The BusinessMakers Overtime - Week of October 6, 2010: Strategies and Hustles!

Episode 062 originally broadcast on October 06, 2010

Katie and Esther are back with all the crazy news you haven’t heard but should. We’ve got companies in the news. Then, we’ll talk with Sal Baldovinos about lessons learned at the Interactive Strategies Conference. Then, we’re onto moonlighting. (“How amazing to be around Christmas ALL THE TIME?!”)

Refunds, Groupons & Hipsters

Katie and Esther are back with all the crazy news you haven’t heard but should. In the news this week: a hotel in Las Vegas has a death ray. The IRS is going totally digital—do you submit your tax return online? How are you gonna get that refund? We got big news and big money happening at Groupon. American Apparel’s CEO is dissin’ Hipsters; can he DO that?! (“It’s like, just letting loose and sweating!”)

Sal Baldovinos - Interactive Strategies Conference

Katie and Esther have a return visit with Sal Baldovinos, chair of the Interactive Strategies Conference, held recently in Houston. When the Angelika Film Center closed suddenly and unexpectedly, Sal had a potential disaster on his hands. In this segment, he offers a lesson in how to secure a new conference venue in less than 24 hours. The IS conference has grown substantially and Sal says he will handle things differently at next year’s conference. Find out how! (“The Design Track was a standing-room-only affair.”)

Side Gigs & Hustles: Moonlighting

Dave Ramsey is talking it up; retail is staffing it up. With the economy improving—and while digging yourself out of debt—are you considering a second job? We’re all for it. Can you write? Learn grant proposals. Are you a fan of Yoga? Why not teach it?! Katie and Esther have the job ideas you may have overlooked. (“How amazing to be around Christmas ALL THE TIME?!”)