Montreal Gazette:
Eco-Friendly, Organic Compost Business
“Last summer, Stephen McLeod started an organic waste pickup service, charging clients $5 a week to pick up and properly dispose of their table scraps and garden wastes. The service, called Compost Montreal, has almost 100 clients in St. Henri, the Plateau and Notre Dame de Grâce.
McLeod, who also runs an […]
Salt Lake Tribune:
In a tiny showroom of twisted light bulbs, energy entrepreneur Paul Isom is going gangbusters for green.
He speaks of wax-covered refrigerator thermostats, pinkie-sized fluorescent bulbs that need no ballast and energy adapters that can make a drinking fountain, escalator and even a rock crusher run more efficiently.
“There are two types of green,” Isom […]
SustainableIndustries.com:
The word “entrepreneur,” of French origin, means one who “takes the between.” In my younger days, I viewed entrepreneurs as exploitative—business owners who opportunistically extracted value from an economic flow. But in fact, entrepreneurs can create the flow—or the channel in which the flow can run—by recognizing an opportunity and “taking the between.” By standing […]
Greenbiz.com:
Nearly a decade ago, Seth Goldman began brewing his dream business in his own kitchen, with a thermos of tea, some old Snapple bottles and help from his B-school professor and partner Barry Nalebuff. Today, Goldman, “TeaEO” of Honest Tea, reigns over the nation’s fastest-growing organic bottled-beverage company, with projected 2007 sales of $23 million […]
Entrepreneur.com:
Every day, millions of people rush off to work or read the news with a piping hot cup of coffee they’ve just bought. These consumers are fueling the $12.27 billion coffee industry and, by association, the coffee sleeve industry.
Moving on to the day’s next task, however, happens to be a little more difficult if your beverage is singeing your […]
EastValleyTribune.com:
Kristen Senseman learned to love wine from her parents while growing up in Scottsdale, although the 24-year-old has only been old enough to taste it for a few years. Now she and seven of her friends — all under 30 — have their own label, Hope Wine, a brand with a cause.
Three of them, in […]
Entrepreneur.com:
Teaching is a selfless career. For some educators, changing a student’s life makes all the hard work worth it. But endless piles of papers, insufficient planning time and meager salaries can leave some teachers feeling helpless and unrewarded. A 2007 report from the U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics found that half […]
AmericanVentureMagazine.com:
The ten years that Pauline Lewis spent as an international market researcher taught her how to navigate the complex waters of corporate America.
But that decade also taught her something else: how she would do things differently.
Lewis, 36, has put that hard-earned knowledge to work. Three years ago, she walked away from her job to create […]
TDN.com:
This is a story about a fashion altruist. Never heard of such a thing? Well, meet Blake Mycoskie, a young entrepreneur and former “Amazing Race” contestant.
When the enterprising Texan took a vacation in Argentina 18 months ago, he was struck by two things: the simple style of the alpargata, a traditional Argentine rope-soled shoe, and […]
Coloradoan.com:
Question: What is the Northern Colorado Food Incubator? Answer: The Northern Colorado Food Incubator Inc. is a not-for-profit Colorado corporation. We’re dedicated to strengthening the local food system of Northern Colorado and to supporting the success of local food-related businesses. Our mission is to strengthen the local food economy by:
> Fostering the relationships between local […]
MSNBC.com:
In the last decade, a generation of social entrepreneurs has become increasingly visible by creating self-sustaining businesses. Social entrepreneurs are similar to regular entrepreneurs with one main difference–their gains aren’t measured in financial profit, but by the impact they have on society.
Many entrepreneurs have started social enterprises, breaking nonprofit tradition by blending mission with money, […]
