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Cool Runnings host Antonio Neves interviews Business on Main's Toddi Gutner about what truly makes employees happy (2009).

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  • College Hunks Hauling Junk: A Summer Job That Led to Millions -- Business on Main -- © MicrosoftCool Runnings
    College Hunks Hauling Junk: A Summer Job That Led to Millions

    This moving company founded by two college students started as a summer job. Today, it has expanded to 40 nationwide franchises worth millions.

    length: 3:41
  • Jack Threads: In Retail, Image Is Everything -- Business on Main -- © MicrosoftCool Runnings
    Jack Threads: In Retail, Image Is Everything

    This online shopping club for men turned founder Jason Ross, a regular college kid, into a millionaire CEO. Find out how he cultivated Jack Threads' cool image, while staying true to his roots.

    length: 3:40
  • The Hideout: Corporate Culture Meets the Cowboy Way -- Business on Main -- © MicrosoftCool Runnings
    The Hideout: Corporate Culture Meets the Cowboy Way

    This struggling century-old Wyoming dude ranch was turned around by an unlikely hero -- Peter de Cabooter, a Belgian corporate veteran with a cowboy ethic.

    length: 4:26
  • South Mountain Creamery: Finding Success in the Past -- Business on Main -- © MicrosoftCool Runnings
    South Mountain Creamery: Finding Success in the Past

    Farming is a tough business. But South Mountain Creamery staved off bankruptcy by turning to the past -- bringing back the milkman and reconnecting consumers with their food.

    length: 4:38
  • TerraCycle: Turning Green Into Gold -- Business on Main -- © MicrosoftCool Runnings
    TerraCycle: Turning Green Into Gold

    Tom Szaky was just 19 when he left Princeton to nurture his eco-friendly business idea. Today, TerraCycle is a leader in upcycling "waste" into cool consumer products.

    length: 4:08
  • Zane's Cycles: Creating Customers for Life -- Business on Main -- © MicrosoftCool Runnings
    Zane's Cycles: Creating Customers for Life

    Chris Zane was just 16 when he opened his first bike shop. Today, with decades of experience under his belt, he has built a company that's truly innovative in its approach to creating lifelong customers.

    length: 4:01
  • The Tie Bar: Creating Stylish Neckwear for the Masses -- Business on Main -- © MicrosoftCool Runnings
    The Tie Bar: Creating Stylish Neckwear for the Masses

    Husband-and-wife attorneys Greg and Gina Shugar quit their jobs to start Tie Bar in 2004 to create a better, cheaper necktie.  The result? Find out on the latest episode of Cool Runnings.

    length: 3:44
  • The Sky Factory: Where Everyone Owns a Piece of the Sky -- Business on Main -- © MicrosoftCool Runnings
    The Sky Factory: Where Everyone Owns a Piece of the Sky

    At The Sky Factory, there are no employees -- just owners, who have helped turn this manufacturer of life-like skyscapes into a multi-million dollar business.

    length: 3:59
  • DAP World: A Man With a Plan … and Millions of Ear Plugs -- Business on Main -- © MicrosoftCool Runnings
    DAP World: A Man With a Plan … and Millions of Ear Plugs

    Last year, DAP world sold over 35 million ear plugs at a near-perfect delivery rate -- with just one full-time employee.  Find out how CEO Doug Pick keeps operations streamlined, while supporting a community organization.

    length: 4:18
  • Zoom Room: Dog Training Goes Social -- Business on Main -- © MicrosoftCool Runnings
    Zoom Room: Dog Training Goes Social

    Zoom Room isn’t a doggy day care. With programs like "pup-lates" and "yappy hour," this franchise offers a social spin on dog training programs that both canines and theirs owners can enjoy.

    length: 4:27
  • Anyi Lu: An Engineer Brings Comfort to Couture -- Business on Main -- © MicrosoftCool Runnings
    Anyi Lu: An Engineer Brings Comfort to Couture

    Cool Runnings profiles Anyi Lu, a former engineer who created a groundbreaking product -- couture women's shoes that are actually comfortable.

    length: 4:00
  • Warby Parker: Eyewear With a Vision -- Business on Main -- © MicrosoftCool Runnings
    Warby Parker: Eyewear With a Vision

