Episode 302: Cutting-Edge Companies

Episode 302 originally broadcast on March 19, 2011

So, you wanna drive an electric car but you got a bad case of range anxiety? BusinessMakers guest Arun Banskota, president of NRG EV Services, has the answer. Then, we’ll visit with Leisa Holland-Nelson, co-founder of ContentActive and the host of our new vignette, Women Mean Business.

School of Business 03/19/11

Russ and John present the show about the most important people on the planet: the entrepreneurs and the innovators. Includes: the BusinessMakers Quote of the Week—inspired words from Martin Luther King Jr.; This Week in Business History includes great innovators like the Wright Brothers and their airplane, Jonas Salk and his Polio vaccine, Intel and its Pentium chips; the Jargon Challenge Round—trendy technospeak that YOU should know; and Dumb Moments in Business History—Are we handling our energy needs prudently?

Arun Banskota - NRG EV Services

Russ interviews Arun Banskota, president of NRG EV Services, a division of NRG Energy that was created to provide support to owners of electric vehicles. NRG EV Services is creating eVgo, a privately funded network of subscription-based home charging stations and fast-charging stations located across a designated city. Is eVgo addressing all the shortcomings of electric cars? Could be!

Leisa Holland-Nelson

Russ visits with our newest content contributor, Leisa Holland-Nelson, co-founder and president of ContentActive, a web-based management company that offers web and mobile business solutions. Holland-Nelson is presenting a weekly vignette on extraordinary women in business who are doing extraordinary things.