Posts by: Scott Cooney

Reaching Success…What Then?

By On March 2, 2012 · Leave a Comment · In Sustainable Business Strategy

Achieving success is actually not the end of the road. It can merely be another step along the way.

If you ask mission-driven entrepreneurs about their goals, they might say something along the lines of achieving profitability, or creating a new product line with incredible eco-friendly properties, or outcompeting one of the big boys who […]

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Five Best Budget Green Startup Business Opportunities to Start Right Now

By On March 2, 2012 · Leave a Comment · In Start a Green Business, Sustainable Business Strategy

Looking for gold in them there green hills?

You’ve probably heard that green is gold. While nothing is quite that easy, the business case for green is solid, and its fundamentals extremely strong. A green business is not much different than a conventional business in many ways: you still have to create […]

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With Election 2010 Behind Us, Where Do Progressives Turn?

By On March 2, 2012 · Leave a Comment · In Policies of Sustainability

With oil money behind much of the Tea Party’s success, GreenBusinessOwner.com argues that the only way to move society forward is to break our addiction to oil.  The beauty is that politics are largely irrelevant, and we don’t have to wait for election night 2012 to participate once again.

Election 2010 is […]

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Four Proven Ways to Reduce the Carbon Footprint of the Food You Serve

By On March 2, 2012 · Leave a Comment · In Sustainability Information, Sustainable Business Strategy

A carbon footprint is the sum of all the greenhouse gases (like carbon dioxide) we individually produce through the course of our daily lives. Food is a major factor in determining your restaurant’s carbon footprint.
Here’s some tips to help you lower your impact:

1. Find out where your food comes […]

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Two key lessons from the big companies about innovation for small business–from Tim O’Reilly

By On March 2, 2012 · Leave a Comment · In Sustainable Business Strategy

Innovation strategies for small business.

Tim O’Reilly, the ‘father of web 2.0’, spoke at the recent GreenBiz Innovation Forum in San Francisco. He described innovation as an imperative, and compared the current state of the sustainability economy to those of the web movement he helped to build (his […]

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Building Trust as a Leader of your Organization

By On March 2, 2012 · Leave a Comment · In Interview, Sustainable Business Strategy

I had the honor of interviewing Stephen M.R. Covey, author of the Speed of Trust, as part of his PR campaign for the upcoming Leaders Causing Leaders tour, and asked him about entrepreneurship and microenterprise.

Covey’s father, Stephen R. Covey, who wrote the foreword for this book, is […]

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Reduce Costs, Help the Planet, and Feed the Hungry: All in a Day’s Work

By On March 2, 2012 · Leave a Comment · In Green Your Business, Sustainable Business Strategy

It’s a shame to waste, especially delicious food, but restaurants throw out this precious commodity daily. All that waste adds up financially: wasted money spent on the extra food and more money spent on trash collection. It also has a serious environmental impact.

Trashed food takes up limited landfill space and produces methane (a greenhouse […]

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Five Simple Tips for Reducing Food Waste in your Restaurant

By On March 2, 2012 · Leave a Comment · In Sustainable Business Strategy

Forty-three thousand tons of food are thrown out in the United States each day. All that waste adds up financially and environmentally. There are many steps you can take to initially cut back on waste in your food service establishment. Here are some ideas:

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