Business Tips Highlights

Hattie explains us the importance of defining your business model to earn profits

In Chapter 9 of 17 in his 2011 Capture Your Flag interview, Andrew Hutson answers "What Has Reading Gandhi Taught You About How You Set Goals?" Gandhi teaches Hutson why and how to think big, especially when and where it is needed. This big thinking helps Hutson set seemingly impossible to accomplish goals in his own work in the environment. Hutson is a senior project manager at the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF), where he focuses on sustainable supply chain work with organizations.

Jim Taylor, CEO of Hummer and former GM, Cadillac, describes the Cadillac crisis.

Brainstorming is a free flow conversation in which all ideas are good ideas, right? Ed Muzio, CEO of Group Harmonics, gives 3 simple do's and don'ts to help your team identify its next great idea.

In this video Sir Richard Branson outlines how his company has branched out into various industries on the strength of the Virgin brand.

This video from Bnet gives women some nice tips for smarter business travel.

Don't let your best employees fall through the cracks. Learn how to keep them motivated and engaged, so they'll stick around.

BlackBerry expert Darci LaRocque joins GC host Mike Agerbo to talk about how her company, Swirl Solutions, can help you save time and money when it comes to using your BlackBerry.

In Chapter 14 of 16, environmental management and green supply chain expert Andrew Hutson discusses tangible and non-tangible reasons companies consider sustainability programs. Short term, this may include energy efficiencies or improved employee morale. Long term, this includes more complicated future needs around customer relationships, shareholders, and company culture and values.

In Chapter 18 of 21 in his 2011 Capture Your Flag interview with host Erik Michielsen, business school professor Ben Hallen notes entrepreneurs inherit networks from previous experiences - education, religion, social, etc. This leads to a large and diverse network that can be valuable. Entrepreneurs can also be building networks while managing inherited networks. He details how great entrepreneurs use "casual dating" to build new network ties.

In Chapter 16 of 16, environmental management and green supply chain expert Andrew Hutson turns his career to China and implementing green energy solutions within its export economy. Hutson looks within China not to China energy generation - heavily coal-based - but instead to export economy sustainability initiatives.