[quote style=”boxed”]Everyone is an expert on something – find the people who know what you need to know and ask for their help! Your organization will be stronger for it.[/quote] Jessie Johnson is the Founder of The Sustainable Seafood Blog Project (SSBP), which brings food bloggers together in a conversation…
Meet Jessie Johnson – Founder of The Sustainable Seafood Blog Project
[quote style=”boxed”]I like to model myself after Forrest Gump. I don’t think too much and just allow things to happen, with grace and ease.[/quote] Public figure and female surf icon The Surf Lady Veronica Grey tirelessly devotes her life to cleaning the ocean and saving lives by preventing shark attacks…
[quote style=”boxed”]The reason for this is that any mistake or hardship this startup has faced has been a growing experience and brought us to a new place each time, often unrecognizable and better than before.[/quote] David Paull has extensive experience in sustainable design and community development around agriculture, with over…
[quote style=”boxed”]Live in California sooner. The entrepreneurial spirit is contagious, particularly in and around San Francisco.[/quote] Bridgett Luther comes to the Institute with a long history of involvement in environmental protection and efforts to protect natural resources for future generations. Most recently, she spent five years as Director of the…
Meet Bridgett Luther – President of Cradle to Cradle Products Innovation Institute
[quote style=”boxed”]I would have started 15 years earlier. Well, I didn’t have the idea 15 years earlier, but I did have it 3 years earlier so I should have run with it then.[/quote] Steve Silberberg is the owner and founder of Fatpacking, weight loss backpacking adventure vacations. He graduated from…
[quote style=”boxed”]“Early to bed, early to rise, work like hell and advertise!” I actually can’t take credit for making that up. Ted Turner and I were sitting next to each other at a luncheon. I asked him for the secret to his success and that is what he said to…
Meet John Shegerian – CEO of Electronic Recyclers International
[quote style=”boxed”]Do your homework, do as much market research you can effort – keep the customer in mind all the time.[/quote] Award-winning designer, Harald Kanz, founded KANZ Outdoors LLC in 2009; his mission is to share his lifelong passion for outdoor product design. As a young boy his imagination was…
[quote style=”boxed”]Walk before you run. Early on we spent money on things like advertising that we as a company were simply not ready for. You will get pitched by advertisers, consultants, advisors, etc. about the value in adding some sort of expense to your books. If you feel you aren’t ready…
[quote style=”boxed”]I think the bigger challenge is staying focused on the right ideas, and putting the other ideas aside in order to make the right ones happen. Focus is key.[/quote] Lauren Gropper is a green entrepeneur with a background in green architecture and urban design, as well as sustainability consulting…
[quote style=”boxed”]I would have immediately sold my house and paid off all my debts in order to reduce my personal burn rate to the absolute minimum.[/quote] By the time his mid-life crisis of conscience hit, Dimitri Cherny had brought to market 16 high-tech products for half a dozen companies over…