YoungUpstarts
JANUARY 28, 2020
When Netflix began streaming media directly to customers in 2007, it changed the face of home entertainment. The pursuit of sustainable business practices makes sense because consumers ask for them and are more willing to do business with green companies. by Dan Lauer , founding executive director of UMSL Accelerate.
Austin Startup
MARCH 20, 2017
Gender lens investing is part of the broader genre of “impact investing,” a term coined by the Rockefeller Foundation in 2007 that put a name to investments made with the intention of generating both financial return and social and/or environmental impact.
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ConversionXL
MARCH 19, 2020
Jocz , you may need to change how you segment your audience: Marketers typically segment according to demographics (“over 40,” say, or “new parent” or “middle income”) or lifestyle (“traditionalist” or “going green”). Hyundai’s Assurance program, which debuted during the 2007–08 financial crisis, is a great example.
Up and Running
AUGUST 8, 2017
Add the words “clean” or “green” if that’s really true and you keep to it rigorously. And note, in this mission statement, how Sweetgreen incorporates a world vision into a product-oriented mission statement: “Founded in 2007, Sweetgreen is a destination for delicious food that’s both healthy for you and aligned with your values.
This is going to be BIG.
OCTOBER 12, 2020
I was there for the first Etsy VC pitch meeting in a Fort Greene apartment. I watched Twitter blow up at SXSW in 2007—even got into the Twitter book about surfacing it to the USV team, which was awesome except for the part where Nick Bilton (of all people) felt the need to describe me as “shorter” (I’m 5’11”, thank you).
Austin Startup
FEBRUARY 8, 2010
For any entrepreneur seeking input and ready to test their ideas in front of many, the RISE Fast Pitch Competition and RISE Funding Forum are new events designed to give aspiring entrepreneurs venues where they can gain experience pitching their business ideas, receive expert feedback and connect with potential investors and partners.
Up and Running
MARCH 31, 2015
Customers love it when you go green, and using renewable energy is just one way to do it. ” From a business perspective, there are few better causes than “being green.” . ” From a business perspective, there are few better causes than “being green.” Relying solely on being green.
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