Jerry Bowyer, Tech Talk, and A Look at the Vending Business
TAE’s resident economic policy expert, Jerry Bowyer, joins “The American Entrepreneur” Ron Morris as a “talk buddy”, as we look at the current state of the market, as well as the declining importance of traditional college education. Plus, Jake Nikituk, a Pittsburgh-based vending services provider, joins Ron to discuss the business of vending, and offers some things you might not know about the many machines and devices you pass by every day. And our resident tech business experts, Nick Pinkston and Steve Klabnik of CloudFab, stop by to discuss with Ron the current trends in the world of technology, and how savvy entrepreneurs should take advantage of these developments.
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Ron’s Rant: The Changing Business of College Athletics
“The American Entrepreneur” Ron Morris rants about a variety of business issues, including the business ramifications of a possible move out of the Big East Conference for the University of Pittsburgh Panthers athletic program.
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“The American Entrepreneur” Ron Morris Looks At the Vending Services Industry
“The American Entrepreneur” Ron Morris talks with Jake Nikituk, a Pittsburgh-area vending services professional, about the in’s and out’s of the vending business, and how a vending services professional makes a living.
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Ron and Jerry Bowyer Examine the Dwindling Importance of “Traditional” College Education
“The American Entrepreneur” Ron Morris, along with his “talk buddy”, Pittsburgh-area vending services professional Jake Nikituk, talk with economist Jerry Bowyer about a number of issues, including the diminishing importance of “traditional” college education.
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A New Way To Deal With the BP Oil Spill
“The American Entrepreneur” Ron Morris, along with his “talk buddies”, Nick Pinkston and Steve Klabnik of Cloudfab, examine the technology behind the cleanup effort for the BP oil spill. Joining them for part of the discussion is Di Gao, an engineering professor at the University of Pittsburgh who has developed a technique that separates oil from water, a technique that he has offered to BP as a solution for their cleanup effort.
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