Episode 323: Two Passionate Entrepreneurs

Episode 323 originally broadcast on August 13, 2011

The BusinessMakers interview Mark Floreani, founder of digital sports media company Flocasts; and Scott Breimeister, founder and CEO of financial matchmaker LoanBox. In our vignettes, PKF’s Greg Price continues his series on Business Intelligence, Jonathan Fisher offers tips on internal communications programs, and Leisa Holland-Nelson interviews Sue Burnett, founder and president of Burnett Staffing Specialists.

School of Business 08/13/11

Russ and John present the not-your-business-as-usual show about those that make the businesses that make jobs. Our entrepreneur class has not been downgraded. Includes: the BusinessMakers Quote of the Week—common sense words for our politicians from American science writer Robert Heinlein; This Week in Business History includes clever creations: the first bankruptcy laws, the first adding machine and the first Toyotathon; the Jargon Challenge Round—trendy technospeak that YOU should know; and Dumb Moments in Business History—college kids in Michigan are about to get hungry.

Mark Floreani - Flocasts

Former University of Texas track star Mark Floreani is passionate about sports, so passionate he helped to establish a digital media company that covers “passion driven sports.” Flocasts produces and streams four million online videos a month on non-mainstream sports to a constantly growing user community. Wrestlers and track stars may look different on the outside, but sports enthusiasts are all the same on the inside.

Scott Breimeister - LoanBox

Russ interviews Scott Breimeister, founder and CEO of LoanBox, a financial matchmaker. LoanBox matches borrowers such as a business owner or financial officer with commercial lenders looking to fund specific loans. Scott, a serial entrepreneur with knowledge of both the lender and borrower sides, has created an interesting business model that matches commercial banks and borrowers.