The Story

In America, nursing homes are in high demand - there are only 17,000 slots for the 1.6 million seniors who can no longer live on their own. Cordelia Taylor is a nurse who was unhappy with how many elderly people were treated in sich facilities. So she quit her job, sold her house, and moved into her old, derelict neighborhood so she could afford to open her own nursing home, called "Family House."  Also in this episode: a gift of a goat.

One of the first people to be licensed to distribute medical marijuana in New Mexico is Len Goodman, a Santa Fe businessman. His newly-minted non-profit is called New MexiCann Natural Medicine. Also in this show: Lessons From The Tech Bubble

Naomi Nazario and BJ Gaddour are newly married and running a fitness boot camp business in Milwaukee that is thriving despite the down economy.

Jackson Lee wrote in to tell his story. It's not just a story about learning to navigate a business in this economy: it's a story about learning to be a businessman. Jackson dropped out of college and became a bike messenger. He still has a day job as a bike mechanic. But in April, he took a gamble. He opened a vinyl record store in his hometown of Greensboro, N.C. The space also offers bike repairs in the back. Jackson talks with Dick about what he learned in his first few months of entrepreneurship.