Category Archives: Owen Podcast Series

Owen Podcast Series: Larry Van Horn, Health Affairs

This episode of the Owen Podcast Series welcomes professor Larry Van Horn, who runs the Healthcare MBA Program at Vanderbilt’s Owen School of Management. He shares his always colorful insights on the need for business schools to produce educated health professionals, what gives Owen a strategic advantage in the healthcare industry, and why we can expect things to get worse before they get better from a policy standpoint.

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Owen Podcast Series: Linus Hall, Yazoo Brewing Company

This edition of the Owen Podcast Series welcomes Linus Hall, Owen alum and founder of Yazoo Brewing Company. Yazoo has been a staple in Nashville draught houses since 2003 and has seen its distribution expand throughout the Southeast in recent years. The podcast touches on some of the parallels between independent craft breweries and the independent music industry, as well as Linus’ creative process, quick success and the challenges of scaling up their operations.

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Owen Podcast Series: Michael Burcham, Entrepreneur Center

This edition of the Owen Podcast Series welcomes Michael Burcham, an Owen professor who happens to moonlight as the President and CEO of the Entrepreneur Center in Nashville. The Center operates as an incubator for the intrepid to flesh out their ideas, polish their business plan, prepare their pitch, and receive greater access to funding. The podcast discusses Mr. Burcham’s history as an entrepreneur, the common pitfalls of incubators, and the rising entrepreneurial class in Nashville.

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Owen Podcast Series: Read McNamara, Career Management Center

This episode of the Owen Podcast Series welcomes the Read McNamara, the Executive Director of the Career Management Center at Vanderbilt’s Owen School of Management. Read, who joined Owen in early 2010, shares some exciting developments that have already taken place in his tenure, including a rise in the number of companies that are recruiting on campus at Owen, and an increase in the number of offers those companies are planning to extend.

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The Nashville Scene Picks Up The Owen Podcast

Oh sweet validation.

The Nashville Scene picked up OwenBlogger’s interview with Third Man Records’ Ben Blackwell as a continuation of their cover story on the famed label last month.

Check out the article and discussion over on their website, or see the original post here.

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