Episode 341: Entrepreneurial Success!

Episode 341 originally broadcast on December 17, 2011

We’ve got serial entrepreneur Marc Ostrofsky, author of New York Times Bestseller Get Rich Click! He’s talking—and you wanna hear this! Then, we’ll visit with Professor Steven Koch about his students at University of Houston who beat out 4500 teams to win the Google Online Marketing Challenge. In our vignettes, we’ll hear from PKF’s Greg Price and Leisa Holland-Nelson interviews Sue Burnett.

School of Business 12/17/2011

Russ and John present the show that champions the private sector. They’re the ones that REALLY create the jobs. Includes: the BusinessMakers Quote of the Week— a pithy comment from British actor John Benfield; This Week in Business History includes The Mayflower, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, and suspenders (history doesn’t happen in a straight line, now does it?!); the Jargon Challenge Round—trendy technospeak that YOU should know; and a reversal of Dumb Moments in Business—Canada makes a big decision.

Marc Ostrofsky - Get Rich Click

When serial entrepreneur Marc Ostrofsky sold Business.com for $7.5 million, he earned a spot in the book of Guinness World Records. So, he bought and sold more URLs and earned more money. What do you do when you make a bunch of money? You write a book! Marc’s book, “Get Rich Click! The Guide to Making Money on the Internet” is a New York Times Bestseller that has sent his life down a remarkable path. He’s talking—and you wanna hear this!

Steven Koch - University of Houston

Professor Steven Koch teaches online marketing at the University of Houston Bauer College of Business. His entrepreneurial team of graduate students at UH recently beat out 4500 other teams to win the Google Online Marketing Challenge, an international interscholastic competition.