Roadside MBA Trip #1 began in Memphis, Tennessee and ended in Omaha, Nebraska. Our trip began, as any Great American Journey should, by spending a … [More]
Road Trip Archives
Trip #2: Denver to Oklahoma City
Despite, you know, being economists, the three of us do have our limits on how much economics we can take over a short … [More]
Trip #3: Charlotte to Atlanta
Roadside MBA Trip #3 took place in May 2011. We flew into Charlotte and out of Atlanta, and in between visited Hickory, NC, Johnson City, TN, … [More]
Trip #4: Missoula to Portland
Road Trip #4 took place in August 2011, and went from Missoula, Montana to Portland, Oregon. Along the way, we visited a composting business in … [More]
Trip #5: Chicago to Cincinnati
Road Trip #5 took place in April 2012, and went from Chicago to Cincinnati. Highlights included an outdoor advertising firm in Bloomington, Illinois, … [More]
Trip #6: Atlanta to New Orleans
Dothan, Alabama might be our favorite city. There, we found two amazingly interesting businesses, as well as the Peanut Capital of the World... or, at … [More]
Trip #7: San Francisco to Las Vegas
Roadside MBA Trip #7 went from San Francisco to Las Vegas, and was accompanied by a professional TV crew. Let's bust out some adjectives to see if we
Latest Blog Posts
Talking Scale with Clyde Lear of Learfield Communications
Our latest piece for Inc.com features Clyde Lear, the founder of Learfield Communications. We talked with Clyde way back in July of 2010 on the very first Roadside MBA trip. And as we’ve written before, calling Clyde a “character” is akin to calling Yellowstone a park. Our visit with Clyde was one of our all-time-favorites, and we’re […]
Roadside MBA in Fast Company
Roadside MBA was featured in Fast Company’s “Future of Work” column this past week. A quick excerpt: One of the more interesting business books available this summer is Roadside MBA: Backroads Lessons for Executives, Entrepreneurs, and Small Business Owners. Written by three economists, it’s a rather corny look at various concepts you’d learn in business school, […]
Mazzeo Talks to KC Examiner
Mike Mazzeo recently talked with Eric Jacobson about the Missouri-based businesses featured in Roadside MBA. We visited the Show Me State back in 2010, and had a great time. In addition to meeting lots of interesting small business owners, we hit the Dairy Queen in Saint Joseph and toasted Paul’s birthday with dipped cones.
Schaefer on the Stacking Benjamins Podcast
Scott Schaefer recently joined host Joe Saul-Sehy for the Stacking Benjamins podcast. This was a fun one, and you can listen in here. Thanks for having us on!
Mazzeo on MSNBC
Mike Mazzeo chats with JJ Ramberg on MSNBC for Business War Chest. Here’s a note from the intro: While we’ve been traveling around the country visiting Main Streets throughout this past year, three economists who teach at top business schools around the country have been doing the same thing. They took some time off from […]
Review: Young Upstarts
Hey! Another favorable review of Roadside MBA! This one from Young Upstarts. Here are a few lines: Readers will discover, in the co-authors’ conversations with those business owners, how those small companies dealt with their individual challenges…. Businesses cover the gamut of industries and in different situations, so if you’re a business owner yourself there’s […]