Episode 119: Hear Your Favorite Music with a Few Clicks

Episode 119 originally broadcast on September 15, 2007

The School of Business for September 15, 2007

As today's bell rings, we learn "over preparation is the foe of inspiration" thanks to Napoleon Bonaparte. Today's history lesson includes the first transcontinental stage coach mail service to San Fransisco starting in 1858 (no overnight delivery available), in 1959 Nikita Krushev acts like a buffoon and gets barred from Disneyland, and in 1997 Next is bought by Apple and brings Steven Jobs back to the Mac. Our jargon of the day is "word fact" and Radio Shack is our dummy as we remember the firing of 400 employees over email.

Tim Westergren of Pandora

Listen to the founder and Chief Strategy Officer of Pandora, Tim Westergren. Pandora is a leader in delivering music via the Web and was:

- The winner of the Media Category in CNet's 2007 Webware 100 awards
- One of PC World Magazine's "The 100 Best Products of 2007"
- A "Red Herring 100 North America" award winner
- Named by Time Magazine as one of its "50 Coolest Websites of 2006"
- Featured on CNN, Newsweek, Fortune and the New York Times

WebXtra - Tim Westergren

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