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JJ Ramberg

JJ Ramberg is the anchor of “Your Business,” MSNBC’s weekly show on small business. In addition to her extensive television reporting experience, Ramberg has a background as an entrepreneur and co-founded GoodSearch.com. She has an MBA from Stanford Business School.



Guest List -- Sunday, Jan. 18

Posted: Monday, January 12, 2009 10:09 AM by Andrew Littell

Upcoming Show
Sunday, January 18

Consumer Electronics Show 2009
In this special edition of Your Business, we travel to the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas to find out what technology trends you should be keeping an eye on, and see some of the best new tech tools to help you grow your business.

In this age of new computers, iPods, and smart phones hitting the market every few months, many of us wonder what to do with our old gadgets when we upgrade. Jennifer Canty launched Dyscern, an eBay business selling refurbished devices, with a plan to tap in to this market. In just a few years she has grown Dyscern into a $10 million dollar business. The tricky part has been sourcing the product, called "reverse logistics," where stores look for the most profitable way to liquidate returned merchandise. When the economy took a turn for the worse in 2008, sales of their best seller -- the iPod, suddenly dropped.  The company quickly adapted by switching focus from iPods to cell phones using a new greener source for the products they refurbish -- the recycler. This dramatically reduced the costs for the company and their customers, and has helped them survive in a down economy.

Panelists

--Brian Cooley, Editor at Large for CNET Networks, following the consumer technology trends that power digital living.

--Ahmet Ozalp, Partner with Atlas Venture, focusing on investments in broadband, digital media, and wireless markets.

Small Biz Tech: Office Tools & Mobile Technology Devices

--Lance Ulanoff, Vice President of Content and Editor in Chief of PC Magazine, shows off some of the most innovative office tools and mobile technology devices at CES. Find out how these gadgets can help you manage your business more efficiently.

Learning from the Pros: Bobby Flay

--Bobby Flay opened his first Mesa Grill location in New York in 1991 and now has restaurants in major cities across the country, and a brand name that has become in ingrained in popular culture. Find out his recipes for success.

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strange that we see how Bammer plans on fixing entitements program 'Social Security' Don't recall seeing any reaon program is broke as result of fund being raided throughout years by government.WE AINT
SEEN NOTHING YET'

kenneth gilbreath (Sent Friday, January 16, 2009 11:24 AM)

What is the purpose of a comment box if you can't criticize the body of content or the the blog comments.

David Martin, Bloomfield Hills Mi. (Sent Sunday, January 18, 2009 8:43 AM)

Just caught the last seconds of a new device that helps link laptop to web via my windows based phone. Can someone please send me the website for more info.
thank you

m gebhardt (Sent Sunday, January 18, 2009 10:20 AM)



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