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School of Business 11/21/09 Russ and John present the show about the make it happen entrepreneurs. Includes: the BusinessMakers Quote of the Week—personal observation by American author Sam Levenson; This Week in Business History includes such diverse topics as Alfred Nobel (as in Peace Prize), the banjo, Woody Woodpecker and the Rolling Stones; Navigating Business Jargon—acronyms, technospeak and trendy new stuff; and Dumbest Moments in Business History—France’s socialist government has retirement problems. ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website All-Stars Offer Advice BusinessMakers Legends wax nostalgic when asked for their advice—it’s about passion, keeping your cool and facing down the ultimate challenge. We have compiled a basketful of inspiration from the experts: Brian Liu, founder of LegalZoom; Carly Fiorina, former CEO of Compaq Computers; Nolan Bushnell, inventor of the original video game, Pong, and founder of Atari Inc.; Jeff Sandefer, founder and master teacher at the Acton School of Business; and Judith Cone, former vice president with T ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Worldwide Struggle with Energy Dr Michael Economides has published several books on energy and its surrounding political controversies. Energy is victim of its own success, he says. Energy abundance has determined which countries have money and which don’t—and there is an abundance of mis-information out there too. The VERY outspoken Dr. Economides will shock you with his over-the-top opinions. If you care about the future of our environment, our climate, our society, our, well, our ANYTHING, DO NOT miss this intervi ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PKF Texas: The Entrepreneur’s Playbook® - Sell Side Due Diligence Would you know how to prepare your company for a sale? Do you even know what all seller due diligence includes? Greg Price has food for thought that could help simplify your preparation. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website How do you measure safety? Other than security cameras in your delivery trucks, what else can you do to increase security in your company? Have you thought about your company culture and how you use technology? Katie and Esther offer several ideas in areas you may not have thought of. You want to increase security? LIVE it! Sometimes it’s the collective numbers that tell the story. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Business Survival Tip - Choosing the Right Benefit Plan Making changes to your medical benefits has become very tricky. But it’s so important that you offer your employees the right plan! Carl Kleimann offers critical tips to consider. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Pot tax, food fights and dirty tactics! Katie Laird and Esther Steinfeld dissect the week’s business news. The AMA wants us to change our view of marijuana. If California could tax pot revenue, there would BE no budget problems! Kraft wants Cadbury in the worst way—FOOD FIGHT! Verizon has stooped to dirty tactics. (“How can anyone be anti-customer service in today’s economy?!”) Cameras at traffic intersections are not such a win-win for consumers. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Keep an eye on it! Katie interviews Chris Portillo, senior marketing communications specialist for Safety Vision, a global mobile video technology company. Transit buses, police cars, FedEx trucks all have security or back-up cameras supplied by Safety Vision. It’s all about paying attention and staying in motion. (“In such a high-tech industry, if you lag, you’re lost!”) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website School of Business 11/14/09 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—more political commentary from humorist P.J. O’Rourke; This Week in Business History includes the William Tell Overture, Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address, Smith & Wesson, and Niagara Falls; Navigating Business Jargon—acronyms, technospeak and trendy new stuff; and Dumbest Moments ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Ken Dennard & Steve Gray, DRG&E Russ visits with two principals of Dennard Rupp Gray & Easterly LLC, the largest Investor Relations firm headquartered in the Southwest. Dennard and Gray believe that companies should ramp up their communication efforts when the economy gets iffy. DRG&'E represents 35 public companies and recently formed a strategic partnership with WJB Capital, an institutional broker-dealer. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Silicon Valley in a Box Shobeir Shobeiri calls PlugandPlayTechCenter.com “Silicon Valley in a Box.” It is a technology community that provides a data center, counseling and capital raising assistance to a client base that includes 238 technology start ups. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Houston Fast Tech 50 Russ is on the road at Houston’s Fast Tech 50. Competition sponsors offer behind-the-scenes comments; we’ll hear from principals with the Houston Technology Center, PKF Texas, Oracle and Pierpont Communications. And, finally, Russ interviews Michael Kearney, president & CEO of Deep Flex Inc., the 2009 winner of the Fast Tech 50. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PKF Texas: The Entrepreneur’s Playbook® - Required Minimum Distributions Changes in the retirement tax laws, coupled with our economic downturn, are making retirees uncomfortable. Greg Price offers tax-saving strategies for required minimum distributions. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website How Productive are You at Work? Katie Laird and Esther Steinfeld dissect the week’s business news. Layoffs and cutbacks are rampant and the unemployment rate just keeps rising. Productivity is up, though, so what does that say about future hiring? And who hates the iPhone? (“How could anyone hate the iPhone?!”) Fashion faux pas on the airlines—don’t wear sweats in first class. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Sudsy Nuts from the Himalayas Lisa Albright’s son had allergies, eczema and sensitive skin. She tried to find a laundry product with no chemicals or perfumes, something non-allergenic that would work with her high-efficiency washer and not destroy her non-inflated wallet. Katie interviews Lisa Albright, the head nut at LaundryTree, the company that discovered the soapnuts of the Himalayas. Sound too good to be true? You should hear this interview! (“It IS a pretty fantastic story.”) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Find Power in Newsletters! With all the social media tools available today, we tend to forget the old-fashion mail-out approach. But, targeted and powerful content can be a great attention-getter, so please don’t discount the power of a well written newsletter. Katie and Esther offer newsletter best practices and tips for better communication. Links of the Week include: PhotoJoJo.com, a website community for photogs and shutterbugs (PhotoJoJo also produces fab newsletters); and TrendWatching.com, the “independent ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Business Survival Tip - Tips for a Successful Open Enrollment Open enrollment is usually the only chance employees have to make changes to their benefits selection. Carl Kleimann provides tips for helping your employees make the right choices. 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 Conflict of Interests Katie Laird and Esther Steinfeld are broadcasting from The Coffee Groundz as they recap the week’s business news. Includes Carly Simon’s clash with Starbucks, Starbucks’ clash with Dunkin’ Donuts, and Fox News’ clash with the White House. Favorite links for the week are Laid Off And Looking, a group blog at WSJ.com; and PitchEngine.com, a PR social platform. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Be a Community Leader by Supporting Other Local Businesses. Katie and Esther visit with J.R. Cohen, manager of The Coffee Groundz, a snuggly place originally established as a tech-friendly coffee shop. Coffee Groundz offers much more than coffee—and the “tech friendly” concept has been expanded too. The company’s founders wanted to create a business friendly atmosphere, but have also attracted a unique community of active customers through Twitter. The shop has entertainment with local artists, activities and a friendly, supportive environme ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website What Makes a Good Entrepreneur in Your Community Kelsey Ruger, our social media guy, joins Katie and Esther at The Coffee Groundz for an inclusive and non-judgmental discussion of entrepreneurialism. Innovation and creativity that results in choice is good for consumers. Competition should be a healthy, friendly thing that encourages and rewards better work. There’s always room at the top! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Business Survival Tip - Exempt vs. Non-Exempt Employees Have you ever considered moving an hourly employee to a salaried position to avoid paying overtime? Carl Kleimann has the scoop on exempt and non-exempt employees. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website School of Business 10/17/2009 Russ and John present the show BY business guys FOR business guys. If we don’t teach it, you don’t need it! Includes: BusinessMakers Quote of the Week—sage advice from Sir Winston Churchill; This Week in Business History boasts such incredible intelligence as Thomas Edison, Chuck Berry and John DeLorean; Navigating Business Jargon—acronyms, technospeak and trendy new stuff; and Dumbest Moments in Business History—NBC’s new Jay Leno Show is causing problems at the network. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Not All CEOs are Jerks Russ flashes back to last spring and his interview with our very own Esther Steinfeld, co-host of The BusinessMakers Overtime, our mid-week podcast. In April 2009, Esther had grown weary of all the negative press surrounding corporate leaders and their bad financial decisions. Esther, who works for her dad, Jay Steinfeld, CEO of Blinds.com, launched NotAllCEOsAreJerks.com to defend the good name of the CEOs who were NOT in the press for giving themselves outrageous bonuses. Hats off to stan ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Public Relations and Karma Serial entrepreneur Peter Shankman says his ADHD is so bad it’s actually ADOS: Attention Deficit –Oooh, Shiny! Does entrepreneurism have a funny side? It does if you love what you do. Esther Steinfeld visits with the founder of The Geek Factory and the online PR newsletter HelpAReporterOut. In his book, “Can We Do That?! Outrageous PR Stunts that Work and Why Your Company Needs Them,” Shankman explains that creativity works best in an environment of happiness and positive energy. He ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PKF Texas: The Entrepreneur’s Playbook® - Executive Retreats What is your company’s plan for taking advantage of opportunities in 2010? You don’t know?! You should get away from the office and strategize. Greg Price tells how to take control of the future of your company. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Government Wants to Regulate Blogging. Katie Laird and Esther Steinfeld recap the week’s business news. Includes Conde Nast’s rough week (could this be a repeat of the General Motors drama?), and the FTC’s new rules for bloggers and chats. Favorite links for the week include FindYourNerve.com, FreelanceSwitch.com, and HelpAReporter.com. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Help a Reporter Out Serial entrepreneur Peter Shankman says his ADHD is so bad it’s actually ADOS (Attention Deficit –Oooh, Shiny!) Does entrepreneurism have a funny side? It does if you love what you do. Esther Steinfeld visits with the founder of The Geek Factory and the online PR newsletter HelpAReporterOut. In his book, “Can We Do That?! Outrageous PR Stunts that Work and Why Your Company Needs Them,” Shankman explains that creativity works best in an environment of happiness and positive energy. H ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Current and Future Technology plus Apps So, you think you’re a geek? Katie and Esther talk tech—what’s here and what’s coming, awesome stuff that will probably change your life. And, we’ve included another episode in the continuing saga of “Where’s my flying car?” Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Business Survival Tip - Outsourcing According to the Small Business Administration, it costs small business owners 50 percent more to comply with government regulations. Now Washington says it’s creating a “non-employer friendly environment. How can you level the playing field against your larger competitors? Carl Kleimann tells how. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website School of Business 10/10/2009 Russ and John present the show that flies with the eagles, the show that is emblematic of just what makes America great. Includes: BusinessMakers Quote of the Week—a pithy comment from Ken Jones of KJ Partners; This Week in Business History includes the likes of John Kenneth Galbraith, Henry Ford and Phil Spector; Navigating Business Jargon—acronyms, technospeak and trendy new stuff; and Dumbest Moments in Business History—Obama’s advisors strike out… or was it Chicago that screwe ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website ReTweet Coffee Groundz Interview Katie Laird visits with two entrepreneurs who launched a coffee shop with a twist. They created a friendly, tech-savvy environment that has, in turn, attracted a unique community of active customers through Twitter. Another story of success for entrepreneurs following their dream. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The SoloBrew Single Serving French Press Coffee Robert Vu loved coffee, good coffee, European coffee, coffee from a local coffee house. One day, his wife confronted him with a pie chart that showed his daily coffee expenses. Making his own coffee took too much time, so Vu, an engineer, created the first disposable, single serve gourmet French press coffee. This is a wonderful story of following your passion and making it happen. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PKF Texas: The Entrepreneur’s Playbook® - Client Satisfaction When was the last time you asked a client about your performance? How do you know if they are happy with your work? Greg Price offers tips to help you solicit feedback from your clients. (It’s not as easy as it sounds, but it could make or break the relationship!) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Best Global Brands Katie Laird and Kelsey Ruger recap the week’s business news. Includes BusinessWeek’s 100 Best Global Brands (“Do people in an economic downturn drink more Coke?”), the relationship between money and pain, Forrester’s look at online retailers. CEOs say the darndest things: eBay is not a retailer. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website eCommerce Done Right Esther Steinfeld offers tips and observations for launching an online presence. Her interview with Jay Steinfeld, CEO of Blinds.com, provides additional insight into Web 3.0 and other things you should know before you dabble in eCommerce. Steinfeld emphasizes the importance of your objective in offering a valid service or concept, and the importance of staying focused on your customer while working to constantly improve your service. (“A great-looking website is just a tool. It still requ ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Brands that Affect You Life Katie Laird and Kelsey Ruger discuss branding, including the efforts of Zappos, Mint.com, Lovemarks.com and Target. Esther dissects and reports on her recent visit to shoe retailer Zappos… ummm, no that’s her visit to Las Vegas. ("Business and booze TOTALLY mix!") Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Business Survival Tip - Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act The Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009 seeks to correct pay discrimination—but it’s retroactive to the employee’s hire date. Are you prepared for a claim like this? Carl Kleimann provides steps you need to know to protect yourself from an employee complaint. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website School of Business 10/03/2009 Russ and John present the “business shaken and stirred” show for the people who are working hard to grow their companies, the people who probably won’t get a Stimulus Package bailout. Includes: BusinessMakers Quote of the Week—an astute observation from comic Steven Wright; This Week in Business History includes traitors and inventors, train robberies and telephones, McDonald’s and Route 66 (where else you gonna get this stuff?!); Navigating Business Jargon—acronyms, technospeak ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Making Biofuel from Algae Russ conducts a repeat interview with Norman Whitton, a BusinessMakers entrepreneur first interviewed in March 2008. And what an update! In November 2007, Sunrise Ridge Algae began operations of a test production facility that uses algae to produce biofuel products. In September 2009, the company completed production and testing of a sample of algae-derived bio-crude, which it calls “bioleum.” Bioleum, now in the testing phase, appears to be suitable for refining in a complex petroleu ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Business Applications for your SmartPhone Gaurav Khandelwal grew up in India where his family owned a tea company. Once in the U.S., Khandelwal launched Chai Hut, a tea company he envisioned would compete with Starbucks. But, his true passion was technology and websites. Over time, his initial concept morphed into ChaiOne, a digital agency that develops custom corporate iPhone, Facebook and Web applications. The company provides strategy consulting (in this digital age not all clients correctly diagnose their needs), then builds an ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PKF Texas: The Entrepreneur’s Playbook® - Managing Risk Risk has been part of our lives since we were kids. As adults in the business world, the perception of Risk is a very different scenario and being pro-active in risk assessment is critical to success. Greg Price offers tips to better assess and manage risk in your business. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Overtime at the Houston Wine Conference Katie Laird and Esther Steinfeld recap the week’s business news and this week they do it with wine! Includes online wine, discount wine, Israeli wine, private label wine and Jones Soda. Katie introduces us to Stormhoek.com, the wine website of cartoonist Hugh MacLeod that encourages us to “Change the World or Go Home!” Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Understanding Israeli Wines with Richard Shaffer Esther interviews Richard Shaffer, founder of Israeli Wine Direct. Shaffer imports and promotes Israeli wines. Shaffer—an American who is a fan of Israel—explains the culture, history and the “sense of place” of Israeli wines. Shaffer remembers some of the hurdles of establishing a new business, the tenacity required to actually fulfill your dream, and he offers advice to new entrepreneurs. (“Make as many mistakes as fast as you can.”) Oh, and before starting a company, he advis ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Guest Speakers from the Houston Wine Conference Katie interviews wine industry insiders attending the Houston Wine Conference. Interviewees include wine writer Denman Moody, sommelier and wine expert Shawn Dougherty, Master Sommelier Guy Stout and author and star of Wine Library TV Gary Vaynerchuk. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Business Survival Tip - Understanding COBRA Are you up to date with the new COBRA provisions brought by the Stimulus Bill? Carl Kleimann provides new steps required of employers, actions that should be your highest priority. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website School of Business 09/26/2009 Russ and John present the show that champions entrepreneurship, innovation, and the capitalistic system that stimulates and motivates them. Includes: BusinessMakers Quote of the Week—ironic observation from Mark Twain; This Week in Business History includes luminaries like William Edward Boeing, Levi Strauss, Rod Stewart and The Beatles; Navigating Business Jargon—acronyms, technospeak and trendy new stuff; and Dumbest Moments in Business History—the Fed spends big bucks to rehab four ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Our Four Favorite Elevator Pitches from the Rice Alliance Russ and John dissect their favorite elevator pitches from the 7th Annual Rice Alliance Energy & Clean Technology Venture Forum. Our favorites include EGG-Energy, the Netflix of batteries; Enistic, Inc., a company that offers wireless water and energy management; General Vortex Energy has created a combustion engine that can use many forms of fuel to generate power; IceCycle LP has created a product that creates and stores power during non-peak periods for use during peak periods. ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Bill Schrom - Geotrace Technologies Inc. Bill Schrom, CEO of Geotrace, a reservoir services company, provides subsurface imaging tools to help clients optimize oil and gas exploration on existing wells. Schrom’s mathematicians, physicists, geologists and geophysicists develop new algorithms to help clients interpret their data more efficiently and to better resolve “structures” under the earth. Schrom believes that a love of the job—and coffee—helped him to be successful. He offers an insider’s view of the fossil fuels ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PKF Texas: The Entrepreneur’s Playbook® - Exploring Social Media Are you using social media? If you’ve not yet dipped your toes in the “social media” water, this is the time to do it. It probably won’t replace other forms of communication, but social media has become a powerful tool. Greg Price offers food for thought about a revolution that is changing our world. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Overtime Breakdown: Week of September 23, 2009 Katie Laird and Esther Steinfeld recap the week’s business news and this week they do it on a budget. Budget retailer Costco is being challenged by a group of employees. Business travelers are trying to cut costs in many ways. AIG’s CEO has been grounded. Sprint’s CEO has a confidence problem. Our Hero of the Week is the underpraised CFO. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Businessmakers Breakdown: September 23, 2009 Esther interviews Dan Bender, senior vice president of wealth manager Johnson, Bender & Co. Bender uses his estate planning expertise to explain aspects of retirement and investment planning, such as taking inventory of assets and considering new limits on the ROTH IRA. Katie interviews Karen Walrond, blogger and photographer extraordinaire at Chookooloonks.com. Walrond talks about the importance of knowing your strengths and weaknesses, and knowing when to hire expertise. (“I am REALLY a ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Special Features: Week of September 23, 2009 Many companies are doing business well in a contracting economy. Katie and Esther discuss retailers and websites that continue to compete by offering special deals and guarantees. These companies, some which may surprise you, may be making less per customer, but are making up for it in increased volume. (“McDonald’s stock has ground Starbucks into a fine powder.”) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Business Survival Tip - Performance Evaluation Tips You want to hire the best employees. But, once you do, how do you keep them performing at their peak levels? Carl Kleimann tells us how to use evaluation, communication, reinforcement and feedback to help your people be the best they can be. