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PrometheusEpisode 7: Chris BisaillionChris is an IWU alum and co-founder of Bottleneck Management. We talk about the necessity of distinctiveness, providing value, and data-informed decision making.
2025-11-2024 minPrometheusEpisode 6: Hadi ImtiazHadi is a computer science major and co-winner of the 2025 Titan New Venture Challenge. He has developed an app that helps people control their overuse of their phones. Hadi talks about the app's creation and how he merged his psychology and computer science education to develop his idea. We talk about the pitch competition and the value he received from competing.
2025-11-1418 minPrometheusEpisode 5: Will JenkinsWill Jenkins is an IWU alum and serial entrepreneur. Will discusses a career in sales and how important sales is to an entrepreneur. We discuss how a curricular program in professional sales matches the skills developed at a liberal arts university. We even talk about how being a competitive athlete translates to professional success.
2025-11-1428 minPrometheusEpisode 4: Marc TallutoMarc Talluto is an IWU grad and serial entrepreneur. Marc talks about his journey as an entrepreneur and his thoughts on the strategies of a successful entrepreneur. He also emphasizes the value of experiential learning and why emphasizing entrepreneurship within a liberal arts college is appropriate.
2025-11-1325 minPrometheusEpisode 3: Zach RodriguezDr. Zachary Rodriguez is currently a professor at Union College but as an undergraduate started a nonprofit, Embrace it Africa, which strives to address poverty in Uganda. Zach talks about fundraising for their school fees, the aims of microfinance, and shares his thoughts on social entrepreneurship.
2025-11-0742 minPrometheusEpisode 2: Caleb MartinezCaleb Martinez is a student-entrepreneur at Illinois Wesleyan and a co-winner of the 2025 Titan New Venture Challenge pitch competition for his search optimization company Bear SEO. Caleb talks about his experiences as a student-entrepreneur and how being a student-athlete has helped him on his journey.
2025-11-0522 minPrometheusEpisode 1: Tara GerstnerProfessor Tara Gerstner talks about the entrepreneurship curriculum at IWU, her path to teaching entrepreneurship, and her thoughts on the future of higher education instruction.
2025-10-2924 minPrometheusEpisode 0: Welcome to PrometheusThis is the introductory podcast explaining our aspiration.
2025-10-2104 min
Show-Me Institute PodcastCrime Trends in Missouri's Largest Cities with Bryan McCannonSusan Pendergrass speaks with Bryan C. McCannon, Dean of the School of Business and Economics and Robert S. Eckley Endowed Professor of Economics at Illinois Wesleyan University, and data analyst with Sicuro Data Analytics, LLC.
They discuss a new report written for the Show-Me Institute titled "Crime Trends and Criminal Justice Policies in Missouri’s Largest Cities". The report examines the rise in violent crime and homicides in Missouri since 2015. Bryan breaks down how the report compares Missouri’s crime trends with other similar cities, explains how certain policies may have contributed to the increase, highlights some issues with crime data...
2024-12-2025 min
Words & NumbersEpisode 345: Did Masks Save Lives?Economist Bryan McCannon gives us two things to think about this week: his research into whether covid mask mandates saved lives, and that journal editors were afraid to publish his results. Foolishness of the week: 08:04 Main episode: 11:49 Get Your Copy of Cooperation and Coercion Now! http://www.cooperationandcoercion.com See More Ant and James! http://www.wordsandnumbers.org Show Your Support for Words & Numbers at Patreon https://www.patreon.com/wordsandnumbers Quick Hits https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/california-fast-food-workers-20-minimum-wage-new-103099258 https://worldpopulationreview.com/state-rankings...
2023-09-2036 min
Love thy LawyerHon. Mark McCannon (ACBA) - Alameda County Superior CourtSend us a textlovethylawyer.comA transcript of this podcast is available at lovethylawyer.com.Go to https://www.lovethylawyer.com/blog for transcripts. In collaboration with the Alameda County Bar Association, Love Thy Lawyer presents an interview with:Judge Mark McCannon of the Alameda County Superior CourtJudge McCannon handles felony preliminary hearings and jury trials as his primary assignment. He previously served as an Alameda County Deputy DA.Alameda County Bar AssociationTh...
2022-07-2026 min
Mens Rea: A true crime podcast64 - Hostage at Derrada Woods: The story of Don TideyIn the early 1980s, there was a series of kidnap-for-ransom crimes committed in the Republic by the Provisional IRA in order to raise funds to finance their organisation and its terrorist operations here and in the UK.
One of the victims of these abductions was prominent businessman, Don Tidey, and Englishman who was the senior executive of the Quinnsworth group of supermarkets. Tidey was held for 23 days in Derrada wood, Co Leitrim. He as rescued by the gardai and the army, but a garda probationer and an army private were killed during the operation.
Though a number of people were...
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