Todd Patkin is a successful business man who sold his company to Advance Auto Parts in 2005 for what he describes as “more money than he could have imagined.” We discuss what it takes for an employer to move employees forward in a time when financial incentives are hard to come by from his book Finding Happiness.
Steve Forbes is an internationally respected authority in economics, finance, and corporate leadership. He also understands politics having campaigned twice for the Republican nomination for the presidency. We discuss national events as economics and politics collide in Washington, DC.
Christine Devine is a familiar face for many of us. She’s a news anchor in Los Angeles. We discuss her avocation in life, helping foster children to be adopted from her latest book Finding A Forever Family.
Here is the lineup of guests on BRAINSTORMIN’ with Billy the Brain for Friday, July 22, 2011. Listen at www.BrainstorminOnline.com or on AM 1400 in Ventura at 10 o’clock am Pacific time.
LouAnn Lofton is a former managing editor of Fool.com—the website of The Motley Fool. Her life-long interest in investing has led her to the conclusion that more of us need to invest like a girl. We discuss her latest book Warren Buffett Invests Like a Girl: And Why You Should, Too.
Keith Roberts used his legal training to create a coherent account of the beginnings of modern business and the ancient predecessors that preceded it. We discuss his book The Origins of Business, Money, and Markets.