Episode 081: Presentations, Fashion and the Flexicisor

Episode 081 originally broadcast on December 23, 2006

School of Business for December 23, 2006

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

Ron Jackson of Project Green Room

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

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

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.

Flashback - Brian Lehnen

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.