Episode 264: When Simple and Obvious is Best

Episode 264 originally broadcast on June 26, 2010

Brooke and Chad Farrell founded RecycleMatch.com, an online solution for commercial waste, matching those who HAVE it with those who WANT it. Then, flash back with three successful BusinessMakers who share the unusual events that prompted them to launch their companies.

School of Business 06/26/10

Russ and John present the show about the innovators and entrepreneurs who MAKE business. No boring case studies here! Includes: the BusinessMakers Quote of the Day—inspiration from football legend Vince Lombardi; This Week in Business History includes such flammable subjects as taxation, kerosene and Cher; the Jargon Challenge Round—trendy technospeak you should know; and Dumbest Moments in Business History—a New York family goes to the movies.

Brooke & Chad Farrell of RecycleMatch

They call themselves “the eHarmony of trash.” Brooke and Chad Farrell founded RecycleMatch.com, an online solution for commercial waste, matching those who HAVE it with those who WANT it. They help companies save time, money and resources by finding another use for large volumes of almost anything headed for the landfill. For example, a commercial property owner was faced with disposing of windows; through a RecycleMatch, those windows are now being crushed to make glass countertops for homes. It’s a win/win even for those companies not initially motivated by the “Green” Movement.

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Russ flashes back to three highly successful BusinessMakers who share the unusual events that prompted them to launch their companies. Gay Gaddis, founder, president and CEO of T3, the nation’s largest woman-owned advertising agency, founded her company out of frustration. Jimmy Jongebloed, founder of Gripping Eyewear, did it after a series of weird coincidences. Karen Walrond, the photographer and blogger who created Chookooloonks, did so for the birth of her daughter.

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