Episode 304: Entrepreneurs on Top

Episode 304 originally broadcast on April 02, 2011

Russ visits with Bill Boyar, co-founder of Boyar-Miller, a law firm operated with entrepreneurial values. (You need to hear this!) Then, we’ll join Leisa Holland-Nelson as she interviews BusinessMakers favorite Jennifer Heard for exciting updates on Microsoft’s most recent student competition.

School of Business 04/02/11

Russ and John present the show that features those who most positively affect our lives, the ones who are hiring and the flagbearers of common sense: the entrepreneurs and the innovators. Includes: the BusinessMakers Quote of the Week—an olde saying; This Week in Business History includes great innovations like Beethoven’s Symphony No.2 in D Major, Texaco and Post-it Notes; the Jargon Challenge Round—trendy technospeak that YOU should know; and Dumb Moments in Business History—London reports the EU’s new energy-saving rules.

Bill Boyar - BoyarMiller

Russ visits with Bill Boyar, co-founder of BoyarMiller, a law firm operated on entrepreneurial core values. This is not his first rodeo; Bill refers to the founding of this firm as a “lab experiment,” and explains their efforts to keep the firm independent and focused on carefully controlled growth. After 20 years of operation, the firm is working toward a multi-generational succession plan.