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website School of Business 09/19/2009 Russ and John present the real-world, crafty show about the entrepreneurs, the innovators who most positively affect our economy. And we do this show with an added dimension—where else you gonna get that?! Includes: BusinessMakers Quote of the Week—economical humor from visionary Steven Wright; This Week in Business History includes such big names as Benedict Arnold, the Supreme Court, Honda and media mogul Ted Turner; Navigating Business Jargon—acronyms, technospeak and trendy new st ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website BusinessMakers Legends on Notable Entrepreneurs Russ flashes back to earlier interviews with BusinessMakers legends when he revisits his interviews with Nolan Bushnell, inventor of the original video game, Pong; computer visionary Steve Wozniak, a former employee of Bushnell; Rod Canion, founder of Compaq Computers; and American business mogul Billy Joe “Red” McCombs. In this segment, Canion, Bushnell and “Woz” reminisce about lessons learned during the early days of computers. McCombs remembers his friend, author James Michener, ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Shawn Achor Shawn Achor teaches and conducts studies on positive psychology at Harvard, asking the question: why are so many students at one of the nation’s top universities happy while others are not? Research has proved that happiness and organizational success are closely linked. Achor and Russ discuss the findings of his research, and his ideas on happiness and human potential. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website HBJ Houston Fast 100 Russ visits with Lee Mediamolle, vice president of Whitney Bank, Presenting Sponsor of The Houston Fast 100; Anthony Grijalva Jr., vice president of G&A Partners; Catherine Gerard, general manager of Staples; Seth Hachmeister, business sales manager of Verizon Wireless; and Philip Morabito, founder and CEO of Pierpont Communications. Also Russ and Katie Laird interview winners in the Houston Business Journal’s Fast 100. Winners and interviewees include G.R. (Dick) Didow, president and CE ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PKF Texas: The Entrepreneur’s Playbook® - Looking for Outside Innovation Where do you look for innovative ideas? If you’re not staying on top of what’s trendy, you could get lost in the shuffle. Greg Price provides several sources for conferences, trends and ideas to keep your company competitive. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Business Survival Tip - Small Business HR Solutions Carl: Hello Business Owners this is Carl Kleimann with another Business Survival Tip from Odyssey One Source. According to the small business administration, small businesses accounted for more than 60 percent of U.S. job growth during the decade from 1995 to 2005. Entrepreneurial firms have proven to be extremely effective at finding new ways to do old things and are constantly creating a competitive advantage over their larger counterparts. Consider how startups like Amazon and Google ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Overtime Breakdown: Week of September 16, 2009 Esther: Welcome to the BusinessMakers Overtime show heard here and online at thebusinessmakers.com. I'm Esther Steinfeld. Katie: And I'm Katie Laird. Esther: And we are coming at you this week with all kinds of crazy stuff that is going on in the business world. We're gonna start off with our business week in review. We're gonna tell you a little bit about Amazon and what they're doing to right their wrongs. We're gonna tell you which movies and TV shows are the most pirated, and we' ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Businessmakers Breakdown: September 16, 2009 Esther: Welcome back to the BusinessMakers Overtime show heard here and online at thebusinessmakers.com. So now we're back with a little from our friend George Foreman. Oh George. So to most he's the two-time heavyweight champion of the world who knocked down the likes of boxing greats like Joe Frasier in that famous battle, The Sunshine Showdown, but in recent years George Foreman has been known for giving us something equally awesome. Katie: And delicious. Esther: The mean, lean fat ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Special Features: Week of September 16, 2009 Katie: Welcome back to the BusinessMakers Overtime show with your girls Katie and Esther. Esther: Hello. Katie: Hello! So now if you were listening to our segment number two you heard some great quotes from the one and only George Foreman and we don't wanna leave all of that awesomeness just to George, so Esther and I have a few ideas for you, dear business owner, on how you can be a champion just like George or just like really any sports idol, team, successful sporty type that you can ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website School of Business 09/12/2009 Russ and John present the show about those that enrich our lives with their innovation and are the last defense to bring back our economy. Includes: BusinessMakers Quote of the Week—sadly true words from Newt Gingrich; This Week in Business History includes the Star Spangled Banner, the New York Times, General Motors and Marilyn Monroe; Navigating Business Jargon—acronyms, technospeak and trendy new stuff; and Dumbest Moments in Business History—transsexuals do well in Scotland. ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Flashback - Brian Liu, LegalZoom.com Russ revisits his on-the-road interview last summer with Brian Liu. LegalZoom, an online legal document service, allows users to download and file documents online to create an LLC or S Corp, file a patent or trademark online and more without hiring an attorney. Liu and his colleagues launched LegalZoom in late 1999, only days before the dot-com bust began, which made capital raising a real challenge. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website George Foreman, Author and Entrepreneur Extraordinaire Russ visits with Olympic gold medalist and two-time World Heavyweight Champion, a consummate salesman and an unstoppable optimist. Foreman is full of advice and talks about his own lessons learned: “I didn’t become champion because I didn’t get knocked down; I became champion because I kept getting back up.” In his new book, Knockout Entrepreneur, Foreman emphasizes personal initiative, seizing the moment and the importance of friends. (And did I mention the Lean Mean Fat-Reducing G ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PKF Texas: The Entrepreneur’s Playbook® - Negotiating with Venders Greg: This is Greg Price with PKF Texas' Entrepreneur's Playbook. As we enter the fourth quarter of the year, many businesses have begun their budget process for next year. Take this opportunity to look at where your money is going. Many companies tightened their belts in 2009 and aren't sure if and where to cut for 2010. Now is the perfect time to start negotiating with your vendors. Often businesses sign contracts and don't look at them for years. Or, they ignore incremental increases ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Advantage Point - LegalZoom Katie: This is Katie Laird, with another Advantage Point, providing real-world advice and hard dollar savings for turning your business idea into a real business... So you're ready to take that big step, to put your idea to work...and you're stretching every dollar you have to the max. If this scenario fits you or someone you know, tune in to this Big Dollar Bonus Advantage Point....after all, this is our sweet spot. First, Consider setting up your company by forming your corporation or LLC ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Business Survival Tip - Effective Hiring Strategies Your company’s hiring policies can make or break your future. Carl Kleimann offers ways to make sure you hire the right person for the job—and for your company. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Overtime Breakdown: Week of September 9, 2009 Katie Laird and Esther Steinfeld recap the week’s business news. Reuters has reported that YouTube is ready to grow up. What happens when Mommy Blogger gets angry (and what about the rest of us)? Jack Welch is investing in online education. CEOs say the darndest things: online execs make pithy comments. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Businessmakers Breakdown: September 9, 2009 Katie and Esther dissect the recent BusinessMakers interview with Shel Israel, the author of Twitterville: How Businesses Can Thrive in the New Global Neighborhoods. Israel uses his journalistic and PR expertise to help start-ups find unique strength within their online tools. Social media offers a tremendous alternative to companies without giant advertising budgets. If it’s truly newsworthy, any media can be effective in getting out your message. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Special Features: Week of September 9, 2009 Katie’s Book Report features Ethics for the Real World, written by Stanford professor Ronald Howard and Silicon Valley entrepreneur Clinton Korver. Katie endorses this book as a non-judgmental and practical guide for everyday life. Esther introduces another author, Scott Ginsburg, who offers “need-to-know” information about building your own personal brand. (“Being different is actually social currency today.”) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website School of Business 09/05/2009 Russ and John present the show about the private sector, the artists and athletes of our economy who are the TRUE “working” class. Includes: BusinessMakers Quote of the Week—clever words from Mark Twain; This Week in Business History includes mothballs (we spare no expense!), our very own Uncle Sam, Labor Day and drunk driving; Navigating Business Jargon—acronyms, technospeak and trendy new stuff; and Dumbest Moments in Business History—bad news for hospital patients in England. ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Flashback - Elliott Ng, UpTake.com Erica O’Grady is on the road and sends home an interview with the creator of UpTake.com, a travel search and discovery site. “We search 5,000 travel sites so you don’t have to.” Ng and his trip-savvy colleagues believe they have taken the best of the other travel sites and added important features to create a search site that facilitates the travel decision-making process. Ng offers his fellow entrepreneurs tips to grow team dynamics, to cultivate passion and to stay focused on help ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Shel Israel, Author Erica O’Grady sends us an interview from San Carlos, CA with the author of Twitterville: How Businesses Can Thrive in the New Global Neighborhoods. Shel Israel, in his current incarnation, is a blogger who often writes about social media. Israel thinks Corporate America could operate more efficiently within our global marketplace if it considered the online community in a different light. Among other things, he spouts “kick butt” stories of companies that found a unique strength withi ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PKF Texas: The Entrepreneur’s Playbook® - Power of People Are you getting the financial information you need from your business applications? At what cost? Haven’t you already spent millions? Most users need help to make process and technology work together. Greg Price introduces solutions to the information technology breakdown. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Overtime Breakdown: Week of September 2, 2009 Katie Laird and Esther Steinfeld recap the week’s business news. Truth is stranger than fiction. Today’s discussion includes how The Taxman can track you down on Facebook and other social sites. California’s Govenator has a creative solution to supplement the state’s budget deficit. Dead babies on cigarette packages? CEOs say the darndest things: a mystery—Steve Jobs sends a secret message. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Businessmakers Breakdown: September 2, 2009 Katie and Esther dissect the recent BusinessMakers interview with Shaherose Charania & Angie Chang, co-founders of Women 2.0. These remarkable women founded this San Francisco company to increase the number of women entrepreneurs by providing resources that support their efforts to establish technology companies. