June 2011 Archives

School of Business 06/25/2011

Interviewer: Russ Capper, John Beddow | Guest: The BusinessMakers | Episode: 316 | Date: June 25, 2011

Russ and John present the show about the entrepreneurs and the innovators. It’s a magical thing when our Free Enterprise System is left alone to flourish (and most of what we say is true)! Includes: the BusinessMakers Quote of the Week—financial culinary wisdom from Canadian money manager Stephen Jarislowsky; This Week in Business History includes the creative innovation of kerosene, Popeye, the first transistor and the Sony Walkman; the Jargon Challenge Round—trendy technospeak that YOU should know; and Dumb Moments in Business History—Don’t get sloppy drunk in Oregon.

Chuck Ashman - Business Matchmaking

Interviewer: Russ Capper | Guest: Chuck Ashman | Episode: 316 | Date: June 25, 2011

BusinessMakers favorite Chuck Ashman, CEO of BusinessMatchmaking, is back. Business Matchmaking facilitates buyer/seller meetings, workshops and training materials for businesses nationwide—he calls it “speed dating between small business, large business and government” buyers and sellers. (Don’t laugh; even the government buys toilet paper!) Ashman has matchmaking events coming up in Houston, San Diego and St. Louis.

Phyllis Meyer - Dun & Bradstreet

Interviewer: Russ Capper | Guest: Phyllis Meyer | Episode: 316 | Date: June 25, 2011

Russ visits with Phyllis Meyer, small business director, Dun & Bradstreet. D&B is a partner with Business Matchmaking in its buyer/seller meetings. Meyer discusses the federal procurement process that enables small businesses to get government contracts, and details the other services that D&B offers small business.

David Heffner - CODY Systems

Interviewer: Russ Capper | Guest: David Heffner | Episode: 316 | Date: June 25, 2011

David Heffner’s parents were a generation ahead of their time when they launched THIS company. Today, family-owned CODY Systems provides integrated data management solutions and cross-platform information-sharing systems for law enforcement organizations. A real-time data sharing tool that also functions as a translator between platforms serves a critical need in any police department. And you’ll NEVER guess who the company was named after.

Brand New Money - Business Productization

Interviewer: Jonathan Fisher | Guest: Jonathan Fisher | Episode: 316 | Date: June 25, 2011

Your actions every day can enhance your brand, even if the competition does it too. Jonathan Fisher, chairman and COO of BrandExtract, explains how to seize the opportunity.

PKF Texas: The Entrepreneur’s Playbook® - Today's Fast Pace Work

Interviewer: Greg Price | Guest: Greg Price | Episode: 316 | Date: June 25, 2011

The basic mechanics of work are being redefined. Greg Price helps you make the best of a changing environment.

Women Mean Business - Janet Gurwitch

Interviewer: Leisa Holland-Nelson | Guest: Janet Gurwitch | Episode: 316 | Date: June 25, 2011

WMB host Leisa Holland-Nelson, president of ContentActive, interviews Janet Gurwitch, founder of Laura Mercier Cosmetics & Skincare.

School of Business 06/18/2011

Interviewer: Russ Capper | Guest: The BusinessMakers | Episode: 315 | Date: June 18, 2011

Russ and John present the show that features the artists and athletes of the Free Enterprise system, the show about the entrepreneurs and the innovators. We got no textbooks! Includes: the BusinessMakers Quote of the Week—pithy, political commentary from Winston Churchill; This Week in Business History includes innovation like Samuel Morse’s telegraph, barbed wire, and the first ferris wheel; the Jargon Challenge Round—trendy technospeak that YOU should know; and Dumb Moments in Business History—a Michigan bus company gets oversold.

Paul Dickerson - the EnergyMaker Show

Interviewer: Russ Capper | Guest: Paul Dickerson | Episode: 315 | Date: June 18, 2011

Russ visits with a repeat BusinessMakers guest, Paul Dickerson, soon to be the host of the BusinessMakers’ new EnergyMaker Show. Dickerson is currently head of the Clean Energy Practice for law firm Haynes & Boone and formerly with the U.S. Department of Energy. Paul offers a bit of his unique perspective on the politics of energy in the U.S., and outlines this exciting new show, its objectives and the commercialization of new energy technologies.

Connie Barnaba - Barnaba & Assoc.

Interviewer: Russ Capper | Guest: Connie Barnaba | Episode: 315 | Date: June 18, 2011

Russ interviews a repeat BusinessMakers guest, Connie Barnaba. The conflict-resolution specialist has expanded her “HR” services into mergers and acquisition consulting. Too many high powered experts were failing in their efforts to complete the acquisition and subsequent integration process; Connie believes these transactions need better conflict resolution and risk assessment, that integration of processes should be a bigger part of the pre-closing due diligence.

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