Interviews By Segment: "The Businessmakers"

Lisa Pounds - Green Plate Kids

Interviewer: Russ Capper | Guest: Lisa Pounds | Episode: 273 | Date: August 28, 2010

When Lisa Pounds took time off work to raise her daughter, she realized how little she knew about children’s food and nutrition. The more she learned, the more frustrated she became with the food options available for busy parents. Green Plate Kids offers packaged meals and snack foods that are free of bad things (like preservatives or corn syrup) and full of good things (like hidden vegetables). Her company has only been in operation for a few months and she is already expanding, hiring another chef… and did we mention that GPK delivers?

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Stuart Page - GloriOil

Interviewer: John Pacini | Guest: Stuart Page | Episode: 272 | Date: August 21, 2010

John Pacini interviews the CEO of GloriOil, an enhanced oil recovery company that uses biotechnology to increase the production of mature fields. The company uses cost-efficient technology to manipulate bacteria already present in the wells to increase recovery by 10-15 percent. Page, who was brought in to help grow the company, talks about the dynamics of bringing investors into the mix.

Larry Keast - Venturetech Corp. Intl

Interviewer: Russ Capper | Guest: Larry Keast | Episode: 271 | Date: August 14, 2010

It’s the classic “started the company in his garage” story of American entrepreneurship; his wife ran the bookkeeping. He has stayed at the helm of his company for 30 years, kept it a private enterprise; his wife is still the company bookkeeper. Along the way, he founded non-profit America in Recovery Inc., and began hiring “unemployables,” including recovering alcoholics, ex-offenders, the disabled and “old people.” It’s created an amazing work environment with employees who are more loyal and productive than he ever expected. And it’s created an incredibly inspiring story.

Morrie Shechtman - Fifth Wave Leadership

Interviewer: Russ Capper | Guest: Morrie Shechtman | Episode: 270 | Date: August 07, 2010

Russ visits with the founder and chairman of Fifth Wave Leadership, a consulting firm specializing in the development of human capital. Morrie maintains that people, especially entrepreneurs, get in their own way and keep themselves from being successful. He says entrepreneurs have made an art form of screwing up themselves; through group feedback and input, he helps people remove their own obstacles.

Janine Iannarelli - Par Avion Ltd.

Interviewer: Russ Capper | Guest: Janine Iannarelli | Episode: 269 | Date: July 31, 2010

Janine Iannarelli was still in college when she discovered the world of aviation. Her last semester, she decided that aviation brokerage was where she needed to be. Several years later, she realized she could broker a sale completely on her own and felt it was time to launch her own business. And the rest is history. Russ visits with Janine Iannarelli, the founder and president of Par Avion Ltd., an aircraft brokerage/marketing firm that specializes in business aircraft.

Richard Yoo - Rackspace Hosting Inc.

Interviewer: John Pacini | Guest: Richard Yoo | Episode: 268 | Date: July 24, 2010

Richard Yoo, co-founder and former CEO of Rackspace, built a company to provide enterprise-level hosting services with what he called “fanatical support.” Rackspace offers a self-managed server, which allows for a more knowledgeable and technical customer. Today the company boasts more than 99,000 clients. John Pacini visits with an entrepreneur who knew what he had to do, rolled with the punches and stayed focused on his goals.

Kenneth Neatherlin - Ground Force Building Systems

Interviewer: Russ Capper | Guest: Kenneth Neatherlin | Episode: 267 | Date: July 17, 2010

Kenneth Neatherlin created and patented a moveable, concrete slab. He builds and transports the component parts to the site using his patented air ride transport system. Russ visits with a man who grew up “riding the roof,” as a kid sitting on top of buildings being moved by his father. He has the homebuilding business and commercial construction in his blood, and has used his expertise to follow his own dream.

Scott Fordham - Champion Energy Services

Interviewer: Russ Capper | Guest: Scott Fordman | Episode: 266 | Date: July 10, 2010

Businessman and serial entrepreneur Scott Fordham has an impressive resume and certainly knows his way around a Board Room. As president and CEO of Champion Energy Services, he also understands the deregulated electricity market. In this segment, he has a lively discussion with Russ Capper about the importance of transparency and educating consumers.

Joe Schurman - Evangelyze Communications

Interviewer: Russ Capper | Guest: Joe Schurman | Episode: 265 | Date: July 03, 2010

You probably have several ways that you communicate and receive messages: home phone, cell phone, email, Facebook, Skype. Wouldn’t it be nice if there were a way to coordinate all these different lines into ONE way to find you (and you could monitor ONE place to get your messages)? Joe Schurman, an award-winning Microsoft guru, is working to create the next level of human connectedness. And he’s written books! Russ visits with a man who has a vision of the future and the technical knowledge to get us there.

Brooke & Chad Farrell of RecycleMatch

Interviewer: Russ Capper | Guest: Brooke Farrell, Chad Farrell | Episode: 264 | Date: June 26, 2010

They call themselves “the eHarmony of trash.” Brooke and Chad Farrell founded RecycleMatch.com, an online solution for commercial waste, matching those who HAVE it with those who WANT it. They help companies save time, money and resources by finding another use for large volumes of almost anything headed for the landfill. For example, a commercial property owner was faced with disposing of windows; through a RecycleMatch, those windows are now being crushed to make glass countertops for homes. It’s a win/win even for those companies not initially motivated by the “Green” Movement.

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