The BusinessMakers Overtime - Week of August 18, 2010: Our Best to You

Episode 056 originally broadcast on 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!”)

Our Best to You

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

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

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.”)