About the Interview with J.J. Ramberg
J.J. Ramberg , host of “Your Business” at 7:30am Sunday morning on MSNBC, takes a few minutes to share some interesting thoughts on small businesses and her history of supporting entrepreneurship. J.J. comes from an entrepreneurial family and did her undergrad work at Duke while also graduating from the vaunted MBA program at Stanford. While many would seek a restful summer form such difficult course work, J.J. travelled to some of the most remote places on earth to discover and fulfill the needs of small business owners through the art of micro-lending. While working for the Uganda microfinance union, J.J. help entrepreneurs secure loans as little as $25 to start or expand businesses. To learn more about a current organization using the web to expand the use of micro-lending, please visit www.kiva.org.
Your Business is a show that focuses on the needs of small business owners today. Broken down into different interesting segments, Your Business brings business experts from the venture community and scholastic fields to help entrepreneurs answer the vital questions they face as they attempt to start or expand their current business ideas. One segment, the Elevator Pitch, allows one entrepreneur each week to face the panel of experts and present the summary of their business idea and receive feedback regarding everything from positioning for capital raises to marketing and infrastructure issues the entrepreneur will have to deal with. The panel of experts also answers questions sent in by other entrepreneurs regarding any business issues they face. To be considered for the Elevator pitch segment our simply to submit a question, send your information to yourbusiness@msnbc.com.
The one take away you get from listening to J.J. in this interview is her unbridled passion for solving the needs of small businesses. Whether it is travelling half way around the world, or assembling a cast of experts on a Sunday morning, J.J. is like a shot of energy to any small business owner. J.J. brings inspirational stories of small businesses that have overcome extreme obstacles to achieve success to show you the viewer that there is no obstacle to high to climb. After spending just a few minutes on the call with J.J., you will be inspired to set your alarm clock, or program your Tivo, to catch Your Business at 7:30am Sunday mornings on MSNBC. It’s a great way to start your day, and you are bound to hit the ground running as you face the obstacles in your life.

About J.J. Ramberg
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The weekly, half-hour program, hosted by JJ Ramberg, which focuses exclusively on America’s small business entrepreneurs, is the place to go for news, advice, guidance, and tips for small business owners.
Each week, “Your Business” presents a profile of a small business owner, highlighting both the challenges and successes they have each faced. Guest panelists, who include venture capitalists, angel investors, business journalists, academics, and successful entrepreneurs, weigh in with their expertise and answer questions from viewers.
“Your Business” also features a segment titled ‘Elevator Pitch,’ where entrepreneurs get a chance to pitch their new business ideas to a panel of experts. Also included in the program are the latest small business headlines, interesting websites for small business owners, and the ‘Small Biz Top Five,’ the weekly top 5 tips for improving your business.
“Your Business” telecasts weekly on Sundays at 7:30 am (ET) and re-air the following Saturday at 5:30 am (ET). ..
Host JJ Ramberg joined MSNBC from CNN where she reported on a wide range of topics from breaking news to profiles of the country’s top business leaders. Passionate about small business, Ramberg has first-hand experience, co-founding the search engine GoodSearch.com. Ramberg has a Bachelor of Arts from Duke University and an MBA from Stanford Business School.
Scott Leon is executive producer of “Your Business.” A veteran broadcast journalist for over 30 years, Leon was formerly executive producer of MSNBC’s “Entertainment Hot List” and “MSNBC At the Movies.”
JJ Ramberg is the host of MSNBC’s new small business show, “Your Business.”
Before joining MSNBC, Ramberg was a reporter at CNN, where she covered a wide range of topics, ranging from breaking news to profiles of the country’s top business leaders. Her extensive field experience includes reporting from Biloxi, Miss., and New Orleans in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina and from the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. She also hosted the daytime talk program “The Flipside” on CNNfn and was a producer on CNN’s profile program “Pinnacle.” She began her television career at NBC News, where she was an associate producer at “Dateline NBC.”
Ramberg is passionate about small business and has firsthand experience as an entrepreneur herself. With her brother, she co-founded GoodSearch.com, a search engine that donates 50 percent of revenue to the charities and schools its users designate. Ramberg also spent two years after business school as the director of marketing and one of the first employees at Cooking.com, an Internet-based cookware retailer.
Ramberg has spent her career balancing business with public service, spending considerable time during the past few years working for microfinance organizations in Uganda and India.
Ramberg graduated cum laude from Duke University with a bachelor of arts degree in English and received her MBA from Stanford Business School.
The weekly, half-hour program, hosted by JJ Ramberg, which focuses exclusively on America’s small business entrepreneurs, is the place to go for news, advice, guidance, and tips for small business owners.
Each week, “Your Business” presents a profile of a small business owner, highlighting both the challenges and successes they have each faced. Guest panelists, who include venture capitalists, angel investors, business journalists, academics, and successful entrepreneurs, weigh in with their expertise and answer questions from viewers.
“Your Business” also features a segment titled ‘Elevator Pitch,’ where entrepreneurs get a chance to pitch their new business ideas to a panel of experts. Also included in the program are the latest small business headlines, interesting websites for small business owners, and the ‘Small Biz Top Five,’ the weekly top 5 tips for improving your business.
“Your Business” telecasts weekly on Sundays at 7:30 am (ET) and re-air the following Saturday at 5:30 am (ET). ..
Host JJ Ramberg joined MSNBC from CNN where she reported on a wide range of topics from breaking news to profiles of the country’s top business leaders. Passionate about small business, Ramberg has first-hand experience, co-founding the search engine GoodSearch.com. Ramberg has a Bachelor of Arts from Duke University and an MBA from Stanford Business School.
Scott Leon is executive producer of “Your Business.” A veteran broadcast journalist for over 30 years, Leon was formerly executive producer of MSNBC’s “Entertainment Hot List” and “MSNBC At the Movies.”