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Special Features: Week of September 2, 2009 The Overtime Show’s CEO Zen Corner. Katie provides enlightenment in matters of personal stress and how it affects your health by offering a few food and nutrition details you probably don’t know. (“Think about your spine as a crinkled up piece of paper. Now think about how good it would feel to smooth out the wrinkles.”) Then for a laugh, we list items the Internet has made obsolete. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Advantage Point - Consulting Stance Katie Laird suggests an option for people who feel that with all the professional experience they have that it might just be time to be in business for themselves by becoming a consultant. With the help of The Consulting Stance it is possible. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website School of Business 08/29/09 Russ and John present the not-your-ordinary business school about the business builders who are keeping our economy going. Includes: BusinessMakers Quote of the Week—gamey commentary from Steven Wright; This Week in Business History includes the Stars & Stripes, Geronimo, Michael Jackson and Lexus; Navigating Business Jargon—acronyms, technospeak and trendy new stuff; and Dumbest Moments in Business History—the Feds don’t know much about the whereabouts of the Bailout funds. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Flashback - Shaherose Charania and Angie Chang, Women 2.0 After attending numerous local networking events for entrepreneurs in the Silicon Valley, Charania and Chang asked “Where are all the women in the Silicon Valley?” And a concept was born. The co-founders of Women 2.0 are committed to increasing the number of women entrepreneurs by providing resources that support their efforts. Russ visits with these remarkable women. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website HBJ’s 2009 50 Fastest Growing Women Owned Businesses Russ interviews five extraordinary women, well accomplished in their careers, and several who are winners in the HBJ competition. Julie Cripe, OmniBank, N.A.; Carol Stevens, Your Training Solutions; Lianne Lami, Bocci Engineering; Margot Dimond, DoubleDimond Public Relations; and Lynn Ellis, eEvents Group. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PKF Texas: The Entrepreneur’s Playbook® - Focus on the Future Instability in the markets can cause great chaos. However, those who can look past the short-term concerns and look forward to the long-term opportunities set themselves up for accelerated development when conditions improve. Greg Price offers words of hope. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Overtime Breakdown: Week of August 26, 2009 Katie Laird and Esther Steinfeld recap the week’s business news. Discussion includes the Cash for Clunkers program. Former Congressman Tom DeLay joins “Dancing with the Stars.” UBS has trouble brewing up around the bend. Our Hero of the Week: Jon Nordmark, CEO of eBags, counters an industry downturn with creative diversification. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Businessmakers Breakdown for 8/26/2009 Actor/director Michael Allosso presents motivational and job performance seminars to companies seeking to help their employees to better reach their full potential. Allosso uses his theater expertise to develop and produce corporate events, and to coach business executives in their communication skills. Allosso is a highly-rated Vistage speaker; his information could be crucial to your success. Esther Steinfeld conducts an interview that EVERY entrepreneur should hear. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Special Features: Week of August 26, 2009 Back to CyberLand: Facebook is getting sued again for privacy issues. Katie and Esther discuss the five cases pending and lessons to be learned from them. And what about music in advertising? How far should we go? (“Did the Geico money eyes scare you?”) To look at a photo of Esther's attempt to recreate the Geico Money stack, click here. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Episode 005 Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website School of Business 08/22/09 Russ and John present the show about the innovators, the entrepreneurs and the white knights who are keeping our economy going. Includes: BusinessMakers Quote of the Week—intellectual observation from newscaster Dan Rather; This Week in Business History includes the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius, potato chips, oil and Michael Oxley; Navigating Business Jargon—acronyms, technospeak and trendy new stuff; and Dumbest Moments in Business History—a citizen files an expensive complaint. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Flashback - Dr. Don Minnick, Interpersonal Skills Laboratory Want to survive the next big layoff? Russ flashes back to an interview with Don Minnick, Interpersonal Skills Laboratory. In this segment, Minnick discusses ways to make yourself indispensible and offers tips to increase your security in the workplace during a layoff. It never hurts to multiply your options. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Episode 190: The School of Business Russ and John present the show for the innovators and entrepreneurs who will improve our economic woes. Includes: BusinessMakers Quote of the Week—wise words from businessman and one-time politician H. Ross Perot; This Week in Business History includes the Articles of Confederation, W.C. Fields, Eskimo Pie and Garth Brooks; Navigating Business Jargon—acronyms, technospeak and disclaimers; and Dumbest Moments in Business History—many cities are redeveloping their downtown areas and bui ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Episode 190: Flashback— Kenn Stearns, Technology Guy The BusinessMakers visit with technology guy Kenn Stearns, who reviews the 2009 Consumer Electronics Show held recently in Las Vegas. Stearns raves about conference displays and demos that include wireless technology, terabyte memory cards, powerful new television features and more. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Episode 190: Featured Guest— Judith Cone, The Kauffman Foundation Russ is on-the-road at The Kauffman Foundation in Kansas City, MO. Judith Cone, vice president of emerging strategies for the Kauffman Foundation, discusses program opportunities that advance entrepreneurship and education. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Episode 190: The Advantage Point Katie Laird speaks of morale, attitude and creativity to get you through these tough economic times. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Episode 190: PKF Texas Entrepreneur’s Playbook Greg Price offers a productive response to those who warn of a long-term economic slump. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Episode 190: WebXTRA—Judith Cone, The Kauffman Foundation Russ continues his visit with Judith Cone, vice president of emerging strategies for the Kauffman Foundation. In this segment, Cone discusses the Foundation’s efforts internationally. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Episode 189: The School of Business Russ and John present the show for the innovators and entrepreneurs who will be our drivers to economic recovery. Includes: BusinessMakers Quote of the Week—more political brilliance from Henry Kissinger; This Week in Business History includes BIG topics such as sewage, Al Capone, Janis Joplin, the NFL, and Johnny Carson; Navigating Business Jargon—acronyms, technospeak and disclaimers; and Dumbest Moments in Business History—Dmitry Medvedev gets independent, but whose “Dumbest Mome ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Episode 189: Flashback—Cliff Kurtzman, MyCityRocks.com Russ visits with serial entrepreneur and Internet marketing guru Cliff Kurtzman. Dr. Kurtzman’s recent venture, MyCityRocks.com, is an online social networking venture that connects online social media with the offline world by providing local entertainment news and information. In December 2008, MyCityRocks was named one of the top ten most promising I.T. and Web 2.0 companies during the 6th Annual Rice Alliance for Technology & Entrepreneurship. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Episode 189: Featured Guest—Donald J. Minnick, Interpersonal Skills Laboratory LLC In this day of frequent lay-offs, we found an expert on organization survival. Dr. Minnick provides tips to make you indispensable and offers ways to survive corporate restructurings, downsizings and lay-offs. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Episode 189: The Advantage Point Katie Laird offers ways to get your new year off to a strong start. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Episode 189: PKF Texas Entrepreneur’s Playbook Greg Price reminds of important GAAP/IFRS announcements issued by the SEC. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Episode 188: School of Business Russ and John present the show full of information that you need (and none that you don’t). Includes: BusinessMakers Quote of the Week—political brilliance from Sir Winston Churchill; This Week in Business History includes such excitement as Julius Caesar, John D. Rockefeller, Coca Cola Co., the drunkometer, aerial photography, Joe DiMaggio and OJ Simpson; Navigating Business Jargon—acronyms, technospeak and disclaimers; and Dumbest Moments in Business History—the EPA wants to levy ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Episode 188: Flashback— Pete Cashmore, Mashable The BusinessMakers revisit Erica O’Grady’s interview with Pete Cashmore, founder of Mashable, one of the world’s largest blogs focused on, well, blogs. In this segment, Cashmore remembers his early days and offers advice for other young entrepreneurs. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Episode 188: Featured Guest— The DealMaker Series: Moximity.com Blair Garrou, managing director of venture capital firm DFJ Mercury, gives a snapshot review of another hot new company, Moximity.com, and visits with founder and CEO Bryan Jones. Moximity helps users integrate online social networks like Facebook and Twitter with their iPhone. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Episode 188: The Advantage Point Katie Laird provides ways to attract eyes to your brand through online video. It’s hot! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Episode 188: PKF Texas Entrepreneur’s Playbook Greg Price observes the importance of change—and the need to recognize it. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Episode 186: The School of Business Russ and John present the show for the artists and athletes who build our country and stimulate our economy. Includes: BusinessMakers Quote of the Week—more words of wisdom from George Gilder, founder of the Discovery Institute; This Week in Business History boasts such excitement as a tax on light and air, the invention of the bowling ball, the “establishment” of the U.S.S.R., the launch of Monopoly, and Mae West; Navigating Business Jargon—acronyms, technospeak and disclaimers; an ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Episode 186: Flashback—David Pulaski, IM Einstein Russ rolls back to Episode 63 and his interview with the creator of IM Einstein, now PresenSoft—and the brother of today’s Featured Guest. In creating this web-based technology, Pulaski sought to increase the security of the then-new Instant Messaging (IM) platform. Does entrepreneurialism run in families? Maybe… Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Episode 186: Featured Guest— Eric Pulaski, SmartVault The BusinessMakers interview Eric Pulaski, creator of SmartVault, and the founder of big-time success story Bindview Software. With the launch of his latest company, Pulaski has shifted from an extremely successful business-to-business product to a business-to-consumer enterprise. