Archive for November, 2007
Episode 128: The Aflac BusinessMakers Flashback - Idea Triggers
Successful entrepreneurs tell of the events that pushed them over the edge and gave them the inspiration to start their companies. Flashback to December 2006 as Robert Conrad, founder of Zeno, tells of repeated theft from his garage that prompted him to partner with a friend to launch his invention. Flashback to November 2006 and an interview with Chris Devonshire-Ellis, founder and senior partner of Dezan Shira & Associates, one of the leading advisory and tax accounting firms in China, as he talks about diving into an unknown market. Finally, in this segment from May 2007, Garrett Boone, co-founder of The Container Store, talks about the early ideas that morphed into his 40-store retail operation.
Original Broadcast: Saturday, November 17th, 2007 | No Comments »
Episode 128: Featured Guest - Jeffrey O. Henley, Oracle Corp.
The chairman of software giant Oracle Corp., Jeffrey Henley, discusses life with Oracle CEO Larry Ellison, innovation, dilution and growing by acquisition. Henley offers valuable advice for small successful companies seeking to be acquired.
Original Broadcast: Saturday, November 17th, 2007 | No Comments »
Episode 128: Featured Guest - Brad Burke, Rice Alliance
As managing director of the Rice Alliance for Technology and Entrepreneurship, Burke always provides insightful good news about innovators who are Making It Happen. The Alliance was recently recognized as the leading university entrepreneurship center in the United States for the creation of successful new enterprises by the National Consortium of Entrepreneurship Centers in Syracuse, N.Y. Since its inception in 1999, the Alliance has been responsible for the launch of more than 200 companies that, collectively, have raised more than $300 million in early stage funding.
Original Broadcast: Saturday, November 17th, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Episode 128: PKF Entrepreneur’s Playbook
Greg Price believes that, for well-run companies, effective innovations are not purchased from experts outside, but take place from precisely targeted efforts occurring within the company.
Original Broadcast: Saturday, November 17th, 2007 | No Comments »
Episode 128: WebXTRA - Mesh Networks LLC
Don Kelly, President, Mesh Networks, LLC
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Original Broadcast: Saturday, November 17th, 2007 | No Comments »
