August 2010 Archives

Making the Super Brownies

Interviewer: Russ Capper | Guest: Lisa Pounds, Richard Arroyo | Episode: 273 | Date: August 28, 2010

Lisa Pounds and Executive Chef Richard Arroyo demonstrate to Russ how the Super Brownies are made.

School of Business 08/28/10

Interviewer: Russ Capper, John Beddow | Guest: The BusinessMakers | Episode: 273 | Date: August 28, 2010

Russ and John present the show for the guys that make it all happen, the show that champions innovation and entrepreneurship. Includes: the BusinessMakers Quote of the Week—wise words from American humorist Will Rogers; This Week in Business History includes the first flying of the Stars & Stripes flag, the signing of Roosevelt’s tax against the wealthy, and the birthday of the late, great Michael Jackson; the Jargon Challenge Round—trendy technospeak that YOU should know; and Dumbest Moments in Business History—California opens another Taj Mahal school.

Flashback - Fred Pounds, ScreenTek Ltd.

Interviewer: Russ Capper, John Beddow | Guest: Fred Pounds | Episode: 273 | Date: August 28, 2010

Russ and John flash back to our 2006 interview with Fred Pounds, co-founder of ScreenTek Ltd. Father and son established this company based on an unfilled need, serving people with broken laptop computer monitors. In this segment, Pounds talks about his core business and how it came to be.

Lisa Pounds - Green Plate Kids

Interviewer: Russ Capper | Guest: Lisa Pounds | Episode: 273 | Date: August 28, 2010

When Lisa Pounds took time off work to raise her daughter, she realized how little she knew about children’s food and nutrition. The more she learned, the more frustrated she became with the food options available for busy parents. Green Plate Kids offers packaged meals and snack foods that are free of bad things (like preservatives or corn syrup) and full of good things (like hidden vegetables). Her company has only been in operation for a few months and she is already expanding, hiring another chef… and did we mention that GPK delivers?

Click here to watch How to Make the Super Brownies.

PKF Texas: The Entrepreneur’s Playbook® - The Value of Consultants

Interviewer: Greg Price | Guest: Greg Price | Episode: 273 | Date: August 28, 2010

As a consultant, are you really adding value? Greg Price offers ways to evaluate your consultant, and yourself.

School of Business 08/21/10

Interviewer: Russ Capper, John Beddow | Guest: The BusinessMakers | Episode: 272 | Date: August 21, 2010

Russ and John present the show that champions innovation and entrepreneurship, the show about the BusinessMakers. Includes: the BusinessMakers Quote of the Week—pithy brilliance from Albert Einstein; This Week in Business History goes way back to include the eruption of Mount Vesuvius, the creation of potato chips, and the first parachute (which, of course, ultimately led to the creation of the “golden parachute”); the Jargon Challenge Round—trendy technospeak that YOU should know; and Dumbest Moments in Business History—some retired New York City cops want better benefits.

Flashback - Bill Schrom: Geotrace Technologies Inc.

Interviewer: Russ Capper | Guest: Bill Schrom | Episode: 272 | Date: August 21, 2010

Russ flashes back to our 2009 interview with Bill Schrom, CEO of Geotrace, a sub-surface imaging company that analyzes clients’ old data to help oil companies recover more oil and gas, often from existing wells. Geotrace’s 300 scientists--including mathematicians, physicists, geologists and geophysicists—help clients reinterpret their data more efficiently to provide better seismic imaging information.

Stuart Page - GloriOil

Interviewer: John Pacini | Guest: Stuart Page | Episode: 272 | Date: August 21, 2010

John Pacini interviews the CEO of GloriOil, an enhanced oil recovery company that uses biotechnology to increase the production of mature fields. The company uses cost-efficient technology to manipulate bacteria already present in the wells to increase recovery by 10-15 percent. Page, who was brought in to help grow the company, talks about the dynamics of bringing investors into the mix.

PKF Texas: The Entrepreneur’s Playbook® - Wine, Pasta and iPhones

Interviewer: Greg Price | Guest: Greg Price | Episode: 272 | Date: August 21, 2010

Does technology make you better at your job or just make it harder to escape it? Greg Price took a vacation without 3G OR guilt. Find out how!

School of Business 08/14/10

Interviewer: Russ Capper, John Beddow | Guest: The BusinessMakers | Episode: 271 | Date: August 14, 2010

Russ and John present the show about the risk-takers, those who drive employment in the private sector who are the stars of our economy. Includes: the BusinessMakers Quote of the Week—eloquent wisdom from former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher; This Week in Business History includes Pilgrims, bankruptcy (and debtors prison), helium and Toyota; the Jargon Challenge Round—trendy technospeak that YOU should know; and Dumbest Moments in Business History—Public sector employees (which WE pay for) now make more than WE do.

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