    This Cool Runnings company is revolutionizing the eyewear industry with deeply-discounted designer frames, a website that lets you try on glasses from home and an ambitious social mission.

    length: 4:22
  • How Great Companies Turn Crisis Into Opportunity -- Business on Main -- © MicrosoftCool Runnings
    How Great Companies Turn Crisis Into Opportunity

    Tough times define businesses, for better or worse. Cool Runnings talks to two renowned executive coaches to find the key to surviving crises (2010).

    length: 5:25
  • Employee Recognition: It's Not Overrated -- Business on Main -- ©MicrosoftCool Runnings
    Employee Recognition: It's Not Overrated

    Cool Runnings profiles companies embodying the belief that successful companies are built by happy employees (2010).

    length: 5:13
  • Passion: How Do You Turn it Into Profits? -- Business on Main -- ©MicrosoftCool Runnings
    Passion: How Do You Turn it Into Profits?

    Renowned executive coaches sit down with Cool Runnings and look at the role passion plays in building an enduring business (2010).

    length: 5:04
  • J.W. Hulme: The Value of Tradition -- Business on Main -- ©MicrosoftCool Runnings
    J.W. Hulme: The Value of Tradition

    With high-quality leather goods made in America, this Cool Runnings company strived to maintain its traditional core values in the face of economic adversity (2010).

    length: 5:30
  • New Leaf: Where Sustainability Meets Profitability ©MicrosoftCool Runnings
    New Leaf: Where Sustainability Meets Profitability

    Cool Runnings profiles a company whose commitment to creating sustainable paper is transforming an entire industry (2010).

    length: 5:28
  • Naked Pizza: A Fast Food Revolution ©MicrosoftCool Runnings
    Naked Pizza: A Fast Food Revolution

    Cool Runnings profiles a little pizza shop in New Orleans that's making big changes to pizza and the fast food franchising industry (2010).

    length: 5:25
  • Highlight: USAA’s Commitment to Customer ServiceCool Runnings
    Highlight: USAA’s Commitment to Customer Service

    USAA, a Cool Runnings company, prides itself in delivering the higest level of customer service to America's armed forces (2010).

    length: 2:27
  • Serving America’s Service Men & WomenCool Runnings
    USAA: Serving America's Service Men & Women

    Cool Runnings: USAA offers mobile financial services to the American military, all around the globe (2010).

    length: 5:48
  • Highlight: Naked Pizza Makes Fast Food Social ©MicrosoftCool Runnings
    Highlight: Naked Pizza Makes Fast Food Social

    Naked Pizza's innovative use of Facebook and Twitter for marketing make it our latest Cool Runnings company (2010).

    length: 2:02
  • O.C. Tanner: The Business of AppreciationCool Runnings
    O.C. Tanner: The Business of Appreciation

    Cool Runnings profiles a company that helps other businesses achieve success by motivating their employees with appreciation programs (2010).

    length: 6:05
  • Zingerman's: Building a Community of BusinessesCool Runnings
    Zingerman's: Building a Community of Businesses

    Zingerman's knows that food is serious business. Cool Runnings profiles how they went from a single deli to a community of quality shops (2010).

    length: 4:49
  • Highlight: Envisioning the Future at Zingerman'sCool Runnings
    Highlight: Envisioning the Future at Zingerman's

    Zingerman's overcame its midlife crisis by creating a strong vision for the future. Find out how on Cool Runnings (2010).

    length: 2:29
  • Dialog HighlightsCool Runnings
    Highlight: How Democracy at Dialog Breeds Loyalty

    Learn about a Cool Runnings company that has employees so loyal, they were willing to work weeks without pay (2010).

    length: 2:18
  • Cool Runnings: DialogCool Runnings
    Dialog: Opportunity in Openness

    This Cool Runnings marketing firm relies on open communication, open books, and open spaces to drive success (2010).

    length: 5:56
  • GreenOrder HighlightsCool Runnings
    Highlight: Dancing Deer's Commitment to Philanthropy

    Cool Runnings profiles a business that stayed committed to philanthropy in the face of economic difficulty (2010).

    length: 2:06
  • Cool Runnings: Dancing DeerCool Runnings
    Dancing Deer: How a High-End Bakery Helps the Homeless

