December 2006 Archives

School of Business for December 30, 2006

Interviewer: Russ Capper, John Beddow | Guest: The BusinessMakers | Episode: 082 | Date: December 30, 2006

Quote of the Week, This Week in Business History, Navigating Business Jargon, Dumbest Moments.

Best Practices for December 30, 2006

Interviewer: Russ Capper, John Beddow | Guest: The BusinessMakers | Episode: 082 | Date: December 30, 2006

Expert advice from industry professionals: PKF Texas, Boyar & Miller, and Pierpont Communications.

Flashback - Octogenarians

Interviewer: Russ Capper, John Beddow | Guest: George Ballas, Stewart Morris, Bill Sherrill | Episode: 082 | Date: December 30, 2006

Special excerpts from the BusinessMakers Archives - This week hear very successful octogenarians: George Ballas, Founder of Weedeater; Stewart Morris, Former Co-CEO of Stewart Title; and Bill Sherrill, serial entrepreneur and Founder of the Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation at the Bauer School of Business at the University of Houston.

Flashback - Brian Lehnen

Interviewer: Russ Capper, John Beddow | Guest: Brian Lehnen | Episode: 081 | Date: December 23, 2006

Special excerpts from the BusinessMakers Archives - This week hear Brian Lehnen, Founder and Executive Director of the Village Enterprise Fund, a veteran micro-lender focused on improving life in East Africa.

School of Business for December 23, 2006

Interviewer: Russ Capper, John Beddow | Guest: The BusinessMakers | Episode: 081 | Date: December 23, 2006

Quote of the Week, This Week in Business History, Navigating Business Jargon, Dumbest Moments.

Best Practices for December 23, 2006

Interviewer: Russ Capper, John Beddow | Guest: The BusinessMakers | Episode: 081 | Date: December 23, 2006

Expert advice from industry professionals: PKF Texas, Boyar & Miller, and Pierpont Communications.

Ron Jackson of Project Green Room

Interviewer: Russ Capper, John Beddow | Guest: Ron Jackson | Episode: 081 | Date: December 23, 2006

The BusinessMakers interview Ron Jackson, CEO of communications consultancy Project GreenRoom. Jackson, an image consultant, tells how to make the most of those first 10 seconds of any presentation when permanent impressions are being made.

Tracy Huffor and Michael Todd Smith of Atelier, Tracy & Michael

Interviewer: Russ Capper, John Beddow | Guest: Tracy Huffor, Michael Todd Smith | Episode: 081 | Date: December 23, 2006

Tracy Huffer and Michael Todd Smith created a company to fill the gap that exists between the mass-marketed and the couture designer garments. Their designs are seen on ABC's Desperate Housewives. Russ interviews Huffor and Smith, founders of women's clothing designers Atelier Tracy & Michael.

Arthur Kassel Inventor of Flexicisor

Interviewer: Russ Capper | Guest: Arthur Kassel | Episode: 081 | Date: December 23, 2006

Russ sends in an on-the-road interview from Beverly Hills with Arthur Kassel, inventor of the Flexicisor. Kassel created the Flexicisor to help his wife, Tichi Wilkerson Kassel, editor of the Hollywood Reporter, who had Parkinson's Disease.