Episode 266: Understanding Transparency and Technology

Episode 266 originally broadcast on July 10, 2010

Russ visits with the president and CEO of Champion Energy Services, serial entrepreneur Scott Fordham. In this segment, Fordham discusses the importance of transparency and educating consumers. In our flashback segment, Russ visits with Microsoft developer evangelist Zain Naboulsi about monitoring your online presence.

School of Business 07/10/10

Russ and Esther present the show about those who make our lives better, the entrepreneurs and innovators who make our economy run. Includes: BusinessMakers Quote of the Week—investment wisdom from wealthy wise guy Donald Trump; This Week in Business History includes popcorn king Orville Redenbacher, the Death of Disco and Mozilla Firefox; and Navigating Business Jargon—acronyms, technospeak and trendy new stuff.

Scott Fordham - Champion Energy Services

Businessman and serial entrepreneur Scott Fordham has an impressive resume and certainly knows his way around a Board Room. As president and CEO of Champion Energy Services, he also understands the deregulated electricity market. In this segment, he has a lively discussion with Russ Capper about the importance of transparency and educating consumers.

Zain Naboulsi - Microsoft

As a developer evangelist, Zain Naboulsi says he does “cool evangelism things” as a teacher and consultant for Microsoft technologies. He knows secret things about Visual Studio, Bing and other products, and he believes online reputation can make or break a business. Russ and Naboulsi discuss ways to monitor your online presence.