August 2010 Archives

Google Wave and Pop Tarts

Interviewer: Katie Laird, Esther Steinfeld | Guest: The BusinessMakers | Episode: 057 | Date: August 25, 2010

Katie and Esther present all the news you need to know. Google Wave is just not working out, but then we never really got it either. There’s also the food thing: carbs, fat, extra cheese and extra fat with no protein. They call it culinary terrorism. Can you handle the Pop Tart Café? We have a new CEOs Say the Darndest Things. (“Don’t try to sell me something and tell me it’s different.”)

Things You Should Never Buy

Interviewer: Katie Laird, Esther Steinfeld | Guest: The BusinessMakers | Episode: 057 | Date: August 25, 2010

Trying to make a million by the time you’re thirty? We know how! Katie and Esther help you differentiate between things worth buying and things you should not be paying for. (“Do not buy pens. What a sucker you are if you’re buying pens!”)

The BusinessMakers Overtime - Week of August 25, 2010

Interviewer: | Guest: | Episode: | Date: August 25, 2010

Katie and Esther present all the news you need to know, like the latest on Google Wave. And food; they call it culinary terrorism. Wanna be a millionaire? We’ll tell you how! (“Don’t try to sell me something and tell me it’s different.”)

Our Best to You

Interviewer: Katie Laird, Esther Steinfeld | Guest: The BusinessMakers | Episode: 056 | Date: August 18, 2010

John Whiteside presents a “Best of Katie and Esther” show while Katie and Esther are off, ummmm, vacationing somewhere fabulous. News You Can Use includes Social Security (or the lack of); not only are Boomers retiring, but some of them are unemployed, so are cashing out early, causing more stress on an already troubled system. And, in April we announced the upcoming breakfast at 22,000 locations of Subway Restaurants; have you had yours yet? Breakfast sales are predicted to jump. (“But, fast food for breakfast is Chick-fil-A!”)

Peter Shankman - The Geek Factory

Interviewer: Esther Steinfeld | Guest: Peter Shankman | Episode: 056 | Date: August 18, 2010

Esther Steinfeld revisits last year’s Overtime interview with the founder of The Geek Factory and the online PR newsletter HelpAReporterOut. Shankman is a funny guy and believes that creativity is the result of positive energy. Work isn’t so bad, he says, if you have a mission and approach it with humor. (“My ADHD is so bad it’s actually ADOS: Attention Deficit –Oooh, Shiny!”)

Support Local & Grow Together

Interviewer: Katie Laird | Guest: Monica Danna, JR Cohen, Brian Truax | Episode: 056 | Date: August 18, 2010

Revisit Katie Laird’s Block Party and her interview with Monica Danna of Colab Marketing; JR Cohen of Smart Meals; and Brian Truex, Kinetic Energy. It’s all about SLGT, a pay-it-forward concept that encourages citizens to patronize local business. They explain it as insourcing rather than outsourcing, and define it as a form of coopetition, working together in order to create more jobs locally and a more resilient local economy. Do it for the community. (“It’s kind of like one big hug that makes us all better.”)

The BusinessMakers Overtime - Week of August 18, 2010

Interviewer: | Guest: | Episode: | Date: August 18, 2010

John Whiteside presents a “Best of Katie and Esther” show while Katie and Esther are off, ummmm, vacationing somewhere fabulous. We will revisit Esther’s interview with Peter Shankman and Katie’s SLGT Block Party. (“My ADHD is so bad it’s actually ADOS: Attention Deficit –Oooh, Shiny!”)

%#*?! in the Workplace

Interviewer: Katie Laird, Esther Steinfeld | Guest: The BusinessMakers | Episode: 055 | Date: August 11, 2010

Katie and Esther present the fun and the wacky and news you can use. (We have more fun than we’re supposed to!) Online time spent on social networking sites has topped email. Is this an indicator of how we spend our time or is it something else? An executive with Thomas English Muffins has been given a legal surprise. (English muffins? Really?!) Salty email is coming under fire in the workplace. (“It’s like Lord of the Flies and you need some boundaries in place.”)

Why Intelligent People Fail

Interviewer: Katie Laird, Esther Steinfeld | Guest: The BusinessMakers | Episode: 055 | Date: August 11, 2010

Matt Mullenweg wrote a blog about smart people failing… and it happens more commonly than it should. Katie and Esther discuss why those super-smart people you went to high school with are now working in fast food. While the reasons may vary, there are several standouts that can kill your chances of success. And, we give new clues for our Business Scavenger Hunt. (“It’s hard to say NO because success is so sweet!”)

The BusinessMakers Overtime - Week of August 11, 2010

Interviewer: | Guest: | Episode: | Date: August 11, 2010

Katie and Esther present the fun and the wacky and news you can use. (We have way more fun than we’re supposed to!) Online behavior and Thomas English Muffins are in the news. We discuss why intelligent people fail. And, we give new clues for our Business Scavenger Hunt.

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