Entrepreneurship

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Cash on the vine -- HD9379.M3 C38 1984

An in-depth look at a boutique winery, Matanzas Creek, that hopes to quadruple production in less than 10 years.

The great game of business -- HD69.N4 G7

This program introduces the nine entrepreneurs featured in the series; including the founders of Patagonia, Esprit, Ben & Jerry's, a community bank, a parts remanufacturer, and more.

Beginnings -- HD69.N4 B4

Examines the start-up phase of a new business. This program looks at the entrepreneurs' world and what excites them to envision a new product or service.

Money -- HD69.N4 M6

The role of capital in starting and expanding a business is demonstrated. This episode shows the need for small companies to use resourcefulness and creativity rather than always turning to money to solve problems.

Product -- HD69.N4 P7

Americans are evolving from passive consumers of mass merchandise into value and quality conscious customers. This program looks at how several companies perceive quality and its relationship to their products.

Service -- HD69.N4 S4

The poor service in many American businesses is the single biggest opportunity for new businesses. Says Paul Hawken, "The customer comes first? Not really. The employee comes first." Representative companies give their points of view concerning service.

Growing pains -- HD69.N4 G76

Rapid growth can cause problems. This program shows how several companies dealt with growth, or in one case, resisted it.

Numbers -- HD69.N4 N9

Numbers express relationships within a company, and without understanding numbers, you can't understand your business. This episode looks at the need to know what's happening in your business by and beyond the books.

Employees -- HD69.N4 E5

A look at ways that traditional barriers between management and employees can be replaced by a peer relationship.

Marketing -- HD69.N4 M3

This program demonstrates how imaginative marketers sometimes achive success by breaking the rules. Colorful examples include a highly unconventional bank whose delivery vans bear murals of thieves attempting a robbery.

The broader vision -- HD69.N4 B7

Deals with a company's responsibility to the community. The program spotlights companies where "doing good" and being in business are compatible concepts.

L. L. Bean -- HD69.N4 L187

The story of the success of the L.L. Bean Company of Freeport, Maine.

Stew Leonards's -- HD69.N4 S74

A video about Stew Leonard's, "The Disney World of Supermarkets," that combines good quality and prices and an entertaining shopping experience.

Quad graphics -- HD69.N4 Q83 V.1

Two videocassettes about Quad Graphics, whose primary business is doing printing for 100 different magazines and catalogs. The 1st talks about the sense of family at Quad that comes from sharing profits, responsibilites, authority, etc. with workers ; the 2nd video is about technology and customer service at Quad.

Quad graphics -- HD69.N4 Q83 V.2

Two videocassettes about Quad Graphics, whose primary business is doing printing for 100 different magazines and catalogs. The 1st talks about the sense of family at Quad that comes from sharing profits, responsibilites, authority, etc. with workers ; the 2nd video is about technology and customer service at Quad.

Kirk Stieff Company -- HD69.N4 K47

A film about Kirk Stieff Company, a maker of hand-crafted silverware, that lost market share until they decided to produce products not easily imitated, marketed on a basis of quality rather than price.

White Flower Farm -- HD69.N4 W45

This video describes White Flower Farms, which is a company in the nursery business that earns most of its revenue through mail order, using a marketing theme that it's a real place, run by real people.

Henderson Industries -- HD64.N4 H46

Describes Henderson Industries, a 32 year old designer of computers and control systems, and how the company was able to double its business in two years by reorganizing.

Lundberg Family Farms -- HD64.N4 L86

A video about the Lundberg family, growers of brown rice, who control every phrase of production from selecting seed, drying, milling and packaging the product under their own name.

Home-based business : a winning blueprint -- HD62.7 .H66 1991

Presents suggestions and strategies for managing a home-based business, including home-office design, time management, incorporation, marketing, financing, bookkeeping, and business planning; includes segments devoted to starting a home-based business and telecommuting, and features examples of successful home-based entrepreneurs and a panel discussion with experts in the field.

Minding your own business -- HB615 .M56 1989

Looks at the risks and rewards of entrepreneurship.