Business and Economy

Online men's fashion bible Style Ledger has recently added a video series to its website. The documentaries focus on independent fashion stores and manufacturers in America. While it makes sense to see New York companies in the first two episodes, I hope to see some clips stepping outside the fashion capital. Whatever happens, it's refreshing to see a fashion program giving exposure to the little guys.

The folks from MakerBot Industries take viewers on a tour of their start-up firm with the business series, MakerBot TV. At its heart it's a marketing exercise designed to sell more products, but the youthful cast and exciting business model make this fly-on-the-wall series more engaging than you might expect.

Randall Craig talks to Canada's industry leaders in the business interview series Professionally Speaking TV. Craig is a competent journalist and his diverse collection of guests interesting. But one hour is a serious slog for online viewers, especially when a new episode is added each week. It's great to see a webseries digging below the surface, but this one might be too heavy for the average internet browser.

Most of us want to make a change to a greener life, but where do you start? Janaia Donaldson offers some solutions in Peak Moment Conversations, an eco-conscious interview series which speaks to green business innovators. It doesn't speak to corporate fat cats, but seemingly ordinary people doing good in their communities.

There are plenty of finance focused webseries which look at the basics, like saving for your first home or creating a college fund. WealthTrack takes things to the next step with its interviews about investments and portfolios. That makes it a bit advanced for the average viewer, but it caters well to its niche.

FounderLY celebrates the work of innovative new business leaders with its series of engaging interviews. The episodes see the heads of start-up companies sharing their stories and details of their firms. They reveal much about the business world and what it takes to succeed in the areas of new media, mobile technology, and other emerging fields.

Jose Heredia and Joe Casillas serve up an interesting blend of dance music and business with their series The Crossfader Show. With DJing becoming such a massive industry these days, it makes sense to combine the two genres, but it's likely that the blend will only appeal to those in the biz.

Gone are the days when learning was only done in a conventional classroom with four walls. Kirsten Winkler investigates the new breed of online education businesses in her informative interview series, Edukwest. The interviews are well done, but sadly many of them drag a bit too long for an online audience.

We've all had fantasies of what we'd like to be, whether it's a teacher changing the lives of young people or a wedding planner taking charge of someone's big day. But most of us have no idea what it’s really like to hold such positions. The business series How to Become TV shines a light on these jobs and more.

The blog format makes it a bit difficult to find just what you're looking for, but it's worth wading through these entertaining and informative episodes.

Cadillac exposes some of America’s most interesting entrepreneurs in its new business series, Business Unusual. Host Chris Hardwick travels across the country in a Cadillac to interview the subjects, but essentially the advertising is left out of the program.

It's very young and hip, except that the videos aren't embeddable. That's almost a prerequisite for a webseries these days, so it's a shame Cadillac's not quite meeting modern expectations, no matter how good its content.