Here’s a riddle for you. What do you get when you put three economic academics in a car with a GPS system and a mission to interview small business owners?
You get a book—in this case, Roadside MBA: Back Road Lessons For Entrepreneurs, Executive and Small Business Owners.
Co-author Paul Oyer and I explore some of these lessons to see if academics can apply economic theory to small business realities.
In an educational climate consumed with leaving no child behind and closing achievement gaps, the education system has neglected to raise the ceiling while we’ve struggled to lift the floor. Chester Finn takes us inside America’s most selective high schools to learn how high achieving students perform. We discuss his latest book Exam Schools.
Guests include Ventura Fire Chief Don McPherson; former UK Ambassador to Libya, Oliver Miles; Chester Finn from Stanford University; top social forecaster Patricia Aburdene; Jeff Solomon president of the Andrea and Charles Bronfman Philanthropies; and Andrew Erlich biographer of Jack Earle, the world’s tallest man.
Bill Davidow is a former Silicon Valley executive, explains how the almost miraculous success of the Internet Web has also created a unique set of hazards, in effect overconnecting us, with the direst of consequences for our political, economic, and day-to-day lives. We discuss his latest book Over Connected.
John Taylor is a Stanford University professor who has been an adviser to presidents. We discuss his First Principles of how to restore America to prosperity.
Guests include local businessman Andy Killion, professor John Taylor of Stanford, brainologist Lee Gerdes, technology expert Phil Simon, Woody Brock author of American Gridlock and Mari Smith, the Pied Piper of the online world.