The BusinessMakers Overtime - Week of October 20, 2010: Fashion Week and Living the Passion!

Episode 064 originally broadcast on October 20, 2010

Katie and Esther are knee-deep and running with a fast crowd. We’ve got the news you need but don’t know. In honor of Houston’s Fashion Week, we’ve got the fabulous Chloe Dao, Project Runway winner and entrepreneur extraordinaire. (“Love isn’t gonna sell product.”)

ATMs & Baristas

Katie and Esther have lots of news. Katie got scammed (skimmed) at an ATM. You need to hear this, but you’re not going to like it. Starbucks barristas are not happy with a new store policy. How much is a Facebook post worth? More than Twitter? You’d be surprised. And we have a new CEOs Say the Darndest Things. (“Love isn’t gonna sell product.”)

Chloe Dao, Designer

In honor of Houston’s Fashion Week, we’ve got the fabulous Chloe Dao, Project Runway winner, owner of apparel boutique LOT 8, QVC retailer, and entrepreneur extraordinaire. Russ visits with an in-demand designer who is building a fashion empire. Chloe’s parents wanted her to be a doctor or lawyer, but passion won the day and Chloe hasn’t looked back. (“I woke up that morning, made a dress and tried out like everybody.”)

Can a woman run a startup?

And from the department of “Thought-provoking Fodder:” Katie and Esther are all over Penelope Trunk, the Brazen Careerist. Can a woman run a startup? (Do they really want to?) As a blogger, Penelope may be a successful entrepreneur, but she frequently makes broad generalizations and some of the things she says are way out there. Is it link bait? She may be brilliant, but speaking on behalf of all women is, well, the OT girls aren’t having it. (“It’s very inflammatory and I’m not quite sure that has any correlation.”)