Green & Sustainable Business Ventures: For Entrepreneurs & Investors
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Asif Iqbal in Eco-entrepreneurs 2 days ago
Recently our campaign Climate Project Connectors started a new voluntary initiative “We Ecopreneurs” to empower local village women in the sub division Balakot (Pakistan) by exploiting opportunities for income generation through organic farming. There are reasons that we started this initiative.
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Leah Edwards in E-commerce 2 days ago
Editor’s note: This is a guest post by Emily Smith, Manager of Marketing and Business Development at BloomSpot, sharing her experience in using social media to help build a mission-based business initiative. BloomSpot is an online lifestyle magazine featuring the best restaurants, hotels, spas and more in SF, NY and LA. BloomSpot’s Community Circles program… Read More…
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Jennifer Kaplan in Eco-entrepreneurs 3 days ago
This is a guest post by Julie E. Gabrielli, NCARB LEED, a green business advisor, founder of GOforChange.com and author of the greening business action list with a twist!. Keith Lasoya, founder of Waste Neutral, owns an organics waste hauling company that collects source-separated “all food” scraps (pre- and post-consumer) waste in the Baltimore, MD… Read More…
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Shannon Suetos in Energy 5 days ago
If the world does indeed go on past 2012, the U.S. should see major stimulus money improve renewable energy efforts. Vice President Joe Biden said on Tuesday, “Government stimulus spending has put the country on track to double renewable energy production capacity by 2012 and halve solar power costs by 2015.” “The report outlined a… Read More…
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If you’re like most business owners, you want to provide value to your customers in a way that gives you an edge over the competition. That means seizing opportunities to provide offerings that deliver more value to your customers than your competitors deliver. Remember, your commitment to the environment is a competitive advantage. By being… Read More…
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This is a guest opinion post by John Friedman. True economic recovery in the United States is caught in a Catch-22. The economy is stuck in ‘neutral’ while employers hold off on job creation until consumers start spending again, while consumers (particularly those who are out of work or fear for their jobs) are not… Read More…
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In the age of the paperless office, it is not shocking the United States Postal Service recently announced a $3.5 billion loss over the last fiscal quarter. This is a substantial loss which will cause significant ramifications in the world of sending and receiving mail. Many analysts agree the only way for the USPS to… Read More…
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The recession has hit many businesses hard. Jobs have been cut and hours have been scaled back. Today, there are signs the economy might be coming out of critical condition. This is a good sign as it means there is a possibility businesses will get back to higher profitability. The one thing many businesses have… Read More…
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Do you have an inner-city business needing to raise $10K to $20MM? Designed to drive the growth of inner city companies, Inner City Capital Connections (ICCC) is a free national program run by the Initiative for a Competitive Inner City that is accepting application until August 30th. The ICCC program gives entrepreneurs one-on-one feedback from… Read More…
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Editor’s note: This is the first post by a new Ecopreneurist contributor in Pakistan, Asif Iqbal. We appreciate his first-hand description of what Pakistan needs to recover and wish everyone there well. Please comment below if you know of good examples of entrepreneurship helping countries re-build after natural disasters. I know it is too early… Read More…
