Episode 101: To Good to be Contained

Episode 101 originally broadcast on May 12, 2007

School of Business for May 12, 2007

Today John and Russ give you a quote from Charles Darwin about change. We also learn that this week in business history in 1607 Jamestown was founded, in 1792 the Wall Street Stock Exchange was founded, and in 1944 George Lucas was born in Modesto, CA. Plus, Russ tries to stump John with vuebilce and we hear about an AOL client's attempt to cancel service-it took him 21 minutes!

Garrett Boone of The Container Store

Today Russ is onsite at the corporate headquarters of The Container Store in Cobble, TX to interview Garrett Boone, Co-Founder and Co-Chairman of the nation's leading retailer of storage and organizational products. Garret talks about his tangled journey into entrepreneurship that started with his own house painting business in high school. After getting a Masters in history, he departed on a 2.5 year journey that evolved an idea for a handmade furniture store into what we know as The Container Store today, and along the way creating a new retail category called storage and organization.

Flashback - Jay Steinfeld

Today The Business Makers rewind to their interview with Jay Steinfeld, Founder and CEO of Blinds.com, the world's leading online supplier of blinds to consumers and decorators. Russ and John play excerpts of Jay talking about how his website grew from an online brochure to an online powerhouse and pulling off the side of the freeway to conduct business when he first tried out his web experiment. His customers save money by doing their own measuring and installing and now can get help with videos and 3D renderings online.

PKF Texas: The Entrepreneur’s Playbook® - Force Field Analysis

The first installment of a four part series with Greg Price of PKF Texas titled "Force Field Analysis." Greg explains Force Field Analysis and how, by examining your company's current positive and negative influences, it can help you take your company to the next level.