Episode 153: What is People Pad?

Episode 153 originally broadcast on March 10, 2008

The School of Business for May 10, 2008

Russ and John present a public service announcement - we speak, you learn (and profit). Includes: BusinessMakers Quote of the Week - words of wisdom from Rev. Jesse Jackson; This Week in Business History presents Fascinating Week; Navigating Business Jargon - buzzwords and technospeak that you should be careful with; and Dumbest Moments in Business History - Checkers puts their buns in the wrong place.

Troy Williams of PeoplePad Inc.

When Troy Williams founded Questia Media Inc. in 1998, Google had not yet begun its digitization effort; Williams wrestled print copyrights and scanning processes to create the first online library. Students in 200 countries now have access to Questia's 70,000 books and nearly 2 million articles. In 2007, he left Questia to develop PeoplePad Inc., an early-stage Internet company located in Austin. PeoplePad is still in stealth mode, but Williams describes it as "a gargantuan project" being built on semantic Web technologies. Russ and Williams discuss grandiose visions, building and financing a company, and trying to change the world.

Flashback - David Gaidousek

Russ flashes back to earlier this year and a visit with Dave Gaidousek, co-owner of The Drake Co., a "green" packaging company that seeks to recycle and reduce the waste of the packaging industry. Drake's new Lite-Pak is better for the planet and is also cost effective.