    At Dancing Deer, helping your community never tasted so good.  Learn more about this Cool Runnings company (2010).

    length: 5:44
  • Cool Runnings: GreenOrder HighlightCool Runnings
    Highlight: Turning Policy Into Practice at GreenOrder

    Find out how a green consulting firm turns policy into practice every single day, right here on Cool Runnings (2010).

    length: 1:36
  • Cool Runnings: GreenOrderCool Runnings
    GreenOrder: Going Green, One Business at a Time

    Learn more on Cool Runnings about a consulting firm that's leading an environmental revolution, business by business (2010).

    length: 5:36
  • A look at Etsy's community pageCool Runnings
    Etsy: Empowering a World of Artisans on the Web

    Cool Runnings pays a visit to the home of Etsy, an online marketplace for the handmade and the vintage (2010).

    length: 5:42
  • Cool Runnings: Hangers CleanersCool Runnings
    Hangers Cleaners: Redefining the Dry Cleaning Industry

    Cool Runnings takes a closer look at the creative marketing, green tactics, and unbeatable service of Hangers Cleaners (2010).

    length: 5:47
  • Cool Runnings: Innovator in a 'Boring' Industry: Hangers CleanersCool Runnings
    Highlight: Hangers Cleaners Gets Creative

    How do you take a 'boring' industry and turn it upside down? Cool Runnings profiles Hangers Cleaners to find out (2010).

    length: 1:40
  • Cool Runnings: Wild Planet ToysCool Runnings
    Wild Planet Toys: Where Creativity Runs Wild

    Cool Runnings visits an independent toy company that encourages its employees to think of work as play (2010).

    length: 5:16
  • Cool Runnings: Heath CeramicsCool Runnings
    Heath Ceramics: Reshaping a Business

    Can an old, struggling business reinvent itself? Find out how Heath Ceramics gave itself a new lease on life (2010).

    length: 4:55
  • The Turning Point: Acting on an 'Aha!' MomentCool Runnings
    The Turning Point: Acting on an 'Aha!' Moment

    Is your business reaching a turning point? What do you do when you get there? Find out on Cool Runnings (2009).

    length: 2:19
  • The Tipping Point: Help Your Biz Hit it BigCool Runnings
    The Tipping Point: Help Your Biz Hit it Big

    A business doesn’t just take off on its own -- here are some Cool Runnings tips to get things moving (2009).

    length: 4:45
  • An Inside Look at SECTV’s Mobile OfficeCool Runnings
    Highlight: An Inside Look at SECTV's Mobile Office

    Cool Runnings: Find out how mobile technology has kept the nation's first cable company on top of the game (2009).

    length: 2:11
  • Service Electric Cable TV: How Going Mobile Kept Them GoingCool Runnings
    SECTV: How Going Mobile Kept Them Going

    Cool Runnings takes you behind the scenes at the nation's first cable company -- and it's still alive and well.

    length: 5:02
  • The Secrets of BrandingCool Runnings
    The Secrets of Branding

    Marketing expert Barbara Findlay Schenck joins us at Cool Runnings and reveals what good branding’s all about (2009).

    length: 2:02
  • 4 Steps to Marketing SuccessCool Runnings
    4 Steps to Marketing Success

    Marketing expert Barbara Findlay Schenck discusses the 4 p’s on Cool Runnings: price, product, promotion and place (2009).

    length: 4:35
  • It's Easy Being Green at ZipcarCool Runnings
    Highlight: It's Easy Being Green at Zipcar

    Find out how Zipcar makes being green good for the customer, the planet and the bottom line on this episode of Cool Runnings.

    length: 2:09
  • Zipcar: Making Car-Sharing a Super SuccessCool Runnings
    Zipcar: Making Car-Sharing a Super Success

    This week on Cool runnings, we tell the story of Zipcar's fast rise to the top in a new and unknown industry (2009).

    length: 4:59
  • Cool Runnings: Going Out on a Limb: Alaska Zipline AdventuresCool Runnings
    Highlight: Going Out on a Limb at Alaska Zipline Adventures

    Experience the Alaskan rainforest from 100 feet in the air with our Cool Runnings contest winner (2009).