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Episode 186: The Advantage Point Could you explain your company if confronted with a spontaneous opportunity? Katie Laird offers ways to verbalize your competitive strengths when you only have seconds to impress. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Episode 186: PKF Texas Entrepreneur’s Playbook Greg Price provides a few words of wisdom about fraud, bankruptcy and business owner awareness. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Episode 185: The School of Business Russ and John present the “everything BUT business-as-usual” show for the artists and athletes of our free enterprise system. Includes: BusinessMakers Quote of the Week—words of wisdom from George Gilder, founder of the Discovery Institute; This Week in Business History boasts Richard the Lionhearted, a tax on bachelors, philanthropist Sarah Breedlove Walker, Montgomery Ward and Rudolph and, of course, The Beatles; Navigating Business Jargon—acronyms, technospeak and disclaimers; an ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Episode 185: Flashback— Stuart Maudlin, Silent Auction Services Inc. Russ interviews management strategies consultant and serial entrepreneur Stuart Maudlin. Maudlin’s latest venture helps charities and nonprofit organizations increase the value (and yield) of their silent auction fundraisers. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Episode 185: Featured Guest—Ken Dennard and Stephen Gray, DRG&E Russ visits with DRG&E founders Ken Dennard and Stephen Gray. Dennard Rupp Gray & Easterly LLC, an investor relations firm, was founded in 1997 to address a lack of confidence in the stock market—a familiar topic today. Hear what the experts are saying. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Episode 185: The Advantage Point What’s the big deal about using graphics? Katie Laird explains how a strong visual can make all the difference in getting your point across. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Episode 185: PKF Texas Entrepreneur’s Playbook Do we really need PDAs? Greg Price cautions that wired technology can have a dark side if not managed correctly. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Episode 184: The School of Business Russ and John present the show for the innovators and business builders. Includes: BusinessMakers Quote of the Week—inspiration from former astronaut Frank Borman; This Week in Business History includes the Mayflower, the Bill of Rights, one-way streets, the clip-on tie and Roger Staubach; Navigating Business Jargon—acronyms, technospeak and disclaimers; and Dumbest Moments in Business History—Atari has HR problems. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Episode 184: Flashback—Elevator Pitches from the Rice Two of the top elevator pitches presented at the Rice Alliance IT and Web 2.0 Venture Forum, the largest in the Southwest – Adjungo: An interactive platform and marketplace for creative people to create and compete for company projects; and Wonder-Space Mobile: : A mobile phone platform to deliver customized educational services. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Episode 184: Featured Guest — Jeff Dachis, The Dachis Corporation and Razorfish Russ visits with Jeff Dachis, the founder and former CEO of Razorfish, the company that lead the way in establishing the digital services industry over a decade ago. Dachis is now launching a new company, presently called The Dachis Corporation, aimed squarely at integrating social connectivity into the commercial world. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Episode 184: The Advantage Point Want the world to know about your big success but can’t afford expensive announcements? Katie Laird offers ways to do your own publicity work without breaking the bank. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Episode 184: PKF Texas Entrepreneur’s Playbook Strategic planning is key to the growth of any company. Greg Price introduces The One Page Plan to help you clarify company objectives, status and short-term goals. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rice Alliance Information Technology & Web 2.0 Venture Forum Part I Elevator Pitches Part 2 Elevator Pitches Part 3 Elevator Pitches Part 4 Download AdjungoDownload Alternative Marketing XchangeDownload Astonish DesignsDownload AudioBiblio.comDownload BetterQOL.comDownload Biometric Signature IDDownload BubblevineDownload Caesar Systems, LLCDownload Cookin'World, Inc.Download Dataface, Inc.Download Documetric Solutions, IncoporatedDownload eVapt Inc. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rice Alliance Information Technology & Web 2.0 Venture Forum Part II Elevator Pitches Part 1 Elevator Pitches Part 3 Elevator Pitches Part 4 Download FictionautDownload HourVilleDownload InsightoryDownload JamsBio (Mouth Watering Media, LLC)Download Less NetworksDownload Locotown.comDownload MingglDownload MiTV HoldingDownload MobileMedicDownload MyCityRocksDownload MyMail TechnologyDownload Newcinema.com Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rice Alliance Information Technology & Web 2.0 Venture Forum Part III Elevator Pitches Part 1 Elevator Pitches Part 2 Elevator Pitches Part 4 Download Omnibase Logic Inc.Download Optelligent Solutions, LLCDownload Pi-Net International, Inc.Download Piryx, Inc.Download Plura Processing, L.P.Download PopScreenDownload QWebLDownload SHUBDownload Simploos.comDownload Singlepoint Inc.Download Smooth-Stone, Inc.Download Socialware, Inc. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rice Alliance Information Technology & Web 2.0 Venture Forum Part IV Elevator Pitches Part 1 Elevator Pitches Part 2 Elevator Pitches Part 3 Download SSL CorporationDownload StandardAnswer.comDownload Supplier ViewDownload SynerzipDownload Thought LeadersDownload Truehome.netDownload Vendor Safe TechnologiesDownload VenuetainmentDownload VideoHites, LLCDownload Web Process Simulations, Inc.Download Wonder-Space MobileDownload Xait, Inc.Download ZCubes, Inc. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Episode 183: The School of Business Russ and John work extra hard to present the priced-right show for the business builders. Includes: BusinessMakers Quote of the Week�appropriate words from Ralph Waldo Emerson; This Week in Business History includes pencils during the French Revolution, the world�s first computer program, integrated circuits and the death of John Lennon; Navigating Business Jargon�acronyms, technospeak and disclaimers; and Dumbest Moments in Business History�TACA Airlines forgets to let passengers off a pla ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Episode 183: Flashback�Bhaskar Roy, Qik.com Russ revisits his interview last summer with Bhaskar Roy, co-founder and vice president of product marketing at Qik.com. Qik lets contributors use their cell phone to stream video live directly to the Qik website or to their Facebook and MySpace. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Episode 183: Featured Guest� Ray Thompson, WPNT & Assoc. Russ visits with Ray Thompson, a principal with Wixted Pope Nora Thompson & Assoc., a firm specializing in business communications training and strategic counsel. It�s a tough audience out there�Thompson discusses public affairs, crisis management and other challenges facing today�s companies. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Episode 183: The Advantage Point Katie Laird offers ideas to help you squeeze every bit of value from participating in industry events like conferences and trade shows. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Episode 183: PKF Texas Entrepreneur�s Playbook Greg Price defines Corporate Financial DNA and explains how to use these metrics to gauge performance, improve your company efficiency and maybe even put money in your pocket. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Episode 176: The School of Business Russ and John present the in-your-face show from the trenches, the show for the difference-makers. Includes: BusinessMakers Quote of the Week�words of wisdom from Chick-fil-A�s S. Truett Cathy; This Week in Business History jumps around from parachutes to Alaska to Chuck Berry and Route 66; Navigating Business Jargon�acronyms, technospeak and disclaimers; and Dumbest Moments in Business History�Google�s situational ethics surface again. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Episode 176: Flashback - BusinessMakers Success Stories Russ revisits his interviews with Nolan Bushnell, inventor of the original video game, Pong; computer visionary Steve Wozniak, a former employee of Bushnell; Rod Canion, founder of Compaq Computers; and American Business Mogul Billy Joe �Red� McCombs. In this segment, Canion, Bushnell and �Woz� reminisce about lessons learned during the early days. McCombs remembers his friend, author James Michener, and tries to define �The Mystique of Texas.� Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Episode 176: Featured Guest - Lowry Mays, Clear Channel Communications When Lowry Mays founded Clear Channel Communications in 1972, he was an investment banker with no radio experience�and no intention to get into the broadcast business. Today, Clear Channel owns more than 1,100 radio stations and 870,000 outdoor advertising displays, and operates in 65 countries. Russ visits with the remarkable Lowry Mays. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Episode 176: WebXTRA - Lowry Mays, Clear Channel Communications Inc. Russ continues his discussion with the founder of Clear Channel Communications. In this segment, Mays discusses tough decisions and do-overs. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Episode 176: The Advantage Point What�s the big deal about using graphics? Katie Laird explains how a strong visual can make all the difference in getting your point across. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Episode 176: PKF Texas Entrepreneur�s Playbook If customer relationships are so important, why don�t more companies make them a higher priority? Greg Price explains the focus missing from many companies today and asks, �How do we fix this?� Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Episode 175: The School of Business Russ and John present the show from the trenches about those who make it happen. Includes: BusinessMakers Quote of the Week�words of wisdom from one of our favorite people, Christopher Gardner; This Week in Business History touches on such intriguing people as Christopher Columbus, �Soulman� Sam Moore, aviator Chuck Yeager and John Belushi; Navigating Business Jargon�acronyms, technospeak and disclaimers; and Dumbest Moments in Business History�AIG celebrates their bailout. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Episode 175: Flashback - Michael Lowe, OrthoAccel Technologies Inc. Russ visits with Michael Lowe, President and CEO of OrthoAccel Technologies Inc. OrthoAccel has developed�and is awaiting FDA approval on�an appliance that complements braces and other orthodontics. The Celerect appliance produces a slight vibration that applies a low frequency pulsation to the teeth, making traditional orthodontics work more efficiently. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Episode 175: Featured Guest - Craig Zucker, Tap�d Inc. New Yorker Craig Zucker explains how he founded a company to bottle water from the tap in his NY apartment. (His water bottles state that, �No glaciers were harmed making this water.�) Zucker says it�s not just about water: it�s about thinking locally, recycling and offering socially better solutions. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Episode 175: Featured Guest - Laura Wellington, Giddy Gander Co. The Wumblers are colorful, animated characters whose food falls from the sky. They play and dance in a world of peace and core values. They are creative, and many of them are bilingual. They have a television show and a website with recipes and games. The BusinessMakers visit with their creator, Laura Wellington. