Episode 109: Aisle 109 - Cookware

Episode 109 originally broadcast on July 07, 2007

The School of Business for July 7, 2007

Quote of the Week, This Week in Business History, The PKF Entrepreneur's Playbook, Navigating Business Jargon, and Dumbest Moments.

Heida Thurlow of Chantal Corporation

Today's featured guest is founder and President of Chantal Corporation, Heida Thurlowe. She discusses with Russ her original pieces of cookware, her love of Engineering, and how following her ex-husband to Houston, TX in 1970 resulted in a $100,000 order from Pier One Imports as she looked for her niche. She formed Chantal in 1982 to market her patented design for an attachment that would allow the placement of stainless steel handles on enamel cookware, and was the first woman in the world to found and manage a cookware company.

WebXtra - Heida Thurlow

Flashback - Young Entrepreneurs

Hear excerpts from interviews with Jerry Muchler, President of Junior Achievement of Southeast Texas; Christine Chen, 2003 Walt Disney National Scholarship winner and Junior, triple major at Rice University; Connie Yu, 2005 Walt Disney National Scholarship winner; Justin Avery Anderson, founder and CEO of Anderson Trail, Inc.; and Jeff Livney, founder and President of PikoZoom and winner of The Neeley School of Business High School Entrepreneur program award from TCU. These young entrepreneurs sound like the pros!

PKF Texas: The Entrepreneur’s Playbook® - Forester 1

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