Russ and John champion The Cause and present “We Teach and You Profit.” Includes: BusinessMakers Quote of the Week—brilliance from Rev. Theodore Hesburgh ; This Week in Business History presents “Auto Bidness” week; Navigating Business Jargon— buzzwords and technospeak that could make a great first impression; and Dumbest Moments in Business History—the Toronto Blue Jays catch some heat for a pillow fight.

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Flashback to May 2006 with Russ as he revisits his interview with Bill Brekke, Commercial Counselor for the U.S. Commercial Service in Beijing, China. Brekke assists U.S. companies overseas and, in the process, must also enforce the tenets of the World Trade Organization. China joined the WTO only five years ago and is now our largest overseas export market. Brekke offers insightful observations on China’s economic development.

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Russ interviews Robyn Meredith, Senior Editor for Forbes Magazine Asia and author of The Elephant and the Dragon. She lives in Hong Kong and travels throughout Asia in her work for Forbes. Meredith gives a fascinating perspective on the emergence of India and China as global industrialized powers, their tremendous growth and their connections with the United States.

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BusinessMakers on-the-road reporter Erica O’Grady interviews today’s Renaissance man, social media entrepreneur Amit Gupta, co-founder of the Daily Jolt, and Change This. Gupta discusses his latest adventure, Photojojo.

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Erica picks up with Amit and they dive further into the discussion of Photojojo and its future as well as Amit’s thoughts on what makes up a great entrepreneur.

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