24 Jun June 24, 2016 – 92 Year Old Entrepreneur Walter Scherr and Venture & Vultures Chapter 34
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Walter Scherr – Author of Walter’s Way
Walter Scherr was a depression era kid who survived tuberculosis and six years in a sanatorium to become a leader in the business community. He was a boardroom millionaire and a key figure in the early days of the high-tech revolution. Walter’s story connects the dots between those lives he touched and those that touched his. He held the positions of Executive Vice President (1993-1995) and Chief Financial Officer (1990-1993) at Veeco Instruments Inc., becoming a director in 2005. He has also served as a consultant for the company since 1995. He served as General Manager of the UPA Technology Division in the 1980s, as well as a variety of other financial and operating management positions with Litton Industries and Sperry Gyroscope Co, including group Vice President. However, Walter was not only an executive, but also a visionary — in the 1980’s, he was the Principal and Founder of Visual Sciences Inc./Panafax (the first publicly traded facsimile company). He was also an Associate Professor at Farmingdale State School and Co-Founder of The Vera and Walter Scherr and Family Foundation.
This show features the latest episode of our entrepreneurial serial podcast! The story is called “Venture and Vultures: An Entrepreneurial Thriller.” Here is Chapter Thirty Four. Hope you enjoy!
A Review of Past Episodes…..
Prologue – “Boys, Do You Understood How a Loan Works?”
Chapter One – “The Name of the Game Is Guts”
Chapter Two – “You Don’t Have a Clue”
Chapter Three – “So, What Are the Next Steps?”
Chapter Four – “Its Like a Vacuum in There!”
Chapter Five – “Can We Break Even?”
Chapter Six – ”Drive Faster, the Cell Is Not Working”
Chapter Seven, “You Want Flooding Keyboards or First Period?”
Chapter Eight, “Why Does He Keep Pulling his Dick?”
Chapter Nine, “4000 Miles in 3 Days!”
Chapter Ten, “Dude! We Are on Fire!”
Chapter Eleven, “You’ve Done Surprisingly Well”
Chapter Twelve, “Things Look Really Bad”
Chapter Thirteen, “Are You Looking for Investors?”
Chapter Fourteen, “Does that Mean We Get to Party with Clint Eastwood?”
Chapter Fifteen, “Winner, Winner, Chicken Dinner”
Chapter Sixteen, “So, Who’s the CEO of this Business?”
Chapter Seventeen, “I’ll Take 40% of This Business”
Chapter Eighteen, “Hail, the Conquering Heroes!”
Chapter Nineteen, “So, We All Vote Yes?”
Chapter Twenty, “We Don’t Make Machines Like That, but For You We Will”
Chapter Twenty One, “We Need to Spend 9-10 Million this Quarter”
Chapter Twenty Two, “You Are Taking Food Out of my Kids’ Mouths”
Chapter Twenty Three, “There’s Nothing Inside This Computer”
Chapter Twenty Four, “He Just Spent Another Million Dollars!”
Chapter Twenty Five, “I have $2.5 Million in My Pocket”
Chapter Twenty Six, “That Money Has Been Spent”
Chapter Twenty Seven, “The Greatest Party Ever!”
Chapter Twenty Eight, “You Need Surgery Soon”
Chapter Twenty Nine “I Can Save This”
Chapter Thirty, “Someone will Die”
Chapter Thirty One, “The Subpoenas Go Out Today”
Chapter Thirty Two, “I’ve Hated Him Since His Dog Ate My Nerf Football”
Chapter Thirty Three, “Someone Is Dead”
and now Chapter Thirty Four, “I Was Sued 3 Times Today”
