Episode 259: Working with Diversity in Mind

Episode 259 originally broadcast on May 22, 2010

Russ Capper is in California visiting with Brian Tippens, HP’s manager of global supplier diversity. Then, we will flash back to several of our favorite BusinessMakers interviews for inspiration from defining moments that lead to their major successes.

School of Business 05/22/10

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.

Brian Tippens, Director HP Global Supplier Diversity

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.

Defining Moments of Four Success Stories

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.