May 2010 Archives

School of Business 05/29/10

Interviewer: Russ Capper, John Beddow | Guest: The BusinessMakers | Episode: 260 | Date: May 29, 2010

Russ and John present Show #260—that’s a LOT of love and support for the entrepreneurs who make our economy work. Includes: the BusinessMakers Quote of the Day—timeless words from American physicist Richard Feynman; This Week in Business History includes such radical personalities as Lady Godiva, Thomas Edison and Dr. John Kellogg, and Aretha Franklin gets “Respect;” the Jargon Challenge Round—trendy technospeak you should know; and Dumbest Moments in Business History—Heinz Ketchup wants to get healthy.

Advice FOR Entrepreneurs FROM Entrepreneurs

Interviewer: Russ Capper | Guest: Guy Kawasaki, Shawn Achor, Gay Gaddis | Episode: 260 | Date: May 29, 2010

Russ presents another BusinessMakers favorite: some of our very best advice from highly successful entrepreneurs. We offer words of wisdom from startup guru, author and entrepreneur extraordinaire Guy Kawasaki; Harvard teacher and researcher Shawn Achor; and Gay Gaddis, founder of creative think tank T3, the largest woman-owned advertising agency in the nation.

Caroline Cummings - Palo Alto Software

Interviewer: Russ Capper | Guest: Caroline Cummings | Episode: 260 | Date: May 29, 2010

Russ interviews Caroline Cummings, Director of Entrepreneur Advocacy for Palo Alto Software in Oregon. Palo Alto developed and markets business plan, marketing plan and email (“software as service”) software applications. Cummings explains that Palo Alto applications force users to think more strategically, more proactively and in more detail about their future plans. She offers great commentary and advice for startups.

Julia Rhodes - KleenSlate Concepts

Interviewer: Russ Capper | Guest: Julia Rhodes | Episode: 260 | Date: May 29, 2010

Julia Rhodes, a classroom teacher turned entrepreneur, was unable to find the kind of eraser she needed for the dry erase boards in her classroom, so she developed it herself. Then she patented, manufactured and marketed it too. Today, she runs a growing company that develops products for the education and office supply industries.

PKF Texas: The Entrepreneur’s Playbook® - Experience Houston

Interviewer: Greg Price | Guest: Greg Price | Episode: 260 | Date: May 29, 2010

Houston has a lot to offer for both personal and business. Greg shares some of the business aspects that makes Houston worth it.

School of Business 05/22/10

Interviewer: Russ Capper, John Beddow | Guest: The BusinessMakers | Episode: 259 | Date: May 22, 2010

Russ and John present the show about the innovators who have kept our economy from sinking. Be strong, entrepreneurs! Includes: the BusinessMakers Quote of the Day—a stiff comment from ABC’s George Will; This Week in Business History includes multiple adjuncts, among them the Dow Jones Index, Associated Press and the Golden Gate Bridge; the Jargon Challenge Round—trendy technospeak you should know; and Dumbest Moments in Business History—GM still owes us big bucks.

Defining Moments of Four Success Stories

Interviewer: Russ Capper | Guest: Rod Canion, Garrett Boone, Bennett Greenspan, Tom Fatjo Jr. | Episode: 259 | Date: May 22, 2010

We asked several of our most successful BusinessMakers “When did you know you had a hit?” We’ve combined special segments from some of our favorite interviews with Rod Canion, founder of Compaq Computers; Tom Fatjo Jr., founder of WCA Waste Corporation; Garrett Boone, The Container Store; and Bennett Greenspan, Family Tree DNA tell us about their greatest defining moment.

Brian Tippens, Director HP Global Supplier Diversity

Interviewer: Russ Capper | Guest: Brian Tippens | Episode: 259 | Date: May 22, 2010

Russ is in California at the Governor’s Small Business and Entrepreneurship Conference. Tippens has a great story to tell. HP’s supplier diversity program has been in existence for about 30 years and continues to evolve and expand as it seeks out minority, disadvantaged and otherwise underrepresented businesses.

PKF Texas: The Entrepreneur’s Playbook® - Work Smarter

Interviewer: Greg Price | Guest: Greg Price | Episode: 259 | Date: May 22, 2010

Organizations that outperform their peers use technology more efficiently. Greg Price considers a better approach to work.

School of Business 05/15/10

Interviewer: Russ Capper, John Beddow | Guest: The BusinessMakers | Episode: 258 | Date: May 15, 2010

Russ and John present the show about people who make business happen. Includes: the BusinessMakers Quote of the Day—we review Bove’s Theorem; This Week in Business History includes Lewis & Clark, the invention of the saxophone and Spam; the Jargon Challenge Round—trendy technospeak you should know; and Dumbest Moments in Business History—a Starbucks customer sues. (Do you doublecup?)

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