Episode 125: Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation

Episode 125 originally broadcast on October 27, 2007

The School of Business for October 27, 2007

Russ and John present the "Not Your Business-As-Usual" School. Includes: BusinessMakers Quote of the Week - wisdom from Victor Kiam, Remington Products Co.; This Week in Business History - trivia about cars, guys who switch sides and truth in packaging; Navigating Business Jargon - buzzwords and technospeak (try these at a cocktail party) and Dumbest (Most Painful) Moments in Business History - Netflix hits a bump in the road.

Interviews from the Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation

The BusinessMakers broadcast from the Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation, a program of the Bauer College of Business at the University of Houston. CEI is being honored as the Number 2 ranked school of entrepreneurship in the nation. This Featured Guest interview includes conversations with four heavy-weights from the academic side of entrepreneurship. Dan Steppe, executive director, CEI, explains the importance of validation. Robert Franek, vice president and publisher, Princeton Review, discusses the criteria used to rank schools and quality of training. Michael Holthouse, founder of Paranet, explains Lemonade Day and the importance of education and support for young entrepreneurs. Bill Sherrill, founder and co-chairman of CEI, remembers the early days of CEI and explains the basic formula for running a company.

Flashback - Bill Sherrill

Flashback with the BusinessMakers 100 episodes ago to an interview with Bill Sherrill, the founder of the Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation, a program of the Bauer College of Business at the University of Houston. CEI was recently honored by the Princeton Review and Entrepreneur Magazine. In this segment, Sherrill talks about his own entrepreneurial adventures, failures and getting "experience shoved in my ears."