Comments on: Who Are These Ecopreneurs?

By: Where are the Women Entrepreneurs in Silicon Valley? – Ecopreneurist

Where are the Women Entrepreneurs in Silicon Valley? – Ecopreneurist — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 19:04:42 +0000

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By: Mark Dullea

Mark Dullea — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 18:23:09 +0000

Scott interviewed me for his book. I have two businesses in there that apparently met his test for ecopreneur-ship: http://www.drysdales123.com, and
http://www.carpet-cleaning-business.com. With regard to the categories above I was
1. New to the trade (entering floor services; exiting urban planning)
2. Male
3. I was 49 years of age when I made the switch.
4. Education; Bachelors degree (Boston College) in
economics; and Master’s degree (URI) in urban planning
(guess you could definitely call it a career change)
5.politics. Probably a little to the left of center. I believe that government has a greater role to play than just policing the streets and sending out the Army.

By: Concetta

Concetta — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 22:05:48 +0000

I’m guessing your data on gender got skewed based off the population that you chose to interview.

There are lots of green businesses that are smaller and easier to miss in the economy that are run by women. Lots of the entrepreneurs on sites like etsy.com are very green in their construction methods and materials choices and also happen to be female. The female “ecopreneurs” I know are also extremely locality minded, and don’t have websites because they make their business run off of the local, self-sustaining economy.

I’m guessing, however, that the rest of your results are probably quite accurate for the larger population.

Interesting book – I’ll have to pick it up when I next get paid.

By: Guillaume

Guillaume — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 00:03:48 +0000

Interesting figures, will put a link on my blog!