Episode 222: Travel & Twitterville

Episode 222 originally broadcast on September 05, 2009

Erica O’Grady sends home an interview from San Carlos, CA with the author of Twitterville: How Businesses Can Thrive in the New Global Neighborhoods. Serial entrepreneur Shel Israel believes Corporate America could operate more efficiently if it considered the online community in a different light. Then flash back to our interview with Elliott Ng, founder of UpTake.com, a travel search site.

School of Business 09/05/2009

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Shel Israel, Author

Erica O’Grady sends us an interview from San Carlos, CA with the author of Twitterville: How Businesses Can Thrive in the New Global Neighborhoods. Shel Israel, in his current incarnation, is a blogger who often writes about social media. Israel thinks Corporate America could operate more efficiently within our global marketplace if it considered the online community in a different light. Among other things, he spouts “kick butt” stories of companies that found a unique strength within their online tools, and he offers a wonderful perspective on why people with gray hair should Tweet. This is a terrific interview that will surprise you.

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Flashback - Elliott Ng, UpTake.com

Erica O’Grady is on the road and sends home an interview with the creator of UpTake.com, a travel search and discovery site. “We search 5,000 travel sites so you don’t have to.” Ng and his trip-savvy colleagues believe they have taken the best of the other travel sites and added important features to create a search site that facilitates the travel decision-making process. Ng offers his fellow entrepreneurs tips to grow team dynamics, to cultivate passion and to stay focused on helping your customer.

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