Episode 122: An Economist and Hydro Energy

Episode 122 originally broadcast on October 06, 2007

The School of Business for October 6, 2007

Russ welcomes substitute teacher Gary Burke from Perth, Western Australia. We hear words of wisdom regarding attitude from Winston Churchill; historical references to one of the earliest maritime entrepreneurs, Henry Ford's introduction of the moving assembly line, and Hoover dam's energetic delivery; American business jargon defined in Australian English; and an intellectually challenged business idea.

Gary Burke - Economist and Researcher

Featured guest economist and researcher Gary Burke discusses emerging nations, barriers to sustainable economics, and Tall Poppy Syndrome. Burke's work within the Institute for Sustainability and Technology Policy at Murdoch University in Perth, Australia, has led him to conclude that the future of the global economy depends on the entrepreneurial and the innovative those who will develop sustainable, planet-friendly technologies for emerging countries.

Flashback - Wayne Krouse

Russ extracts key pieces of an interview with Wayne Krauss, the Founder, Chairman & CEO of Hydro Green Energy. Wayne tells us about inventing and patenting his scaleable, interchangeable array of kinetic hydro turbines that convert free moving water into hydro energy without the need for dams, which provides a more flexible means of one of the highest density renewable energy sources.

PKF Texas: The Entrepreneur’s Playbook® - Information Management 2

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