Green & Sustainable Business Ventures: For Entrepreneurs & Investors
Looking for a model of good, green entrepreneurship? Well look no further than sweetgreen. Started by three entrepreneurial 24-year old Georgetown grads in D.C. in 2007, sweetgreen is reinventing fast food, turning it into a healthy, casual, sustainable alternative. Having eaten there many times, I can tell you that it’s addictive. It is a winning [...]
She just won the 83rd Academy Award for Best Actress for “Black Swan” and she definitely knows to walk the talk! Natalie Portman is eco-friendly and is not afraid to show it. Portman, is a reported vegan, concerned about animal rights and conservation, and even sports an eco-conscious engagement ring. During this year’s Oscars, she was in the [...]
N-Viro International Corporation (N-Viro) is an environmental and materials operating company that develops and licenses its technology to municipalities and private companies to convert biosolids into re-usable, marketable products. Their patented processes use lime and/or mineral-rich, combustion byproducts to treat, pasteurize and convert wastewater sludge from municipal sewage treatment facilities. Using their patented technology, N-Viro currently [...]
1E is a wonderful success story of a tech company with humble beginnings but deep-rooted green values. 1E was formed back in 1997 by Sumir Karayi, Mark Blackburn and Phil Wilcock who got together whilst working at Microsoft. With many years of experience working with blue chip companies they saw a need to reduce the [...]
As technology adoption among small businesses increases, social media is an area that more business owners are becoming interested in. In fact, social media is predicted to see one of the biggest increases in online marketing spending this year, just behind website and e-mail marketing. Alexis Lamster, VP of customers at Postling and creator of [...]
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