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Complementary to institutions that have resident faculty, BGI attracts expertise, teachers, and mentors from a host of other institutions, businesses, and entities. A combination of academics, practitioners, and entrepreneurs, BGI faculty write, speak, and are listened to in the public and private sectors. The following are a sample of the books currently authored or co-authored by members of the BGI Faculty Academy. Shop and enjoy.

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A sampling of BGI Authors:

Getting to Scale: Growing Your Business Without Selling Out
by Jill Bamburg

Renowned academic and businesswoman Jill Bamburg shows how mission-driven entrepreneurs can preserve the values of their company while maintaining their growth and competitiveness in the marketplace. Through lessons and stories readers learn how to build growth businesses that can be successful and economically significant in the competitive marketplace. They will learn how their businesses can be strong global competitors without becoming bad local citizens.

Return on Sustainability: How Companies Can Increase Profitabilty & Address Climate Change in an Uncertain Economy
by Kevin Wilhelm

This is a market-based call to action for companies to stop global warming by articulating the business case and addressing the business community in their language; profit and brand value. It details how climate change impacts companies, and how they can turn this risk into an opportunity to improve their financial, brand, and sustainability (environmental, social, climate) performance.

Intrapreneuring in Action: A Handbook for Business Innovation
by Gifford Pinchot III

Based on the authors’ experience helping companies launch over 400 new products and businesses, Intrapreneuring in Practice gives managers at all levels examples and instructions on how to identify people within their organizations who behave like entrepreneurs. It also explains how to avoid classic mistakes while creating a climate that encourages intrapreneurship and directs intrapreneurial energy toward company goals.