Recurve, a six-year-old construction company in the Bay Area, focuses on energy audits and “home performance retrofits”–that is, making houses use less energy, reports Bloomberg Businessweek. The company is also developing software to help other contractors record, track, and report data on energy savings for clients. Founder Matt Golden says Recurve’s employees help about 30 […]
Todd Smith, Jess Lin, and Greg Wong, partners at a design firm in New York, started Hello Rewind in February to help victims of sex trafficking in New York. Bloomberg Businessweek reports that the company makes custom sleeves for laptops out of old t-shirts, but its underlying mission is to help sex trafficking victims prepare
Young, college-educated, Internet-savvy, unemployed and hoping to find a place in the food world outside the traditional route, Fabiana Lee, is typical of the city’s dozens of new food entrepreneurs. The New York Times reports that as the next generation of cooks comes of age, it seems that many might bypass restaurant kitchens altogether. Instead,
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According to The New York Times, Bizdom U is an intense boot camp for aspiring entrepreneurs who aim to start high-growth businesses in Detroit. It is the brainchild of Dan Gilbert, a Motor City native who is founder and chairman of the online mortgage lender Quicken Loans. Bizdom U, however, is unique in its focus
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As one of the co-founders for Paypal and the mind that helped create the Tesla, no one really expected to hear that Elon Musk was out of cash reports The New York Times. Mr. Musk is a member of the PayPal Mafia – those serial entrepreneurs who, for a time, looked like the Brat Pack
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Cameron Herold, the Backpocket COO, explains why we should encourage kids to be entrepreneurs. via HolyKaw
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Katrina Frey just wanted to make a little extra money so she started cooking up some jellies and syrups. By selling them out of the back of her van at the local farmers market she managed to make $5,000 that year reports ABC News. Today, after taking her venture online and moving to a building
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Amid the hardship and devastation of the oil spill, some Louisiana locals are diving into the cleanup and unearthing a goldmine, earning the nickname “spillionaires.” ABC News takes a look. (There may be a short commercial before the news report)
al.com: While most Alabamians may view bamboo as a nuisance akin to kudzu, an entrepreneur with a vision for using it as major renewable resource for fabric, food and paper brought her message to the state today. Jackie Heinricher, a biologist and CEO of Booshoot Gardens LLC of Mount Vernon, Wash., made a whirlwind visit
The Boston Globe is reporting that Staples Inc., the Framingham-based retailer of office supplies, is once again looking for young entrepreneurs who are creating ventures that can have a positive impact on communities. Working with Ashoka, a community of social entrepreneurs, Staples said it is launching its fourth annual youth social entrepreneur competition. The grand
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