Episode 074: Contract Work, Books, and Energy

Episode 074 originally broadcast on November 04, 2006

School of Business for November 4, 2006

News and notes from the business world for the week of November 4, 2006.

Scott Langmack of Blue Chip Expert

Scott Langmack founded Blue Chip Expert as an efficient marketplace for the 14 million executives who prefer contract work. Within six weeks of its launch, Blue Chip had more than 10,000 members. The BusinessMakers discuss the company's structure, funding and obstacles with founder and CEO Scott Langmack.

Allen Fishman of The Alternative Board

Allen Fishman sold his business and retired for the first time at age 45. In 1990, he founded The Alternative Board, a franchise system that provides peer board and coaching solutions for business owners. The BusinessMakers discuss with this highly experienced entrepreneur his new book, the Seven Secrets of Great Entrepreneurial Masters.

Ahmad Atwan and Stanislas Bellon of Green Star Energy

Russ visits with Ahmad Atwan and Stanislas Bellon, co-founders of Green Star Energy, a company founded to produce ethanol from sugar cane in Brazil. Ethanol from sugar cane can be produced in Brazil for about half the cost that ethanol from corn can be produced in the U.S.

Flashback - Bill Groux

Flashback with the BusinessMakers to an interview from December 2005 to hear the story of how Bill Groux, founder and CEO of Retention Education, LLC, created a tool to teach English to Hispanic restaurant workers.