Episode 274: Innovation to Improve Your Physical & Mental Well-Being

Episode 274 originally broadcast on September 04, 2010

Laura Pennino interviews Alberto Perlman, CEO and co-founder of Zumba Fitness, a dance-fitness program with an amazing story of branding development. Also, serial entrepreneur Ernie Rapp, co-founder of The UP Experience, describes the seminar to be presented in Houston on October 21, 2010.

School of Business 09/04/10

Russ and John present the show that features the private sector, the guys that produce growth for the U.S. economy; this is the show that champions entrepreneurship. Includes: the BusinessMakers Quote of the Week—wisdom from self-described social ecologist Peter Drucker; This Week in Business History includes moth balls, the first submarine attack, and the invention of air conditioning; the Jargon Challenge Round—trendy technospeak that YOU should know; and Dumbest Moments in Business History—the Dodd-Frank bill contains harmful reporting requirements.

Ernie Rapp - The UP Experience

Serial entrepreneur Ernie Rapp, co-founder of The UP Experience, describes the seminar to be presented in Houston on October 21, 2010. Fourteen speakers will present that day, each for 20 minutes, on memorable topics of interest from fine dining to space travel. Afterward, audience members are allowed to ask questions and to interact with the speakers.

Alberto Perlman - Zumba® Fitness L.L.C.

Laura Pennino interviews Alberto Perlman, CEO and co-founder of Zumba® Fitness, a dance-fitness program that combines Latin music and dance moves, and resistance training, into a regiment of interval aerobic training. The “Zumba® Fitness-Party” is an amazing story of branding development that includes instructor certification, a clothing product line, and even a partnership with The Kellogg Co. and Special K breakfast cereal.

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