by Carol Sanford | Sep 7, 2010 | Business Development
When I was a kid, I loved to figure out how things worked. I did not so much take them apart, although I did sometimes, as try them out on every possible use. I took a small motor my grandfather used for garden tools and hooked it up to an electric clock to see what...
by Carol Sanford | Aug 30, 2010 | Impact Investing
Earlier this week we reviewed HIP Investor by R Paul Herman. The HIP approach (Human Impact +Profit) is a tried and packaged method for assessing companies for their ability to simultaneously make better profits BY making a better world. I had a chance to ask a few...
by Carol Sanford | Aug 25, 2010 | Impact Investing
By R Paul Herman A Book Review R. Paul Herman has written a highly practical book. It is also educational. He has developed a system for scoring the combined profitability and responsibility of a company. This is useful for investors who want to make decisions with...
by Carol Sanford | Aug 23, 2010 | Business Development
Vestas Wind, the global market leader in manufacturing wind turbines, posted a $185m loss in its second quarter, blaming delays in clean energy projects. Investing is a tricky business under any circumstances. When your retirement plan or the companies future reserves...
by Carol Sanford | Aug 20, 2010 | Business Development
Sam Ford is a Fast Company expert blogger at the intersection of business, digital and culture. I raved about his blog yesterday in a review. I posed some questions to Sam and here are his replies. Check out his multi-disciplinary take on twitter @sam_ford or his...
by Carol Sanford | Aug 19, 2010 | Business Development
Nick Carr argues in his most recent book, “The Shallows” that the Internet is making us less attentive and in general less intelligent. Carr has stirred up some controversy and his concept has certainly not been universally adopted. What if it is not the Internet at...