October 2010 Archives

School of Business 10/30/10

Interviewer: Russ Capper, John Beddow | Guest: The BusinessMakers | Episode: 282 | Date: October 30, 2010

Russ and John present the show that features the innovators, the entrepreneurs, the BusinessMakers. Includes: the BusinessMakers Quote of the Week—clever observation from political pundit Gloria Borger; This Week in Business History includes the first thermonuclear explosion (we got it all right here!), the first computer used on Election Night, and John Fogerty; the Jargon Challenge Round—trendy technospeak that YOU should know; and Dumbest Moments in Business History—Google’s CEO has an evil side.

Panel Interview: Smart Strategies to Keep your Business Growing

Interviewer: Russ Capper | Guest: Bill Arend, Ivan Brockman, Newton Hamlin, Kevin Thompson, Mark Wabschall | Episode: 282 | Date: October 30, 2010

Russ conducts a roundtable interview of power leaders originated by Bill Arend, regional manager of Oracle. Other participants include Ivan Brockman, sr. managing director of The Blackstone Group; Newton Hamlin, serial entrepreneur and chairman, Texas Multicore Technologies; Kevin Thompson, president and CEO, SolarWinds; and Mark Wabschall, CFO, KLD Energy Technologies. The group discusses strategies that saw them through lean times and economic downturns.

Jeffrey Henley - Oracle

Interviewer: Russ Capper | Guest: Jeffrey Henley | Episode: 282 | Date: October 30, 2010

Russ revisits his interview in 2007 with the chairman of software giant Oracle, Jeffrey Henley. Henley discusses management, financing, dilution and growing an innovator by acquisition.

PKF Texas: The Entrepreneur’s Playbook® - QR Codes

Interviewer: Greg Price | Guest: Greg Price | Episode: 282 | Date: October 30, 2010

Have you discovered QR Codes yet? Greg Price explains another way to add value to information you provide your customers.

School of Business 10/23/10

Interviewer: Russ Capper, John Beddow | Guest: The BusinessMakers | Episode: 281 | Date: October 23, 2010

Russ and John present the show about those people that MAKE business happen, the innovative types who make our economy sing. Includes: the BusinessMakers Quote of the Week—creativity from artist Pablo Picasso; This Week in Business History includes such creative innovators as Roland Macy, Pablo Picasso and The Monkees; the Jargon Challenge Round—trendy technospeak that YOU should know; and Dumbest Moments in Business History—Starbucks is redesigning its customer experience.

Bill Sherrill - Wolff Center for Entrepreneurship

Interviewer: Russ Capper | Guest: Bill Sherrill | Episode: 281 | Date: October 23, 2010

Russ visits with Bill Sherrill, founder and chairman emeritus of The Wolff Center for Entrepreneurship. The University of Houston’s program has been rated the No. 1 undergraduate entrepreneurship in the nation, according to The Princeton Review and Entrepreneur magazine in their list of the Top 25 Undergraduate Entrepreneurship Programs of 2010. This is not the first time the Wolff Center has received such accolades: the program was ranked #1 in 2008 and #2 in 2007 and 2009. How do you do that? Bill Sherrill explains how.

Rafael Alvarez - Genesys Works

Interviewer: Russ Capper | Guest: Rafael Alvarez | Episode: 281 | Date: October 23, 2010

Rafael Alvarez saw an opportunity to make a difference, and he launched Genesys Works. Genesys Works, a non-profit company, hires and trains high school kids, providing experience and guidance to economically disadvantaged high school students that will help them get professional jobs after they graduate. Rafael contracts with companies to “hire” his client students the summer before their senior year, then works with the kids to make them comfortable in a better career than many of them would ever have thought to pursue.

PKF Texas: The Entrepreneur’s Playbook® - Asking How

Interviewer: Greg Price | Guest: Greg Price | Episode: 281 | Date: October 23, 2010

Do you solve your problems the first time? Greg Price suggests ways to delve more deeply into issues to solve the problem the first time.

School of Business 10/16/10

Interviewer: Russ Capper, John Beddow | Guest: The BusinessMakers | Episode: 280 | Date: October 16, 2010

Russ and John present the show about the Working Class, the people who support our economy and make it all work. Nobody does it like WE do! Includes: the BusinessMakers Quote of the Week—wisdom and truth from Louis L’Amour; This Week in Business History includes such gutsy moments as the first parachute jump, the first patient to use anesthesia and it includes the flux capacitor; the Jargon Challenge Round—trendy technospeak that YOU should know; and Dumbest Moments in Business History—Sony throws a really big party.

Chloe Dao - Designer

Interviewer: Russ Capper | Guest: Chloe Dao | Episode: 280 | Date: October 16, 2010

Russ visits with designer Chloe Dao, Project Runway winner, owner of hot apparel boutique LOT 8, QVC retailer, and entrepreneur extraordinaire. Chloe’s family moved to the U.S. from Laos, Cambodia, when she was eight years old. As a young child, she loved watching the fashion reports on CNN. Despite her parents’ wishes for her to be a doctor or lawyer, passion won the day and Chloe hasn’t stopped since. Today, she is building a fashion empire and loving every minute of it!

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