The BusinessMakers Overtime - Week of June 30, 2010: Entrepreneurism’s Past & Future

Episode 049 originally broadcast on June 30, 2010

Katie Laird and Esther Steinfeld are talking about the YouTube heads and upstart startup Groupon.com. We’ll discuss “the olde days” of entrepreneurship with The BusinessMakers’ own Russ Capper, and he is dropping names and quoting the big guys. And what about college? (“I always wonder about WHO you know versus WHAT you know.”)

Online Troublemakers and Analytics

Katie Laird and Esther Steinfeld take on the business world in Episode 49. In the news this week: the YouTube heads are causing trouble for YouTube. Are there storm clouds on the horizon for upstart startup Groupon.com? And we have new links of the week and Business Jargon—trendy words for hot talkers. (“Before you use it, make sure you know just how powerful it is!”)

Entrepreneurism of Bygone Days

Katie and Esther discuss “the olde days” of entrepreneurship with The BusinessMakers’ own Russ Capper. Entrepreneurs were fewer and far between back then, floundering with less courage and more resistance, and perhaps borne more of necessity. Russ is dropping names and quoting the big guys. (“I was worried the mailman would turn me in.”)

But do You HAVE to Go to College?

Katie and Esther talk turkey about education. Just how important is schooling beyond the required 12 years? Will it get you the dream job you want? We have the facts. (“I always wonder about WHO you know versus WHAT you know.”)