A To-Do List for the First-Time Entrepreneur
Within each of us is a desire to be our own boss. We've all had our "million dollar" idea or one too many horrible bosses that make us want to start our own company. Yet the truth is simple: Owning your own business takes hard work, determination, sacrifice, and a very clear understanding of not just your business, but also your personality. Here are a few points to consider when deciding to ...
Why companies hide their eco-friendly bona fides
FORTUNE -- At the Kentucky home of Rob Samuels, the chief operating officer of Maker's Mark bourbon and grandson of founder Bill Samuels Sr., not far from the nature preserve on which the distillery sits, the 54-year-old first bottle the company ever made sits behind the bar. "If we were to open that bottle tonight, it would taste exactly like what we produce today," he says. Maker's is possibly ...
Tour of kitchens benefits Loyola music department
Elaine Buhs' kitchen is part of a tour of kitchens on Trail Drive in Mankato that is helping to raise funds for a Loyola High School choir trip to New York. In the background (from left) are designers Gretchen Hunziker Maher, Laura Hunziker Weness and builder Pat Touhey.
Business Feature: Energy to burn
Provcence in southern France, known for its picturesque villas and vineyards, is also home to a vast building site - about the size of 60 soccer pitches.Before work began in 2007, the dead-flat 42ha platform at Cadarache, about...
Health officer takes on creative business
By Seth Stapleton Tribune Staff Writer
What's Your Scale For Good?
Last year, Ben Packard, VP of Global Responsibility at , talked to me about the idea of "scale for good" and I've been thinking about it ever since. In the business context, "scaling up" refers to how to best use current and future resources to increase the quantitative value of a company. Scaling in the ...