Episode 316: A Big Show for Small Business!

Episode 316 originally broadcast on June 25, 2011

It’s an entrepreneurs’ extravaganza! Russ is broadcasting from a gathering of Business Matchmaking, an organization that supports small business. Repeat BusinessMakers favorite Chuck Ashman guests, along with Phyllis Meyer of Dun & Bradstreet and CODY Systems’ David Heffner. PKF’s Greg Price observes changes in our basic business mechanics, Leisa Holland-Nelson interviews Janet Gurwitch, and Jonathan Fisher has a new take on daily actions.

School of Business 06/25/2011

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

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

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

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.