2014-10-11 “Degrade and Destroy ISIL”




Glen Meakem | Veteran Entrepreneur » Show show

Summary: This weekend, Glen talks about the latest headlines related to the Islamic State advances in Iraq and Syria.  Glen talks with Steven Bucci (Director of the Allison Center for Foreign Policy Studies at the Heritage Foundation, and U.S. military Veteran) about the President’s strategy to “degrade and ultimately destroy” ISIL. Glen also talks about the latest news on the 2014 Senate election races, Ebola, the Secret Service scandals, and Obamacare.  Glen talks with Rick Enscoe, co-founder and partner of Enscoe Long Insurance Group.  Enscoe Long offers small and large businesses access to private healthcare exchanges, which empower your employees to find and purchase the individualized care that they need.  To learn more, call Rick at 412-206-0360. In spite of all the bad news, young patriotic Americans are still volunteering for our armed forces, still starting businesses, and still creating jobs.  Glen talks with entrepreneur Larry Erdos, co-founder of Speedy Furniture, about what it takes to be successful in business and life. Glen Meakem is a successful technology entrepreneur, venture capitalist, and conservative talk radio show host, who offers information and insights on how individuals, our states, and our nation can be more successful. Glen’s unique perspective has been shaped by his experiences as founder, chairman and CEO of the B2B internet success Freemarkets Inc – which he founded in 1995, took public in 1999, and sold to Ariba in 2004. In 2006, Glen co-founded Meakem Becker Venture Capital, a firm that invests in early stage start up companies.  More recently, Glen has founded and is the Chief Executive Officer of a new internet company calledForever.com.  Concerned about the liberal political agenda that had gripped the United States and his home state of Pennsylvania, Glen launched the radio program, “Glen Meakem on the Weekend” in 2008. Glen served as an officer in the United States Army Reserve and is a veteran of the First Gulf War. He earned his undergraduate degree from Harvard and his MBA from Harvard Business School. For more information about the Glen Meakem on the Weekend Radio Program, or to read Glen’s blog, please visithttp://glenmeakem.com. Proudly sponsored by