Episode 076: Automobiles, Oil, and China

Episode 076 originally broadcast on November 18, 2006

School of Business for November 18, 2006

News and notes from the business world for the week of November 18, 2006.

Christopher Darkins of Driven XChange

The BusinessMakers visit with Christopher Darkins, former member of the 1996 Super Bowl Champion Green Bay Packers. Darkins used his capital markets expertise to create a new online marketplace that is changing the wholesale automobile industry.

Danny Davis of Esopeta Oil

Danny Davis founded his oil and gas company in 1992. Today, Escopeta Oil is active in South Texas and in the Cook Inlet Basin in Alaska. Davis is on the brink of a tremendous drilling opportunity in the Cook Inlet - and tells an incredible story of what he has to do before he can drill in one of the nation's largest reserves.

Chris Devonshire-Ellis of Dezan Shira & Associates

Russ conducts a thought-provoking interview with the founder and senior partner of legal, audit and tax services firm Dezan Shira & Assoc. Devonshire-Ellis has been doing business and living in China since 1992 and provides an insightful look at this emerging giant.

Flashback - Flavia Schroeder

Special excerpts from The BusinessMakers Archives - This week hear the story of a very successful language business that was started by a teenager in Buenos Aires. Hear excerpts from the interview with Flavia Schroeder, Founder and CEO of FS Language Services.