Episode 347: Life in the Fast Lane

Episode 347 originally broadcast on January 28, 2012

Since his last visit with The BusinessMakers Show in November 2005, serial entrepreneur Eric Elfman has built up and sold DataCert and now has launched software start-up Onit—and he has VC funding! In our vignettes, Greg Price continues his interview with Rafael Carsalade and Leisa Holland-Nelson interviews HBJ’s Candace Beeke.

School of Business 01/28/2012

Russ and John present the show about the people who make our economy happen. Our “in the trenches” curriculum keeps us grounded. Nothing lofty here! Includes: the BusinessMakers Quote of the Week—clever words from English novelist Sir Terry Pratchett; This Week in Business History includes such intriguing innovation as the box kite, the Oxford Dictionary, Houston’s Astrodome and Putinburgers; the Jargon Challenge Round—trendy technospeak that YOU should know; and Dumb Moments in Business—Costa Cruises offers a discount.

Eric Elfman - onit

Since his last visit with The BusinessMakers Show in November 2005, serial entrepreneur Eric Elfman has built up and sold DataCert and now has launched software start-up onit—and he has VC funding. This new venture, two years in development, sells apps to professionals for business process management—providing help for the specific problems of knowledge businesses. The onit team has worked together before; this is not Elfman’s first rodeo!