BusinessMaker's Show Episodes

Episode 226: Algae and iPhone Apps...What?

Date: October 03, 2009

Gaurav Khandelwal grew up in India where his family owned a tea company. In the U.S., he launched Chai Hut, a concept that morphed into ChaiOne, a digital agency that develops custom corporate iPhone, Facebook and Web applications. It’s a fascinating entrepreneurial journey. Then, flash back to an incredible accomplishment by a company that first appeared on The BusinessMakers in March 2008. You will want to hear what Sunrise Ridge Algae has done since we last spoke with CEO Norman Whitton.

Episode 225: New Paths for Energy to Follow

Date: September 26, 2009

The BusinessMakers visit Bill Schrom, CEO of Geotrace Technologies, a reservoir services company that helps clients optimize oil and gas exploration on existing wells using the client’s original data. Schrom offers an insider’s view of the fossil fuels industry and comments on international politics, doing business in a slowing economy and mental capacity. Then flash back to the 7th Annual Rice Alliance Energy & Clean Technology Venture Forum; we have here our four favorite elevator pitches. We have included all 48 elevator pitches from the competition in a WebXTRA.

Episode 224: Fast Growth, Strength and Happiness

Date: September 19, 2009

The BusinessMakers are on the road this week at the Houston Business Journal’s Fast 100. Russ and Katie interview the winners and the sponsors. We also have an interview with Harvard professor Shawn Achor, an expert on the psychology of happiness. Then flash back to earlier interviews with BusinessMakers legends Nolan Bushnell, Steve Wozniak, Rod Canion and Billy Joe "Red" McCombs.

Episode 223: Help for Start-ups Right Here!!

Date: September 12, 2009

This week, The BusinessMakers visit with the wonderful George Foreman. The Olympic gold medalist, two-time World Heavyweight Champion and entrepreneur extraordinaire has a new book, and a lifetime of enthusiastic advice, to pass on. Then, flash back to our interview last summer with Brian Liu, co-founder of online legal document service LegalZoom.

Episode 222: Travel & Twitterville

Date: September 05, 2009

Erica O’Grady sends home an interview from San Carlos, CA with the author of Twitterville: How Businesses Can Thrive in the New Global Neighborhoods. Serial entrepreneur Shel Israel believes Corporate America could operate more efficiently if it considered the online community in a different light. Then flash back to our interview with Elliott Ng, founder of UpTake.com, a travel search site.

Episode 221: Women Entrepreneurs

Date: August 29, 2009

Russ interviews five extraordinary women, all accomplished in their careers, and several who are winners in the Houston Business Journal’s 2009 50 Fastest Growing Women Owned Businesses. Then, flash back to a BusinessMakers on-the-road interview with the co-founders of Women 2.0, a San Francisco company committed to increasing the number of women entrepreneurs by providing resources that support their efforts to establish technology companies.

Episode 220: Surviving in a Tough Market

Date: August 22, 2009

Russ interviews America’s “small business person’s advocate.” Victor Cheng’s book, The Recession Proof Business, includes stories from and about companies that have survived economic downturns. Cheng offers observations on what went wrong, and he offers new guidelines for surviving in today’s marketplace. Then, flash back to an interview with Don Minnick, Interpersonal Skills Laboratory. In this segment, Minnick discusses ways to make yourself indispensible and offers tips to increase your security during a layoff in the workplace.

Episode 219: Business Builders and Innovators

Date: August 15, 2009

CyrusOne, a colocation datacenter provider, has six of the top 10 global enterprises as customers. CyrusOne promises 100 percent uptime—a powerful statement. Russ interviews co-founder David Ferdman, who says he had to build a better mousetrap to compete. And he doesn’t mind telling us how he did just that. Then, flash back with The BusinessMakers to the first annual Entrepreneur Camp held at the Houston Technology Center.

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