Episode 244: Another DealMakers Review

Episode 244 originally broadcast on February 06, 2010

The BusinessMakers present another real world snapshot deal review in our DealMaker Series. Blair Garrou of venture capital firm DFJ Mercury introduces Michael Gile, founder of FUZZYLUKE, a car diagnostic app that links your iPhone to the diagnostic computer in your car. Then, flash back with Katie and Esther as they discuss The Big Game, an advertiser’s dream with an audience of nearly 100 million.

School of Business 02/06/2010

Russ and John present the show that features innovators from the private sector who are saving our bacon! We salute the entrepreneurs who make things happen. Includes: the BusinessMakers Quote of the Day—pithy commentary from American writer Channing Pollock; This Week in Business History includes such intriguing elements as volleyball, shoe rationing and the massive Boeing 747; Navigating Business Jargon—acronyms, technospeak and trendy new stuff; and Dumbest Moments in Business History—Hollywood pans a Civil War movie.

DealMaker Review of FUZZYLUKE

The BusinessMakers present another real world snapshot deal review in our DealMaker Series. Blair Garrou, managing director of venture capital firm DFJ Mercury, introduces Michael Gile, founder of FUZZYLUKE, a car diagnostic app that links your iPhone to the diagnostic computer in your car. Gile talks past, present and future of his company: his early days of entrepreneurial passion and pitfalls, his present days seeking funding and future applications for his software.

The Business Side of the Super Bowl

Katie and Esther, our very own Overtime Girls, discuss The Big Game, an advertiser’s dream with an audience of nearly 100 million. Everyone makes money: the advertisers, the merchandisers, the restaurants, the host city, even Disney World. And those television ads. Remember “Nothin’ but net”?!