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Ok so this is not exactly a business based post but I wanted to give this some promotion from me as I think it is an awesome thing that anyone can get involved with. I was in church today and one guy got up and talked for only 5 minutes about his dream to make [...]
UKpreneur asks one green entrepreneur if the market for eco friendly products is getting saturated? You can almost get anything now that has a green or eco-friendly quality over the standard product, many of these green products are expensive, so whats the market doing? EthicalSuperstore.co.uk co-founder Andy Redfern has created a one-stop shop for [...]
I love a good green story, especially one that saves the environment and makes money at the same time … ecoEnvelopes from the states have been working with the postal service to get their re-usable envelopes accredited for use in the US mail system. Look at the stats: Some 81 billion return envelopes are [...]
If Michael Whelan’s dream comes true, the Atlantic ocean will soon help keep the lights on in Ireland. And if it does, it will complete a circuit for Whelan: 30 years ago he was a commercial diver working on North Sea oil and gas installations. Returning to Ireland in the 1980s, he started a [...]
Chances are that Louis Michaud is one of very few people who spend their days trying to make tornadoes. A year ago, the retired petrochemical engineer put together what looked a bit like a high-tech kiddie swimming pool. Only rather than splashes, this pool tends to generate twisters about as high as the garage. [...]
Sometimes a hobby can take on a life of its own. If you are lucky, that hobby turns into a viable business opportunity. What started as a creative outlet for junk mail frustration has now become a line of magnets, beads, wallets and handbags all made from unwanted catalogs, credit card offers and other [...]
The number of eco-businesses and green business sprouting up around the world is very uplifting as-well is the welcome grants and funding been thrown at some of these excellent ideas. So here is an excellent invention which turns the energy people create as they walk, run and otherwise go about their daily activities into [...]
Want to start a business, how about starting a business and offering it to taxi firms. I had an idea when getting driven home this weekend by a taxi. Now when i use a taxi in London one firm has taken advantage of a council grant by converting their cars so they can run [...]
Putting its money where its mouth is on social issues and the non-profit sector, GOOD magazine donates every penny raised from subscription fees to charity. That’s already helped founder Ben Goldhirsh do good by raising more than $380,000 in just three issues! Ben Goldhirsh founded GOOD Magazine and Reason Pictures in 2004. Starting from [...]
What with the Foot and Mouth scare again at the moment, it might not be flavour of the month but Lycetts, the countryside insurance broker, is today urging entrepreneurs not to miss out on the prize of £10,000, to be awarded to this year’s Young Rural Entrepreneur. Run in conjunction with the rural magazine [...]
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