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Episode 175: WebXTRA - Laura Wellington, Giddy Gander Co. The BusinessMakers continue a visit with the creators of The Wumblers. Russ and Wellington are joined by Heidi Schwartz, VP business development of the Giddy Gander Co., creators of The Wumblers. In this segment, Wellington and Schwartz discuss business development efforts for The Wumblers�they�re everywhere! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Episode 175: The Advantage Point Katie Laird provides ways to attract eyes to your brand through online video. It�s hot! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Episode 175: PKF Texas Entrepreneur�s Playbook Greg Price explains how you can juggle worldwide connectivity, global regulation and increasing demands to run a 24/7 operation. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Episode 158: The School of Business Russ and John present the things they SHOULD teach you in business school, but DON�T. Includes: BusinessMakers Quote of the Week�wise observation from General George S. Patton; This Week in Business History presents roller coasters, gifts from France, high-flyer birthdays and weapons from our collective past; Navigating Business Jargon�buzzwords and technospeak that aren�t easy and should be studied for; and Dumbest Moments in Business History�Subway holds an essay-writing contest. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Episode 158: Flashback - Red McCombs, Successful American Business Mogul Russ flashes back to April 2006 and his visit with auto dealer extraordinaire, sports team owner and Texas legend Billy Joe �Red� McCombs. �I was an entrepreneur before I could spell it.� In this segment, McCombs compares the fight and spirit of entrepreneurs with the early Texas pioneers who weren�t afraid to take a risk for a better life. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Episode 158: Featured Guest - Micko O�Byrne, Successful Australian Business Mogul Micko O�Byrne presents a view of opportunity and entrepreneurship in Australia�we�re more alike than you think. As a young man, Micko worked for various agencies assisting business-start-ups. It took several false-starts and many years of tenacity for him to find the courage to apply what he already knew. This is a great story of spirit and the strength of the human heart. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Episode 158: WebXTRA - Micko O�Byrne, Australian Businessman Russ continues his visit with Aussie Micko O�Byrne. In this segment, Micko talks about priorities, �giving back,� and about his friend Sam Lovell. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Episode 158: PKF Texas Entrepreneur�s Playbook Greg Price presents ways to increase profits through waste-reduction. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Episode 156: The School of Business Russ and John present a show for the dream makers, artists and athletes�the entrepreneurs among us�who do more to improve our lives than the politicians do. Includes: BusinessMakers Quote of the Week�a vision of the future from Sir Arthur C. Clarke, author of �2001: A Space Odyssey;� This Week in Business History presents events, unique inventions, patents and vehicles (so why can�t they make New Jersey smell better?!); Navigating Business Jargon�buzzwords and technospeak that come with ret ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Episode 156: Flashback - James Treybig, New Enterprise Assoc.; and Fred Smith, FedEx Corp. Russ flashes back to his visits with James Treybig, founder and former CEO of Tandem Computers and now venture partner with VC firm New Enterprise Associates; and Fred Smith, the founder, chairman & CEO of FedEx Corp. These two visionaries provide real world perspectives on the global economy--perspectives from veteran business leaders who clearly are �in the game.� Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Episode 156: Featured Guests - Kenneth P. Morse, M.I.T.; and Becky Thomas, Consultant The BusinessMakers interview Kenneth P. Morse, senior lecturer and managing director of the M.I.T. Entrepreneurship Center; and Becky Thomas, international sales executive and consultant. Morse co-founded six high tech companies including 3Com Corp. and Aspen Technology Inc. This is a discussion about international start-ups and growing a company in the global economy. There is no business as usual in the �new world.� Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Episode 156: BizTools Advantage Point Katie Laird offers powerful ways to get your message out without breaking the bank to hire a PR firm. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Episode 156: PKF Texas Entrepreneur�s Playbook Greg Price comments on the typical budgeting process and offers ways to make it more efficient. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Episode 148: WebXTRA audio 1 of 4 Elevator Pitches Part 2 Elevator Pitches Part 3 Elevator Pitches Part 4 Download AiB PharmaDownload Aura BiosciencesDownload Auto TBDownload BioRegenixDownload Quantum TechnologiesDownload Zeopane MicroneedlesDownload Wine with a PassionDownload Vidyut ShaktiDownload TruSource TechnologiesDownload Traycer Diagnostic Sytems Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Episode 148: WebXTRA audio 4 of 4 Elevator Pitches Part 1 Elevator Pitches Part 2 Elevator Pitches Part 3 Download Etoh PharmaceuticalsDownload EnexraDownload Diamas CoatsDownload DiaganoDownload Cerence BiomedicsDownload CallinixDownload Boreas Snowboards Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Episode 148: WebXTRA audio 3 of 4 Elevator Pitches Part 1 Elevator Pitches Part 2 Elevator Pitches Part 4 Download KlymitDownload IMMUTELLDownload HydroCoalDownload Husk Power SystemsDownload HeartSoundsDownload GlucoFastDownload Filigree NanotechDownload FiberViewDownload Fantasy Action NetworkDownload Everlighting Innovation Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Episode 131: The School of Business Russ and John take on the heavy lifting that enables listeners to be smarter in running their businesses. Includes: BusinessMakers Quote of the Week�tenacity from Winston Churchill; This Week in Business History presents stories of �Nobel� undertaking; Navigating Business Jargon�buzzwords and technospeak that will keep you from being labeled an �old fogie;� and Dumbest Moments in Business History�Apple Computer board member Al Gore complicates things. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Episode 131: The Aflac BusinessMakers Flashback - Michael Oxley Flashback to August 2007 for cuts from the BusinessMakers� thought-provoking interview with Michael Oxley, co-author of the Sarbanes Oxley Act of 2002, 25-year member of Congress, and presently vice chairman of NASDAQ. Oxley shares thoughts on the cost of implementing Section 404, on American Entrepreneurship, the difficulties and rewards of �going public,� and comments on the founding of NASDAQ�one of the ultimate acts of entrepreneurialism. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Episode 128: WebXTRA - Invite Systems Randy G. Davis, CEO, Invite Systems Download Invite Systems Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Episode 128: WebXTRA - Spendview Com Nikhil Roy, Founder, SpendView Download Spendview Com Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Episode 128: WebXTRA - You Design It Blake Poutra, Founder, You Design It Download You Design It Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Episode 128: WebXTRA - Dovarri Inc. Gary Broadnax, President, Dovarri, Inc. Download Davarri Inc. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Episode 128: WebXTRA - Tipdish Josh Tabin, CEO, TipDish Download Tipdish Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Episode 128: WebXTRA - Tritaur LLC John N. Pacini, COO, TriTaur, LLC and OpMom Download Tritaur LLC Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Episode 128: WebXTRA - Usuggest Corporation Dr. Hasan Davulcu, President, CEO, and Co-Founder, USuggest Corporation Download Usuggest Corporation Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Episode 128: WebXTRA - Fluid Inovation Andrew Allemann, President & COO, Fluid Innovation Download Fluid Inovation Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Episode 128: WebXTRA - Stonebridge Travis Obsorne, Chief Solutions Architect, General Manager, O&G Solutions, Stonebridge Download Stonebridge Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Episode 128: WebXTRA - Frogpad LLC Linda Marroquin, CEO, FrogPad, LLC Download Frogpad LLC Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Episode 124: PKF Entrepreneur�s Playbook Greg Price offers the fourth in a series of discussions on information management. Today�s topic: Tools, applications and process tips to help transform information storage and distribution. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Episode 114: School of Business Quote of the Week, This Week in Business History, The PKF Entrepreneur�s Playbook, Navigating Business Jargon, and Dumbest Moments. Download The School of Business Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Episode 114: The Aflac BusinessMakers Flashback - Tim Ferriss Flashback to an interview with Tim Ferriss author of The 4-hour Work Week, as he shares lessons learned as well as advice for getting the best personal results from your business. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Episode 114: Featured Guest - Christopher Gardner A conversation with Chris Gardner the owner and CEO of Christopher Gardner International Holdings and inspiration for the 2006 motion picture The Pursuit of Happyness, starring actor Will Smith. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Episode 114: WEBXTRA - Christopher Gardner Russ continues his conversation with Chris Gardner. Chris discusses how he decided to become a broker and the obstacles he faced in order to accomplish his dream, including getting a job, showing up on the first day of work only to find out that the guy who hired him had been fired. Don’t forget to listen [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Episode 114: The PKF Entrepreneur�s Playbook Greg Price continues his discussion of Key Performance Indicator�s (KPI�s) and how they can be used to evaluate and improve your business. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Episode 108: PKF Entrepreneur�s Playbook Greg Price brings you another tip from the PKF Entrepreneur�s Playbook, this time focusing on creating strategic alliances to help your business in today's age of global business. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Episode 104: The School of Business Quote of the Week, This Week in Business History, The PKF Entrepreneur's Playbook, Navigating Business Jargon, and Dumbest Moments. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Episode 104: Aflac BusinessMakers Flashback Russ and John celebrate the two year anniversary of The BusinessMakers Radio Show by sharing several of their favorites of the 350 interviews that have been broadcast over the past 104 shows. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Guy Kawasaki: Truemors and the $12,000 start-up Founder and Managing Director of Garage Technology Ventures (Garage.com) , Apple Fellow, Author of: Art of the Start, Rules for Revolutionaries, How to Drive your Competition Crazy, Selling the Dream, and The Macintosh Way. Hear Guy talk about his new startup - Truemors, the one month old social media site that solicits and presents "true rumors". Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Episode 104: PKF Entrepreneur�s Playbook Listen as Greg Price wraps up the PKF Entrepreneur's Playbook on Force Field Analysis, the final installment on this topic. Weeks one through three have introduceed the theory and described the steps involved. Now... the implementation process. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Episode 102: The School of Business Quote of the Week, This Week in Business History, The PKF Entrepreneur's Playbook, Navigating Business Jargon, and Dumbest Moments. