Russ and John have a good curriculum (but no football team) and they present useful information for “Make It Happen” entrepreneurs who know no limits. Includes: BusinessMakers Quote of the Week—inspiration from the former head of Coca-Cola, Doug Ivestor; This Week in Business History presents “Business & Media” week; Navigating Business Jargon—serious, dangerous buzzwords and technospeak that spew out every day; and Dumbest Moments in Business History—Taco Bell meets rats with no integrity.

Original Broadcast: Saturday, January 26th, 2008 | No Comments »

Flashback with the BusinessMakers to an interview from August 2005 when Russ visited with Paul Sarvadi, the co-founder, chairman and CEO of Administaff. Today, Administaff is in 21 markets, and has been included on Fortune’s list of America’s Most Admired Companies and the InformationWeek 500 list of leading information technology innovators. But, when Sarvadi co-founded the company in 1986, Outsourcing was still a new idea and he had to fight to create the category that would become known as the “Professional Employer Organization.” In this segment, Sarvadi explains how his respect for, and appreciation of, human resources prompted him to create—and to fight for—this new industry.

Original Broadcast: Saturday, January 26th, 2008 | No Comments »

Russ interviews the founder, president and CEO of GrowthForce, an outsourced accounting and bookkeeping consulting service in Kingwood, Texas. King has been a number cruncher all his life—says he was a 10-year-old on a 10-key. Since 1979 he’s been using technology to simplify accounting. He established his first Web-based outsourced accounting service in 1995 in New York’s Silicon Alley. GrowthForce is staffed with QuickBooks experts who can analyze existing accounting data, set up new accounting systems and even train clients in best practices and use of the latest technology. It’s a story of recognizing a need and creating the perfect solution.

Original Broadcast: Saturday, January 26th, 2008 | No Comments »

Greg Price suggests that social networks could be good for business and has tips for channeling the energy behind this new craze.

Original Broadcast: Saturday, January 26th, 2008 | No Comments »

Russ and John make you “more savvy” as they present useful curriculum without the cost of tuition. “Knowledge is Good.” Includes: BusinessMakers Quote of the Week—inspiration from the late author Peter Drucker; This Week in Business History presents “Hope & Change” week; Navigating Business Jargon—buzzwords and technospeak that will make people wonder where you’ve been hanging out; and Dumbest Moments in Business History—a rapper who diversified into the faux fur business.

Original Broadcast: Saturday, January 19th, 2008 | No Comments »