Episode 155: Renewable Energy

Episode 155 originally broadcast on May 24, 2008

The School of Business for May 24, 2008

Russ and John present a show that offers the most valuable things we can think of. Includes: BusinessMakers Quote of the Week - anonymous, but clever, words of inspiration; This Week in Business History presents stories of Manhattan, Philadelphia, Boston, Cocoanuts and The Bismarck; Navigating Business Jargon - buzzwords and technospeak that come with various disclaimers; and Dumbest Moments in Business History - Gov. Eliot Spitzer leaves a legacy.

John Berger of Standard Renewable Energy

John Berger has founded, and invested in, enough companies that we could probably qualify him as a "serial entrepreneur." He co-founded his latest venture, Standard Renewable Energy, in 2006 and today serves as chairman and CEO. SRE is a one stop shop for both renewable energy and energy efficiency solutions. The company will review and analyze a client's energy usage with an eye toward reducing energy consumption, and then will help the client deploy renewable energy products. Berger, a Harvard MBA, holds a great perspective on the energy industry and he shares it with Russ on this week's BusinessMakers Show.

Flashback - Brad Burke

Russ flashes back to May 15, 2008, when he and Brad Burke discussed the Rice Alliance 7th Annual Life Sciences Venture Forum. In this segment, Burke discusses three 60-second elevator pitches - those given by Andro Diagnostics, Organ Transport Systems Inc. and Traumatec Inc.