Episode 232: Technology News from the Fast Tech 50!

Episode 232 originally broadcast on November 14, 2009

Shobeir Shobeiri calls PlugandPlayTechCenter.com “Silicon Valley in a Box.” It is a technology community that provides support for technology start ups. Then, Russ reports in from Houston’s Fast Tech 50. Competition sponsors offer behind-the-scenes comments, and Russ interviews Michael Kearney, president & CEO of Deep Flex Inc., the 2009 winner of the Fast Tech 50.

School of Business 11/14/09

Russ and John present the show about the entrepreneurs, the people who take risks, build businesses and, well, these people are like the economy’s Marine Corps. Includes: the BusinessMakers Quote of the Week—more political commentary from humorist P.J. O’Rourke; This Week in Business History includes the William Tell Overture, Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address, Smith & Wesson, and Niagara Falls; Navigating Business Jargon—acronyms, technospeak and trendy new stuff; and Dumbest Moments in Business History—New York’s high taxes are actually bringing in LESS than its lower taxes. Strange but true!

Silicon Valley in a Box

Shobeir Shobeiri calls PlugandPlayTechCenter.com “Silicon Valley in a Box.” It is a technology community that provides a data center, counseling and capital raising assistance to a client base that includes 238 technology start ups.

The Houston Fast Tech 50

Russ is on the road at Houston’s Fast Tech 50. Competition sponsors offer behind-the-scenes comments; we’ll hear from principals with the Houston Technology Center, PKF Texas, Oracle and Pierpont Communications. And, finally, Russ interviews Michael Kearney, president & CEO of Deep Flex Inc., the 2009 winner of the Fast Tech 50.

Ken Dennard & Steve Gray, DRG&E

Russ visits with two principals of Dennard Rupp Gray & Easterly LLC, the largest Investor Relations firm headquartered in the Southwest. Dennard and Gray believe that companies should ramp up their communication efforts when the economy gets iffy. DRG&'E represents 35 public companies and recently formed a strategic partnership with WJB Capital, an institutional broker-dealer.

PKF Texas: The Entrepreneur’s Playbook® - Required Minimum Distributions

Changes in the retirement tax laws, coupled with our economic downturn, are making retirees uncomfortable. Greg Price offers tax-saving strategies for required minimum distributions.