are LifeHacker.com, a rad site that gives life tips (hacks) for everything; and eCorner.Stanford.edu, Stanford University’s entrepreneurship corner. (“It has all these podcasts from the brightest minds in the business. I was enthralled.� ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PKF Texas: The Entrepreneur’s Playbook® - Knower vs. Learner Leaders As we listen to our politicians talk about change, we realize that what’s REALLY important is leadership. Are you a “learner” or a “knower”? Do you know the difference between the two? Greg Price tells us how to gauge leaders, good employees, vendors and advisors. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 100% Organic Tequila So you think you know tequila? Charlie Paulette wants you to know more. Russ visits with Charlie Paulette, CEO of Dulce Vida Spirits Inc., a start-up tequila company based in Austin, Texas. Dulce Vida is organic and handcrafted, made from agave plants in Mexico. This is not Paulette’s first rodeo; he founded and sold his first company in about a year! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Idea Triggers Russ flashes back to three BusinessMakers who share the events that prompted them to launch their companies. Genealogy buff Bennett Greenspan turned a hobby into a career when he founded FamilyTreeDNA.com. Brian Liu co-founded LegalZoom, an online legal document service, knowing he had a solid concept. Farouk Shami, founder of Farouk Systems Group, created a line of ammonia-free haircolor products, which not only solved his allergy problems, but created a healthier environment for hairdress ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website School of Business 10/31/09 Russ and John present the show about the people who take risks, build businesses and, well, are keeping the current government afloat. Includes: the BusinessMakers Quote of the Week—political commentary from humorist P.J. O’Rourke; This Week in Business History includes a panoply comprising Kinky Friedman, Liza Minelli, LBJ and the European Union; Navigating Business Jargon—acronyms, technospeak and trendy new stuff; and Dumbest Moments in Business History—Airline baggage fees may n ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Business Survival Tip - Overtime If you have employees who work overtime, you must know about the Fair Labor Standards Act. Carl Kleimann has the DO’s and DON’Ts on exempt and non-exempt employees. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website How to Market your Ghost Television shows that feature ghosts are everywhere. Paranormal activities are hot! Katie and Esther offer tips for marketing your ghost. (“Be sure you have a ‘Web’site!”) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Public Relations can be Social, Imagine That... Esther interviews the founder and CEO of PitchEngine, a social media platform that supports communication between public relations individuals, journalists and bloggers. And isn’t PR about communication anyway? Could this be a return to the way it always should have been? Esther poses the tough questions and Kintzler replies with no fear. (“Press releases suck!”) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Sometimes the Real World can be Scary Katie Laird and Esther Steinfeld dissect the week’s business news. Halloween is a nearly $5 billion retail business, down nearly $1 billion from last year. Not surprisingly, in today’s coupon-cutting society, online costume sales are up and the party animals are spending less. We have some shocking data on SEO, eCommerce and unemployment. Google is in the cat-bird seat. Favorite links for the week are Cachinko.com, a job board with a twist; and razume.com, an online community for job se ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PKF Texas: The Entrepreneur’s Playbook® - Reinvesting in Technology As we emerge from the recession, is your company in a good position to take advantage of new opportunities in the marketplace? Have you considered updating your technology? Greg Price tells how to get the best benefit from a technology overhaul. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Graduate School Boot Camp for Entrepreneurs Jeff Sandefer was 16 years old when he founded his first company—painting tanks in West Texas! After the sale of his third wildly successful business, Sandefer turned his thoughts to philanthropy, seeking a greater reward than money. Russ visits with this serial entrepreneur who founded and is a master teacher at Acton School of Business, an MBA program. He calls it the “Navy Seal/Green Beret School for Entrepreneurs.” The school is staffed by entrepreneurs who continue to run their o ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Links of the Week Our Flashback comes from The BusinessMakers Overtime Show. Katie Laird and Esther Steinfeld share two of their favorite websites. Laid Off And Looking, a group blog at WSJ.com, follows MBA movers and shakers from various industries through their job search and entrenchment into their new positions. PitchEngine.com, a social platform for PR industry insiders, is a quick way to get stories distributed via the Web. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website School of Business 10/24/09 Russ and John present the show that champions entrepreneurism and innovation for the dwindling private sector. If we don’t teach it, you don’t need it! Includes: the BusinessMakers Quote of the Week—non-partisan observation from newspaperman H.L. Mencken; This Week in Business History includes the likes of Macy’s, James Dean, Bill Gates and The Monkees; Navigating Business Jargon—acronyms, technospeak and trendy new stuff; and Dumbest Moments in Business History—California has s ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website