Guests

When one thinks of an entrepreneur, the person that usually comes to mind is someone who founds a company, but one doesn’t necessarily have to start a company to be an entrepreneur.

Jessica’s guest, Christine Whitman, is an unconvenetional entrepreneur who bought a distressed company and turned it around. She is the former CEO and President of CVC, a Rochester based company that supplies processing equipment to the semi-conductor industry. Christine speaks with Jessica about her shift from employee of a $10 Million company to owner of a $100 Million tour de force.

Jessica speaks with Austin Ligon, the co-founder of the nation’s most popular used car superstore.

Austin started Carmax with the electronics giant Circuit City, who was looking for a new business opportunity in the mid 1990s. When one thinks of the used car industry, the words “corruption,” and “seedy car salesman” come to mind; but CarMax has started a used car revolution by offering fixed prices, a huge selection, easy shopping, generous return privileges and guaranteed quality. Austin explains how CarMax managed to beat the fierce competition in the early days, and emerge as the market leader.