Episode 118: Latino Coalition and Turning Bad into Good

Episode 118 originally broadcast on September 08, 2007

The School of Business for September 8, 2007

This week Russ and John fill in the Business School blanks with a quote from Newt Gingrich; historical references to California's statehood, the 1900 Galveston, TX hurricane, and the start of the first US transcontinental bus service; an email lingo lesson, and a Comcast cable serviceman falls asleep on a client's sofa while on hold for assistance.

Hector Barreto - Chairman of the Latino Coalition

Russ talks with Hector Barreto, former National Administrator of the SBA, author of The Engine of America: Secrets From Entrepreneurs Who Made It, Chairman of the Business Matchmaking Foundation, Chairman of the Latino Coalition, Commissioner of the California Commission For Economic Development (etc., etc.) about 5 years of serving the President of the USA, his full dance card, his entrepreneurial upbringing, business at the speed of light, and writing his first book.

Flashback - Rieva Lesonsky

This week the Business Makers pull Russ's interview with Rieva Lesonsky, Editorial Director of Entrepreneur Magazine, from the archives. Rieva discusses the early days at the magazine, turning getting fired into opportunity, the major contributions entrepreneurs play in the economy, the importance of the SBA, and gives her advice to aspiring entrepreneurs.