Guests: Kay Koplovitz, Jerry Bowyer, David Palmer

She’s one of the pioneers of cable television, and she returns to American Entrepreneur Radio to tell the rest of her story.  Kay Koplovitz, Founder of USA and SyFy Networks, and “The American Entrepreneur” Ron Morris discuss the growth of the USA Network, the inception of SyFy, and what she is up to nowadays, including her efforts to venture capitalize fellow startup owners who look to achieve the same success that she has.  Plus, one of the premier medical tech entrepreneurs in Western Pennsylvania, David Palmer of Clear Count Medical Solutions, stops by to discuss his remarkable system, a method to help medical professionals reduce the number of errors they’ll experience during their procedures.  And one of Ron’s favorite “Talk Buddies”, Jerry Bowyer, stops by to discuss the economy, and how he feels the Obama Administration is handling the myriad challenges they’ve been faced with during the first two years of his term.

Guests: Cameron Herald

“The American Entrepreneur” Ron Morris talks with one of the most respected business mentors in the country, Cameron Herald of BackPocketCOO.com.  In addition to sharing his thoughts on how to build an effective organization from the ground up, Cameron will also discuss one of his other passionate topics: how to effectively raise our children to become entrepreneurs.

Guests: Regis McKenna, Mike Fox

Regis McKenna, the marketing visionary extraordinaire who shaped the message of Apple, Microsoft, Intel, Electronic Arts, and dozens other companies throughout Silicon Valley and the country, joins Ron for another installment of their year-long series of discussions centered around Regis’s remarkable career, and his thoughts on what makes a business, and the entrepreneur behind that business, as successful as possible. Plus, Mike Fox of Strassburger, McKenna, Gutnick and Gefsky begins a series of discussions with Ron dealing with the legal issues that will need to be resolved throughout the course of a business, and what savvy entrepreneurs need to do to meet these challenges head-on. 

Guests: Tariq Farid

A Connecticut man had been a florist for seven years.  Then one day in 1999, he had an idea.  That idea became a business.  That business has since grown to over 700 franchises throughout the US and Canada.  “The American Entrepreneur” Ron Morris talks with Tariq Farid, the founder and CEO of Edible Arrangements, the company behind the carefully crafted fresh fruit bouquets that are one of the most popular and well-received gifts during the holiday season.

Guests: Rhonda Kallman

We’ve all seen the commercials for the beer that calls itself “The King of Beers”, but only American Entrepreneur Radio has got “The Queen of Beers”.  Rhonda Kallman, the co-founder of The Boston Beer Company (the makers of Samuel Adams) and one of the pioneering female executives in the beer industry, joins “The American Entrepreneur” Ron Morris to tell her story, and to discuss her current venture in the beermaking industry, New Century Brewing.