Episode 075: Energy and Education

Episode 075 originally broadcast on November 11, 2006

School of Business for November 11, 2006

News and notes from the business world for the week of November 11, 2006.

Alec Dreyer of Horizon Wind Energy

Russ conducts an on-the-road interview with the CEO of Horizon Wind Energy, an owner-operator of power plants that generate electricity using renewable energy sources, mainly wind energy. Alec Dreyer describes the challenge - and the recent growth - of the wind energy industry.

Professor Thomas J. O'Malia

Russ conducts an on-the-road interview with the director and chair of the Lloyd Greif Center for Entrepreneurial Studies, Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California. O'Malia describes the early days of USC's program, name-drops some of his high profile graduates and describes his own background as a "pracademic."

Flashback - Craig Newmark

Special excerpts from The BusinessMakers Archives - This week hear the story of how one of the pioneers of community computing got started. Listen to the avant guard founder and chairman of CraigsList.org, Craig Newmark.