Making Life-Saving Technology Simple: Marvin Slepian and Syncardia
Imagine for a second that you are a cardiac patient awaiting a heart transplant. For years, this meant laying in the hospital, tethered to a giant machine, with little, if any, room to move or function. Enter Dr. Marvin Slepian and Syncardia. As makers of the Total Artifical Heart, and the Freedom Portable Driver, Syncardia has enabled patients to safely enjoy a healthy, mobile existence with an easily portable power source that enables cardiac survivors to shed the hospital wiring and go home to rest and recover. Dr. Slepian joins The American Entrepreneur Ron Morris to discuss the story of his remarkable device, and where this groundbreaking medical company plans to go from here.
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What Would Adam Smith Do? Lessons From the Classics in Times of Economic Turmoil
Regular listeners to American Entrepreneur Radio know that frequent “Talk Buddy” Jerry Bowyer is a proponent of using classic literature as a means of explaining modern-day circumstances. But do “The Invisible Hand” and other lessons of Adam Smith and his brethren still apply during times when an economy emerging from a recession looks to be headed right back into turmoil? Jerry joins The American Entrepreneur Ron Morris to discuss the economic lessons that can be found in the classics, and assesses how germane these lessons are today.
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Ron’s Rant - Service, Please?
The American Entrepreneur Ron Morris begins the show with a rant about the service of a local car outlet.
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Making Life-Saving Technology Simple: Marvin Slepian and Syncardia
Imagine for a second that you are a cardiac patient awaiting a heart transplant. For years, this meant laying in the hospital, tethered to a giant machine, with little, if any, room to move or function. Enter Dr. Marvin Slepian and Syncardia. As makers of the Total Artifical Heart, and the Freedom Portable Driver, Syncardia has enabled patients to safely enjoy a healthy, mobile existence with an easily portable power source that enables cardiac survivors to shed the hospital wiring and go home to rest and recover. Dr. Slepian joins The American Entrepreneur Ron Morris to discuss the story of his remarkable device, and where this groundbreaking medical company plans to go from here.
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What Would Adam Smith Do? Lessons From the Classics in Times of Economic Turmoil
Regular listeners to American Entrepreneur Radio know that frequent “Talk Buddy” Jerry Bowyer is a proponent of using classic literature as a means of explaining modern-day circumstances. But do “The Invisible Hand” and other lessons of Adam Smith and his brethren still apply during times when an economy emerging from a recession looks to be headed right back into turmoil? Jerry joins The American Entrepreneur Ron Morris to discuss the economic lessons that can be found in the classics, and assesses how germane these lessons are today.
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How Steve Jobs Resignation as CEO Affects Microsoft
The American Entrepreneur Ron Morris is joined by Nathan Brookwood, of Insight 64, and “Talk Buddy” Dave Nelsen to discuss the career of Steve Jobs and Apple, as well as the after effects of Jobs’ resignation as CEO.
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