Damian Mogavero revolutionized the restaurant and hospitality business with his Avero analytics platform, and he's doing it again with the Avero Mobile App. This week on the business of The Business, host Phil Colicchio invites Damian into the studio to talk about his initiation into the food and hospitality industry, and his love for entrepreneurship. Hear how Damian brought his business skills into the restaurant world and challenged chefs and managers to rethink their profits and labor costs. Tune in to hear Damian and Phil compare the working styles of many restaurants to the plot of the film Moneyball. Later, Damian teaches Phil Colicchio and HRN Executive Director Erin Fairbanks the 'ins and outs' of the Avero Mobile App. Today's program has been brought to you by Rolling Press.

"If you're going to be successful in this business, you need to exceed guest expectations." [6:45]

"What makes Avero special is that we are a partner for our clients and we show returns on their investments- and that's critical." [21:20]

"You can't manage what you can't measure." [32:00]

-- Damian Mogavero on the business of The Business

On this week's Flash Talks Cash, JoAnn "Flash" Fleming and Andrew Newman are talking about student debt and alternatives to traditional four-year schools. Hear about a new project out of Stanford University called Coursera which offers online courses from reputable professors- with no tuition! Flash and Andrew discuss the pros and cons of this new schooling system. Other topics include the cost of weddings, and the trendiness of same-sex marriage. Later, we've got a Number Nuts- "Where in the world can you get a job?" This episode has been brought to you by Tekserve.

This week Growing Good talks about the importance of young educators in America. Host Alessandra Maria-Iavarone sits down with teacher and artist Lisa Gutting to talk about why we need to start promoting more ethically responsible learning and adopting more effective teaching models for us as parents. Be sure to tune in to hear her share her stories from working in public schools and charter schools in America to teaching abroad in China. This episode is sponsored by S. Wallace Edwards.

"We need more focus, especially in a school environment, on what is ethically responsible learning."

--Lisa Gutting on Growing Good