Episode 313: A Welcome Serial Entrepreneur

Episode 313 originally broadcast on June 04, 2011

Russ interviews the wonderful Welcome Wilson, serial entrepreneur and founder of the GSL Welcome Group. He began his career at the tender age of seven, has hob-nobbed with Jack Valenti and Lyndon Johnson and broadcast the invasion of Normandy. Greg Price discusses profit and growth plans, Leisa Holland-Nelson interviews PKF Texas’ Karen Love, and Jonathan Fisher launches Brand New Money, our newest vignette.

School of Business 06/04/11

Russ and John present the show about the people who most positively affect our lives. It is a memorable show about the innovators and the entrepreneurs who make business happen. Includes: the BusinessMakers Quote of the Week— pithy wisdom from President Ronald Reagan; This Week in Business History includes interesting stuff like Ben Franklin’s stove, the electronic (flat)iron, the window envelope and Coca Cola; the Jargon Challenge Round—trendy technospeak that YOU should know; and Dumb Moments in Business History—the car industry bailout results in an ironic twist.

Welcome Wilson - GSL Welcome Group

Welcome believes his first entrepreneurial tendencies came to light when he was in the second grade. Today, at the tender age of 83 years, he considers himself a serial entrepreneur, citing jobs he held during WWII when he announced the invasion of Normandy on the radio, live television commercials he sang with his brother and hob-nobbing with the likes of Jack Valenti and Lyndon Johnson.