Archive for November, 2007

Episode 128: WebXTRA - Information Shield

Information Shield

David Lineman, President, Information Shield, Inc.

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Original Broadcast: Saturday, November 17th, 2007 | No Comments »

Episode 128: WebXTRA - Thotbox Solution Group Inc.

Thotbox Solution Group Inc.

Fredson-Cole, Founder, ThotBox Solutions Group, Inc.

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Episode 127: The School of Business

Russ and John champion entrepreneurship better than the other guys as they present The Best Stuff, including: BusinessMakers Quote of the Week—motivating the troops with Paul Hawken; This Week in Business History presents things that go round and round; Navigating Business Jargon—buzzwords and technospeak you need to be trendy; and Dumbest Moments in Business History—Vonage’s bad marketecture.

Original Broadcast: Saturday, November 10th, 2007 | 1 Comment »

Episode 127: The Aflac BusinessMakers Flashback – Web Golinkin

CEO of RediClinic LLC

Flashback with the BusinessMakers to December 2006 and an interview with Web Golinkin, CEO of RediClinic LLC. RediClinic offers affordable medical services from locations inside select H-E-B and Wal-Mart locations across four states. In this segment, Golinkin explains how a small, worksite health-screening company grew to the major medical organization it is today.

Original Broadcast: Saturday, November 10th, 2007 | 1 Comment »

Episode 127: Featured Guest - Talent from UT Austin’s Idea-2-Product Competition

Mobius Microsystems

Erica O’Grady interviews S. Michael McCorquodale, founder and CTO of Mobius Microsystems. McCorquodale used technology based on his dissertation work to enter 10 academic competitions—and won 9 of them!—to collect seed capital to launch his company. His revolutionary semi-conductor could change the future of radio-frequency architecture.

Ruba Borno and Tzeno Galchev, representing Potentia, are developing forms of sustainable energy using natural sources. Borno, a PhD candidate in electrical engineering at University of Michigan, has developed a process to generate electrical power scavenged from the environment via evaporation. Tzeno Galchev, also a PhD candidate, is developing processes to transform kinetic energy (vibrations) into electrical power. Potentia has a patent but not yet a business plan.

UT’s first place winner, Michael Callahan, founder of Ambient Corp., has developed “Audeo,” a communication interface that captures neurological info from the brain and translates it into speech without requiring physical movement. To date, Callahan has supported his work through academic competitions and hopes to launch his technology into a company.

Original Broadcast: Saturday, November 10th, 2007 | 1 Comment »