Business News
Why Are These Limited Edition Girl Scout Cookies Being Sold at a 500% Markup?
The new "Raspberry Rally" cookie from the Girl Scouts is already finding its way to eBay.
Girl Scouts
Thought Leaders
‘Summer Camp’ Has Moved Beyond Campfires and Crafts. Now, There’s ‘Camp CEO.’
Each summer, Girl Scouts of America councils host camp programs designed to familiarize teen girls with the foundations of entrepreneurship.
By Joan Oleck
Entrepreneurs
Shamrock Shakes and Pumpkin Spice Lattes: the Best-Branded Food for Every Season
How brands have focused on selling specialty products during an especially hot (or cold) time.
By Carly Okyle
Building a Business
Bites to Bytes: Girl Scouts Expands Online Cookie Sales
The venerable institution teams with Dell and Visa to broaden digital program.
By Nina Zipkin
Building a Business
Smart Cookies: 5 Business Lessons Leaders Can Learn From Girl Scouts
While not all of us were lucky enough to be Girl Scouts, there's still time to build those skills in the trenches.
Building a Business
Girl Scouts Raise $250,000 After Rejecting Donor Who Didn’t Want Funds to Go to Transgender Scouts
The Western Washington state chapter of the youth organization has piggy-backed on growing awareness and acceptance of what it means to be transgender.
Building a Business
6 Secrets to Sales Success Hidden in a Girl Scout Cookie
Those little entrepreneurs have been on to something for decades. Apply these sweet lessons to your business.
Building a Business
This Girl Scout Troop Turned a Vacant Warehouse Into a Drive-Thru Cookie Shop
A Girl Scouts executive called the cookie sales program 'the No. 1 business development program for girls in the country.'
By Geoff Weiss
Marketing
When You Make Your List of Savviest Marketers, Put the Girl Scouts at the Top
The success of the Girl Scouts' selling diet-busting boxes of cookies, year after year for generations, rates as one of the best marketing programs ever.
Building a Business
Girl Scouts Get Trendy With Gluten-Free, Greek Yogurt Cookies
After nearly 100 years in the cookie business, the Girl Scouts are still updating their offerings to fit market trends.
By Kate Taylor
Thought Leaders
Girl Scout Cookie Sales Are Now Clickable
Troops will soon be able to hone their entrepreneurial skills on the Internet.
By Laura Entis
Thought Leaders
8 Lessons This Record-Breaking Girl Scout Can Teach Entrepreneurs
Katie Francis sold 21,477 boxes of Girl Scout cookies this year. Here's what she can teach you about entrepreneurship.
By Kate Taylor
Thought Leaders
Talk About Ambition: One Girl Scout Sold 18,000 Boxes of Cookies
Katie Francis of Oklahoma City broke the national record, selling more than 18,000 boxes of Girl Scout cookies in seven weeks. Her secret? Commitment.
By Kate Taylor