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Episode 102: Flashback Last week The BusinessMakers Erica O'Grady had dinner with the founder of Wikipedia, Jimmy Wales. For this week's Aflac BusinessMakers Flashback, Erica tells about meeting Jimmy for the first time, what he was like, and how the interview progressed. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Episode 102: Featured Guest - Jimmy Wales Listen as The BusinessMaker's Erica O'Grady interviews Jimmy Wales, Founder of Wikipedia and Chair of the Wikipedia Foundation. Hear Jimmy describe the editing and selection processes used by Wikipedia and hear him talk about his passion for making an encyclopedia available for every person on the planet in their primary language. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Episode 101: The School of Business Quote of the Week, This Week in Business History, The PKF Entrepreneur's Playbook, Navigating Business Jargon, and Dumbest Moments. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Episode 101: The Aflac BusinessMakers Flashback - Jay Steinfeld Hear key parts of our interview with Jay Steinfeld, Founder and CEO of Blinds.com. Jay has a great story about converting his retail shop to an online powerhouse which today is the world's leading online supplier of blinds to consumers and decorators. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Episode 101: Featured Guest - Garrett Boone Listen to Garrett Boone, Co-Founder and Co-Chairman of The Container Store, the nation's leading retailer of storage and organizational products tell us how he took $35,000 in startup capital and a good idea and turned it into a major success story. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Episode 101: PKF Entrepreneur�s Playbook - Force Field Analysis The first installment of a four part series with Greg Price of PKF Texas titled "Force Field Analysis". Greg explains Force Field Analysis and how, by examining your company's current positive and negative influences, it can help you take your company to the next level. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Episode 96: Matt Mullenweg - Automattic The founding developer of WordPress, the Open Source application that is credited with lighting up the Web 2.0 world of blogging, Matt Mullenweg. Hear how this 23 year old "open thinking" entrepreneur so significantly affected community computing that PC World Magazine recently ranked him the 16th most important person on the web, ahead of the founders of Yahoo, and Tim Berner's Lee who founded the Internet. Listen to his interview with Kelsey Ruger, BusinessMakers Interactive Director, a ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Episode 88: The School of Business School of Business - Quote of the Week, This Week in Business History, The PKF Entrepreneur’s Playbook, Navigating Business Jargon, and Dumbest Moments. Download The School of Business Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Episode 86: The School of Business School of Business - Quote of the Week, This Week in Business History, The PKF Entrepreneur's Playbook, Navigating Business Jargon, and Dumbest Moments. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Episode 86: The Aflac BusinessMakers Flashback Featuring 5 entrepreneurs, ranging from successful to mega-successful, sharing in their own words, what triggered their business idea that lead to their success. Hear Tom Fatjo Jr., Founder and CEO of WCA Waste Corporation and former founder of three other waste management companies including BFI; Marti Frost, Founder and CEO of Frost Products Manufacturing; David Saperstein Founder and Former CEO of MetroNetworks: Geary Broadnax CEO of Dovarri Inc. and Founder and former CEO of Insync.n ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Episode 86: BusinessMakers WebXTRA with Carly Fiorina Listen as Carly shares her perspective on these present day hot topics: The present political climate in the USA; The World is Flat / the global economy; The US Immigration situation; and more on her potential future in politics. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Episode 75: The BusinessMakers Best Practices Expert advice from industry professionals: PKF Texas, Boyar and Miller and Pierpont Communications. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Episode 75: The Aflac BusinessMakers Flashback Special excerpts from The BusinessMakers Archives --- This week hear the story of how one of the pioneers of community computing got started. Listen to the avant guard founder and chairman of CraigsList.org, Craig Newmark. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Episode 73: The BusinessMakers DealMaker Series A real world snapshot deal review by venture capitalists Blair Garrou and Dan Watkins, Managing Directors of DFJ Mercury � This week reviewing UnWired Buyer. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Episode 71: The School of Business News and notes from the business world for the week of October 14, 2006. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Episode 71: The BusinessMakers Best Practices Great business tips from industry experts, PKFTexas, Boyar & Miller and Pierpont Communications. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Episode 71: The Aflac BusinessMakers flashback Hear from the BusinessMakers archive real world "idea triggers" that sparked the start of major success for Tom Fatjo Jr, Red McCombs, Eric Elfman, Geary Broadnax, Marti Frost, and David Saperstein. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Episode 71: Catherine Rohr Founder and Executive Director of the Prison Entrepreneurship Program will share with us how her program is changing the lives of prison inmates through an in depth introduction to entrepreneurship. She will share with us her assessment of how many inmates are already equipped with many of the basics on running a business - and her how program is designed to direct those abilities in a way that enable them to re-enter society. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Episode 71: Christopher Wasden Founder, Chairman & CEO of SimplexityMD will tell us about his mission of championing new medical technologies to bring them to the market. His process of simplifying complex medical devices and taking them to market has already lead to the company's first portfolio venture, MC Nanotissues. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Episode 71: Wayne Krouse Founder, Chairman & CEO of Hydro Green Energy will describe his patented method of converting free moving water into hydro energy without constructing dams. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Episode 67: Flavia Schroeder Contrary to what Christopher Columbus said the world is flat - well the business world anyway. Everyday it becomes easier and more common to do business with companies that reside in other countries. It’s also becoming more apparent that language is not be the only barrier that stands in the way of “closing the deal”. [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Episode 67: Manny Mehos, Green Bank Founder and CEO of Green Bank and former CEO of Coastal Bancorp Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Episode 67: Gary Orr and Michael Treacy There are lots of great events going on this time of year from awards to showcases for new and emerging companies. Today we talk with Gary Orr about the Comerica Business Forum. The Comerica’s Business Forum is an exclusive speaker program featuring nationally known experts from business, economics, and world [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Episode 67: Paul Frison: 2006 Technology Showcase On September 27, 2006 The Houston Technology Center will be holding the 4th annual Technology Showcase. The Houston Technology Center (HTC) is a technology incubator that helps emerging companies accelerate the commercialization of their product and/or service. Paul Frison the president and CEO of HTC joins Russ and John to share news about HTC and [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Episode 67: Businessmakers Flashback:Geary Broadnax John and Russ take a look back at their interview with Geary Broadnax founder of Insync.net and current President & CEO of Dovarri Inc., a leading, a leading provider of software solutions for sales organizations. It’s a great look back at a very interesting entrepreneur. Download Businessmakers Flashback:Geary Broadnax Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Episode 67: Best Practices We have been really pleased with the reception that we have gotten for the best practices segment. It�s a really cool segment because whether you are starting your business or are already running one you can take these best practices and use them to improve your business. If you haven�t read T. Harv Eker book [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Episode 67: School of Business It�s time for another session of the School of Business. It�s always fun putting these together because the world of business is always so full of interesting stories anecdotes and quotes. This week�s quote comes from H. Jackson Brown best-seller Life’s Little Instruction Book. �Opportunity dances with those already on the dance floor.� - H. [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Episode 66: School of Business News and notes from the business world for the week of September 9, 2006 Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Episode 66: Jeffrey Eisenberg: Are You Waiting For Your Cat To Bark? Jeffrey Eisenberg and his brother Bryan co-founded their New York based company, Future Now, Inc., in 1998 and have been asking �What makes people do the things they do� ever since. As it turns out Jeffrey is a nearly perfect follow-up to our interview with Wired magazine�s Chris Anderson. Chris talked about how [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Episode 65: School of Business News and notes from the business world for the week of September 2, 2006 Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Episode 65: Best Practices Best Practices for the week of September 2, 2006 Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Episode 65: The Businessmaker�s Flashbacks A BusinessMaker's Flashback - Featuring excerpts from a December, 2005 interview with Jim Conlan and Bill West of Radio Works. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Episode 65: Chris Anderson Editor-in-Chief, Wired Magazine and Author, The Long Tail Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Episode 65: Jay Steinfeld Founder and CEO, Blinds.com Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Episode 60: Carol Isaak Barden The Businessmakers talk with the Founder of Carol Isaak Barden & Company. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Episode 60: Best Practices Best practices for the week of July 29, 2006. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Episode 60: Devin Green The Businessmakers talk with Devin Green, Co-Founder and CEO of ESP Systems Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Episode 60: School of Business History, notes and observations from the entrepreneurial and business world for the week of July 29, 2006. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Episode 59: Page Parkes The Businessmakers talk with Page Parkes, founder of Page Parkes Corporation, the largest model and talent group in the Southwest. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Episode 59: Joe Gillen The Businessmakers talk with the Founder and CEO of Pinnacle Financial Strategies, Joe Gillen. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Episode 59: Best Practices Businessmakers Best Practices from the week of July 22, 2006. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Episode 59: School of Business History, notes and observations from the entrepreneurial and business world for the week of July 22, 2006. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Episode 58: Best Practices Businessmakers Best Practices from the week of July 15, 2006. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Episode 58: Ken Kilgore and Jeff Kilgore The Businessmakers talk with the founders and owners of Kilgore Industries Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Episode 58: George Ballas The Businessmakers talk with George Ballas, Inventor, Founder and Former CEO of Weedeater. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Episode 58: Bruce Smith The Businessmakers talk with Bruce Smith, Founder and CEO of Safety Vision. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Episode 58: School of Business History, notes and observations from the entrepreneurial and business world for the week of July 15, 2006. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Episode 56: Businessmakers Best Practices Businessmakers Best Practices Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Episode 56: Kathie Nordt The Businessmakers talk with Kathie Nordt, founder, president and CEO of iFocus. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Episode 56: Roy Marsh The Businessmakers talk with the founder and former CEO of Everyone’s Internet. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Episode 56: School of Business History, notes and observations from the entrepreneurial and business world for the week of July 2, 2006. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Episode 55: Jerry Lasco and Jonathon Horowitz The Businesmakers talk with Jerry Lasco and Jonathon Horowitz of The Tasting Room. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Businessmakers Extra #1: Barcamp Houston On June 10, 2006 a unique event was held in Houston called BarCamp and the businessmakers show was there doing another on site interview session. Barcamp is a part of a growing trend and challenge to the traditional conference called unconferences. What is an unconference? An unconference is a free unstructures conference where the content [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Episode 53: 1st Annual Review Part 2 John Beddow and Russ Capper review some of their favorite moments from the past year. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Episode 53: 1st Annual Review Part 2 John Beddow and Russ Capper review some of their favorite moments from the past year. Download audio file (6-10-06-John-and-Russ-prt2.mp3) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Episode 53: 1st Annual Review Part 1 John Beddow and Russ Capper review some of their favorite moments from the past year. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Episode 53: 1st Annual Review Part 1 John Beddow and Russ Capper review some of their favorite moments from the past year. Download audio file (6-10-06-John-and-Russ-prt1.mp3) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Episode 53: Rieva Lesonsky Part 3 Part 3 of the Businessmakers interview with Entrepreneur Magazine editor Rieva Lesonsky. Download audio file (6-10-06-Rieva-Lesonsky-prt2.mp3) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Episode 53: Rieva Lesonsky Part 1 Part 1 of the Businessmakers interview with Entrepreneur Magazine editor Rieva Lesonsky. Download audio file (6-10-06-Rieva-Lesonsky-prt1.mp3) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Episode 53: Chuck Ashman The Businessmakers talk with Chuck Ashman, Executive Producer of Business Matchmaking. Download audio file (6-10-06-Chuck-Ashman.mp3) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Episode 53: Rick Guttman The Businessmakers talk with Rick Guttman, Founder and President of My Mechanic. Download audio file (6-10-06-Rick-Guttman.mp3) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Episode 52: Gerald Treece and Kenneth Dennard Part 1 Gerald Treece and Kenneth Dennard discuss the Enron trial. Part 1 Download audio file (6-3-06-Professor-Gerald-Treece-and-Kenneth-Dennard-prt1.mp3) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Episode 52: Gerald Treece and Kenneth Dennard Part 3 Gerald Treece and Kenneth Dennard discuss the Enron trial. Part 3 Download audio file (6-3-06-Professor-Gerald-Treece-and-Kenneth-Dennard-prt3.mp3) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Episode 52: Gerald Treece and Kenneth Dennard Part 2 Gerald Treece and Kenneth Dennard discuss the Enron trial. Part 2 Download audio file (6-3-06-Professor-Gerald-Treece-and-Kenneth-Dennard-prt2.mp3) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Episode 52: Bob Beauchamp Part 4 Part 4 of the Businessmakers interview with BMC CEO Bob Beauchamp. 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Download audio file (5-27-06-Bill-Brekke-Prt2.mp3) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Episode 51: Bill Brekke Part 1 Part 1 of the Businessmakers interview with Bill Brekke. Download audio file (5-27-06-Bill-Brekke-Prt1.mp3) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Episode 51: Mayor Bill White Part 2 Part 2 of the Businessmakers interview with the mayor of Houston, Bill White. Download audio file (5-27-06-Mayor-Bill-White-Prt2.mp3) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Episode 51: Mayor Bill White Part 1 Part 1 of the Businessmakers interview with the mayor of Houston, Bill White. Download audio file (5-27-06-Mayor-Bill-White-Prt1.mp3) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Episode 51: Victor Grinchstein Part 2 Part 2 of the Businessmakers interview with Co-Founder and CEO of XVand Technology, Victor Grinchstein. 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Download audio file (5-20-06-Zane-Russell-and-Jeff-Uphues-Prt2.mp3) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Episode 50: Zane Russell and Jeff Uphues Part 1 Part 1 of the Businessmakers interview with Zane Russell and Jeff Uphues. Download audio file (5-20-06-Zane-Russell-and-Jeff-Uphues-Prt1.mp3) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Episode 50: The School of Business Part 2 History, notes and observations from the entrepreneurial and business world for the week of May 20, 2006. Download audio file (5-20-06-School-of-Business-prt2.mp3) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Episode 50: The School of Business Part 1 History, notes and observations from the entrepreneurial and business world for the week of May 20, 2006. Download audio file (5-20-06-School-of-Business-prt1.mp3) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Episode 50: Vanessa Riley Part 2 Part 2 of the Businessmakers interview with Vanessa Riley. Download audio file (5-20-06-Vanessa-Riley-Prt2.mp3) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Episode 50: Vanessa Riley Part 1 Part 1 of the Businessmakers interview with Vanessa Riley. Download audio file (5-20-06-Vanessa-Riley-Prt1.mp3) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Episode 49: Michelle Brekke Part 3 Part 3 of the Businessmakers interview with Michele Brekke, the NASA Director of Technology Transfer. Download audio file (5-13-06-Michelle-Brekke-Prt3.mp3) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Episode 49: Michelle Brekke Part 2 Part 2 of the Businessmakers interview with Michele Brekke, the NASA Director of Technology Transfer. Download audio file (5-13-06-Michelle-Brekke-Prt2.mp3) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Episode 49: Michelle Brekke Part 1 Part 1 of the Businessmakers interview with Michele Brekke, the NASA Director of Technology Transfer. Download audio file (5-13-06-Michelle-Brekke-Prt1.mp3) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Episode 49: Gerald Treece Part 3 Part 3 of the Businessmakers interview with Gerald Treece, Professor from South Texas College of Law. Download audio file (5-13-06-Gerald-Treece-Prt3.mp3) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Episode 49: Gerald Treece Part 2 Part 2 of the Businessmakers interview with Gerald Treece, Professor from South Texas College of Law. Download audio file (5-13-06-Gerald-Treece-Prt2.mp3) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Episode 49: Gerald Treece Part 1 Part 1 of the Businessmakers interview with Gerald Treece, Professor from South Texas College of Law. Download audio file (5-13-06-Gerald-Treece-Prt1.mp3) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Episode 48: School of Business History, notes and observations from the entrepreneurial and business world for the week of May 6, 2006. (odeo/63f634a0f1d1fb3b) Download audio file (050606_SchoolofBusiness.mp3) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Episode 48: Henry Payne Part 2 Part 2 of our interview with Editorial Cartoonist and Columnist, Henry Payne. Download audio file (050606_HenryPaynePrt2.mp3) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Episode 48: Henry Payne Part 1 Editorial Cartoonist and Columnist Henry Payne joins the Businessmakers to talk about his work. Download audio file (050606_HenryPaynePrt1.mp3) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Episode 48: Keith Hudson Part 2 Part 2 of the Businessmakers interview with Keith Hudson, President of Seaboard Franchise Services. Download audio file (050606_KeithHudsonPrt2.mp3) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Episode 48: Keith Hudson Part 1 Franchising has long been an effective way for people to make their first venture into the entrepreneurial world. Keith Hudson, President of Seaboard Franchise Services tell the Businessmakers about the ins and outs of franchising in the United States. Download audio file (050606_KeithHudsonPrt1.mp3) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Interview Commentary: Janet Bashen - The Bashen Corporation Every company eventually has to address HR issues. It isn�t uncommon that many start-ups leave HR issues to the owner or accounting department to handle. The problem with this is that many HR issues such as EOE compliance require special knowledge to be handled appropriately. That�s where Bashen comes in. Bashen is a highly-qualified [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Episode 48: Janet Bashen Part 1 Bashen is a highly-qualified minority/female-owned firm that has assisted some of America�s largest employers with the planning and implementation of efficient and effective EEO, affirmative action and diversity initiatives. The Businessmakers talk with founder and President Janet Bashen. Download audio file (050606_JanetBashenPrt1.mp3) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Interview Commentary: Kelsey Ruger Podcasting has become one of the newest ways for Internet users to get news, entertainment and the latest gossip, but what is it? Podcasting is a way of publishing audio file to the Internet, but unlike traditional radio or streaming Internet broadcasts podcasts can be access by users anywhere and anytime they want. Kelsey Ruger [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Episode 47: Owen Thomas Part 2 Part 2 of the Businessmakers interview with Owen Thomas.Download audio file (4-29-06-Owen-Thomas-prt2.mp3) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Episode 47: Owen Thomas Part 1 Part 1 of the Businessmakers interview with Owen Thomas.Download audio file (4-29-06-Owen-Thomas-prt1.mp3) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Episode 47: Eddie Goldsberry and Duaine Priestly Part 3 Part 3 of the Businessmakers interview with Eddie Goldsberry and Duaine Priestly.Download audio file (4-29-06-Eddie-Duaine-prt3.mp3) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Episode 47: Eddie Goldsberry and Duaine Priestly Part 2 Part 2 of the Businessmakers interview with Eddie Goldsberry and Duaine Priestly.Download audio file (4-29-06-Eddie-Duaine-prt2.mp3) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Episode 47: Eddie Goldsberry and Duaine Priestly Part 1 Part 1of the Businessmakers interview with Eddie Goldsberry and Duaine Priestly.Download audio file (4-29-06-Eddie-Duaine-prt1.mp3) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Episode 47: Aggie 100 Interviews Part 2 Hear winners of the Aggie 100 contest explain how and why they started their companies.Download audio file (4-29-06-Aggie-Interviews-prt1.mp3) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Episode 47: Aggie 100 Interviews Part 2 Hear winners of the Aggie 100 contest explain how and why they started their companies. 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