Russ and John present a show that offers the most valuable things we can think of. Includes: BusinessMakers Quote of the Week—anonymous, but clever, words of inspiration; This Week in Business History presents stories of Manhattan, Philadelphia, Boston, Cocoanuts and The Bismarck; Navigating Business Jargon—buzzwords and technospeak that come with various disclaimers; and Dumbest Moments in Business History—Gov. Eliot Spitzer leaves a legacy.

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Russ flashes back to May 15, 2008, when he and Brad Burke discussed the Rice Alliance 7th Annual Life Sciences Venture Forum. In this segment, Burke discusses three 60-second elevator pitches—those given by Andro Diagnostics, Organ Transport Systems Inc. and Traumatec Inc.

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John Berger has founded, and invested in, enough companies that we could probably qualify him as a “serial entrepreneur.” He co-founded his latest venture, Standard Renewable Energy, in 2006 and today serves as chairman and CEO. SRE is a one stop shop for both renewable energy and energy efficiency solutions. The company will review and analyze a client’s energy usage with an eye toward reducing energy consumption, and then will help the client deploy renewable energy products. Berger, a Harvard MBA, holds a great perspective on the energy industry and he shares it with Russ on this week’s BusinessMakers Show.

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Katie Laird offers tips to increase the effectiveness of your graphics in presentations, websites and brochures.

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Greg Price believes that many managers underestimate the most important aspect of any C.R.M. process (hint—it’s not the software application).

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