Interviews By Category: "Sports"

Henry Richardson - Define Body

Interviewer: Esther Freedman | Guest: Henry Richardson | Episode: 395 | Date: December 29, 2012

With so many exercise options available, how does a fitness enthusiast differentiate his company to result in THIS level of success? It might be an issue of passion, but he’s also very focused on his vision. And he’s talking to US! Esther Steinfeld Freedman visits with the founder of DEFINE Body & Mind, former competitive diver Hank Richardson.

Ben Lipson - Sports Tradex

Interviewer: Russ Capper | Guest: Ben Lipson | Episode: 394 | Date: December 22, 2012

Former commodities trader Ben Lipson has taken Fantasy Sports to the next level. Lipson has created a marketplace, a virtual stock exchange using virtual money, for predicting game performance of players and outcome of events. Don’t like your Texans? Sell them and pick up the Patriots! Like an economic stock exchange, one can often predict results by participant (investor) behavior as odds change in real time during the game. There is a competitive aspect to the site, with actual prize money for various games. And wait until you hear Lipson’s advertising model.

Women Mean Business - Andrea Young

Interviewer: Leisa Holland-Nelson | Guest: Andrea Young | Episode: 352 | Date: March 03, 2012

Women Mean Business host Leisa Holland-Nelson, president of ContentActive, interviews Andrea Young, president and COO of Sam Houston Race Park.

Mark Floreani - Flocasts

Interviewer: Russ Capper | Guest: Mark Floreani | Episode: 346 | Date: January 21, 2012

Russ visits with repeat guest Mark Floreani, founder of online sports media company Flocasts. This is a follow-up to our interview with Mark in August 2011 during which he introduced the concept for his company. (As a former track star and absolute sports freak, Mark is the perfect person to establish a media company to broadcast and cover underserved sports.) This interview was recorded on site at Team USA’s Olympic trials for marathon runners in the 2012 London Games.

Henry Richardson - Define Body

Interviewer: Esther Freedman | Guest: Henry Richardson | Episode: 346 | Date: January 21, 2012

With so many exercise options available, how does a fitness enthusiast differentiate his company to result in THIS level of success? It might be an issue of passion, but he’s also very focused on his vision. And he’s talking to US! Esther Steinfeld Freedman visits with the founder of DEFINE Body & Mind, former competitive diver Hank Richardson.

Women Mean Business - Andrea Young

Interviewer: Leisa Holland-Nelson | Guest: Andrea Young | Episode: 344 | Date: January 07, 2012

WMB host Leisa Holland-Nelson, president of ContentActive, interviews Andrea Young, president and COO of Sam Houston Race Park.

Jamey Rootes - Houston Texans

Interviewer: Leisa Holland-Nelson | Guest: Jamey Rootes | Episode: 326 | Date: September 03, 2011

His primary objective is to “create raving fans.” Leisa Holland-Nelson interviews Jamey Rootes, president of the Houston Texans, a man TWICE named by SportsBusiness Journal to its “Forty Under 40” list of sports executives. Rootes discusses his experience launching the Soccer Major League, and the critical elements of leadership.

George Foreman - Knockout Entrepreneur

Interviewer: Russ Capper | Guest: George Foreman | Episode: 290 | Date: December 25, 2010

Russ revisits one of our favorite interviews ever. George Foreman--Olympic gold medalist, two-time World Heavyweight Champion, extreme patriot and now, author—repeatedly did what everyone said he couldn’t. You may know the successes of George Foreman, but you’ll be intrigued by how he overcame his failures. This man is the mentor and guru for anyone who ever doubted their own abilities.

The Business Side of the Super Bowl

Interviewer: Russ Capper, Katie Laird, Esther Steinfeld | Guest: The BusinessMakers | Episode: 244 | Date: February 06, 2010

Katie and Esther, our very own Overtime Girls, discuss The Big Game, an advertiser’s dream with an audience of nearly 100 million. Everyone makes money: the advertisers, the merchandisers, the restaurants, the host city, even Disney World. And those television ads. Remember “Nothin’ but net”?!

Businessmakers Breakdown: September 16, 2009

Interviewer: Katie Laird, Esther Steinfeld | Guest: The BusinessMakers | Episode: 008 | Date: September 16, 2009

Esther and Katie dissect The BusinessMakers’ interview with Olympic gold medalist and two-time World Heavyweight Champion George Foreman. We love his grill, but we’re also impressed with his priorities for life. In his new book, Knockout Entrepreneur, Foreman’s core values shine through. (“Everyone is asking: Who can I do business with that I can trust?”)

George Foreman, Author and Entrepreneur Extraordinaire

Interviewer: Russ Capper | Guest: George Foreman | Episode: 223 | Date: September 12, 2009

Russ visits with Olympic gold medalist and two-time World Heavyweight Champion, a consummate salesman and an unstoppable optimist. Foreman is full of advice and talks about his own lessons learned: “I didn’t become champion because I didn’t get knocked down; I became champion because I kept getting back up.” In his new book, Knockout Entrepreneur, Foreman emphasizes personal initiative, seizing the moment and the importance of friends. (And did I mention the Lean Mean Fat-Reducing Grilling Machine?!)

Flashback - Male Cheerleaders and High School Dropouts

Interviewer: Russ Capper, John Beddow | Guest: Dennis Murphree, David Weekley, Doug Harris, Eric Elfman, Tara Jean Hart, Gordon Bethune | Episode: 062 | Date: August 12, 2006

Every once in a while the BusinessMakers like to go back and reminisce about some of the interviews that we have had since the show began. In the flashback we pick out some of the high points in the interviews we have done. Who would have thought that being a male cheerleader, like Dennis Murphree, David Weekley and Doug Harris would lead to being a successful entrepreneur? Russ and John review the good the bad, the ugly and the comical from the last year of interviews.