    length: 2:37
  • Cool Runnings Contest Winner: Alaska Zipline AdventuresCool Runnings
    Contest Winner: Alaska Zipline Adventures

    Cool Runnings: Find out how Alaska Zipline Adventures came out on top after leaping into the unknown.

    length: 5:21
  • Using Technology for Better Customer ServiceCool Runnings
    Using Technology for Better Customer Service

    Cool Runnings provides advice for small business owners about how to spend tech dollars wisely (2009).

    length: 1:52
  • Small Biz Technology: Ways to WinCool Runnings
    Small Biz Technology: Ways to Win

    How companies can use technology to create successful businesses -- courtesy of Cool Runnings (2009).

    length: 4:56
  • Taking the Franchising PlungeCool Runnings
    Taking the Franchising Plunge

    Is it time to take the franchising plunge? Cool Runnings helps you weigh the pros and cons before reaching a decision (2009).

    length: 2:16
  • Forming Alliances: Partnering Up for Business Success Cool Runnings
    Forming Alliances: Partnering Up for Business Success

    Cool Runnings outlines how entrepreneurs can form alliances -- with friends, family, associates, and other businesses (2009).

    length: 4:10
  • A Virtual Gal Helps Guys Shop at Trunk ClubCool Runnings
    Highlight: Shopping Goes Virtual at Trunk Club

    Cool Runnings explores how Trunk Club is redefining the word virtual for small businesses and shoppers (2009; Trunk Club is now located in Chicago with a new CEO and customer experience).

    length: 1:37
  • Trunk Club: Webcam Shopping for the EverymanCool Runnings
    Trunk Club: Webcam Shopping for Men

    Cool Runnings: Trunk Club uses technology to provide male shoppers with a much-needed service (2009; Trunk Club is now located in Chicago with a new CEO and customer experience).

    length: 4:02
  • The Youth and Personality of Joie De VivreCool Runnings
    Highlight: The Youth and Personality of Joie De Vivre

    Cool Runnings: Joie De Vivre Hotels build a unique brand experience by staying on the cutting edge of its industry (2009).

    length: 2:03
  • Joie De Vivre Hotels: Creating Comfort & JoyCool Runnings
    Joie De Vivre Hotels: Creating Comfort & Joy

    Joie De Vivre Hotels live by a  mantra for its customers and employees: create joy. This makes it a Cool Runnings company (2009).

    length: 5:21
  • SeamlessWeb's Seamless Technology Cool Runnings
    Highlight: SeamlessWeb's Seamless Technology

    SeamlessWeb solves a consumer problem by integrating technology into food delivery. Learn more on Cool Runnings (2009).

    length: 1:57
  • SeamlessWeb: Carving a Niche in Online Food Delivery Cool Runnings
    SeamlessWeb: Carving a Niche in Online Food Delivery

    Cool Runnings visits New York and finds out how SeamlessWeb cornered a market in online food delivery (2009).

    length: 5:37
  • Cool Runnings: Edible Arrangements' CEO: Franchiser of the YearCool Runnings
    Highlight: Edible Arrangements CEO, Franchiser of the Year

    Edible Arrangements founder Tariq Farid sits down with Cool runnings to share secrets for creating an award-winning company (2009).

    length: 2:09
  • Edible Arrangements: How a Big Idea Became a Fruitful BusinessCool Runnings
    Edible Arrangements: Growing a Fruitful Business

    Find out how Edible Arrangements changed the gift industry with fresh fruit bouquets, right here on Cool Runnings (2009).

    length: 4:19
  • Smart Companies Create CommunitiesCool Runnings
    Smart Companies Create Communities

    Cool Runnings host Antonio Neves interviews Business on Main's Toddi Gutner about what truly makes employees happy (2009).

    length: 2:08
  • Why Corporate Culture Matters to Zappos and OthersCool Runnings
    Why Corporate Culture Matters

    Cool Runnings host Antonio Neves discusses the importance of company culture with Business on Main's Toddi Gutner (2009).

    length: 4:27
  • Cool Runnings: Cameron HughesCool Runnings
    Highlight: The Husband-Wife Team of Cameron Hughes

    Cameron Hughes Wine's husband and wife team talks to Cool Runnings about sustaining a successful partnership (2009).

    length: 2:07
  • Cool Runnings: Cameron Hughes WineCool Runnings
    Cameron Hughes Wine: Success Through Reinvention

    Cool Runnings: Cameron Hughes Wine reinvented their business model -- and redefined the wine industry (2009).

    length: 5:17
  • How Fetch! Finds Franchise SuccessCool Runnings
    Highlight: How Fetch! Finds Franchise Success

    Cool Runnings is going to the dogs. Learn how Fetch! Pet Care attracts and trains passionate franchisees (2009).

    length: 2:21
  • Fetch! Pet Care: A Customer's Best FriendCool Runnings
    Fetch! Pet Care: A Customer's Best Friend

    Fetch! Pet Care started with an idea and perseverance. Now they're a Cool Runnings company customers can't live without (2009).

    length: 4:58
  • Cool Runnings: How Big Ass Fans Lives Up to Its NameCool Runnings
    Highlight: How Big Ass Fans Lives Up to Its Name

    Cool Runnings: Big Ass Fans is more than just a name -- they're a company with a reliable product and great marketing (2009).

    length: 1:51
  • Cool Runnings - Big Ass Fans: The Name Says It AllCool Runnings
    Big Ass Fans: The Name Says It All

    Big Ass Fans tries a novel approach -- telling customers exactly what they sell. Learn about them on Cool Runnings (2009).

    length: 4:38
  • How Lifeguard Medical Solutions Saves LivesCool Runnings
    Highlight: How Lifeguard Medical Solutions Saves Lives

    A Lifeguard Medical Solutions customer recounts a lifesaving moment at his auto dealership for Cool Runnings (2009).

    length: 1:45
  • Lifeguard Medical Solutions: The Total PackageCool Runnings
    Lifeguard Medical Solutions: The Total Package

    Lifeguard Medical Solutions does more than just create a product -- they change lives. Find out how on Cool Runnings (2009).

    length: 5:10
  • Shiner’s Brewmasters Tell Their TalesCool Runnings
    Highlight: Tales From Shiner’s Brewmasters

    Take a trip to Texas with Cool Runnings and find out how Shiner became a national name (2009).

    length: 2:14
  • Shiner Beer: Stay Local, Go NationalCool Runnings
    Shiner Beer: Stay Local, Go National

    This week on Cool Runnings: How Shiner Beer went national while maintaining its local roots (2009).

    length: 5:16
  • Fostering Team Culture at SkullcandyCool Runnings
    Highlight: Fostering Team Culture at Skullcandy

    Watch Cool Runnings to learn how Skullcandy captures the feel of a sub-culture with its products (2009).

    length: 2:35
  • Skullcandy: Know Your Core ConsumerCool Runnings
    Skullcandy: Know Your Core Consumer

    The secret behind Skullcandy's success lies in knowing what its audience wants. Learn more on Cool Runnings (2009).

    length: 6:48
  • Zappos’ Unique Hiring PracticesCool Runnings
    Highlight: Zappos’ Unique Hiring Practices

    Learn more about Zappos.com's hiring practices and company culture that make it a Cool Runnings company (2009; Amazon acquired Zappos for close to $1 billion soon after this video launched).

    length: 2:23
  • Zappos: Great Culture = Great Customer ServiceCool Runnings
    Zappos: Great Culture = Great Customer Service

    On this episode of Cool Runnings, find out why Zappos.com is considered one of the best companies to work for (2009; Amazon acquired Zappos for close to $1 billion soon after this video launched).

    length: 5:45
  • Cool Runnings Profiles Innovative Small Businesses With Big IdeasCool Runnings
    Companies That Stand Out From the Crowd

    Join host Antonio Neves as he profiles innovative businesses and owners with big ideas on Cool Runnings (2009).

    length: 0:31
  • Behind the Scenes at Seattle’s Pike Place Fish MarketCool Runnings
    Highlight: Behind the Scenes at Pike Place Fish Market

    Go behind the scenes at Seattle's Pike Place Fish Market and learn what makes it a Cool Runnings company (2009).

    length: 2:06
  • Pike Place Fish Market: Becoming World FamousCool Runnings
    Pike Place Fish Market: Becoming World Famous

    Find out how Seattle's Pike Place Fish Market became world famous on the premier of Cool Runnings (2009).

    length: 6:15