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Businesses with Impact : The conference (and network)not to miss twice a year.

Jesse Seaver | Posted 01.30.2013 | Impact
Read More: Terracycle, Impact Investing, Impact News, Barefoot College, Business News, Social Venture Network, Livestrong, Impact, Social Entrepreneurship, Impact News
Jesse Seaver

The attendees at the Social Venture Network (SVN) conference ranged from first-time entrepreneurs to CEOs of major corporations to some of the industry's leading investment advisors and marketing firms.

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Obama and Social Change

G. Benjamin Bingham | Posted 01.26.2013 | Impact
Read More: Tales of a Wounded Healer, How to Change the World, Ashoka, Empathy, David Bornstein, Obama, Forgiveness, Azim Khamisa, Social Venture Network, Spirit, Compassion, Tom Szaky, Terracycle, Social Entrepreneurship, Svn, Mariah Fenton Gladis, Drayton, Impact News
G. Benjamin Bingham

Are timeless principles guiding the change, or are we going into the forests of the future without a compass? Each of us can only answer for ourselves, but much will depend on this.

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The Social Entrepreneur's Dilemma

Patrick FitzGerald | Posted 02.26.2012 | Small Business
Read More: Recycling, Terracycle, Small Business, Recycle, Car Sharing, Startup, Social Entrepreneurship, Startups, Entrepreneurs, Zipcar, Entrepreneurship, Small Business America, Mba, Small Business News
Patrick FitzGerald

In order to make a potentially game-changing idea a long-standing reality, it's highly recommended that social entrepreneurs look at their business model and ask a very simple question: Could my company be a profitable one?

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You've Got... Tom Szaky, TerraCycle

The | Posted 08.17.2011 | Small Business
Read More: Terracycle, Tom Szaky, Recycling, Video, Earth Day, Eco-Friendly, Green Business, Green Companies, HuffPost Small Business Board of Directors, Tom Szaky Board of Directors, Upcycling, You've Got, Small Business Video, Small Business News

Tom Szaky, a member of the AOL Small Business Board of Directors, dropped out of Princeton to start TerraCycle, an eco-friendly company that literally...

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We Don't Need No Education: Meet The Millionaire Dropouts

The Huffington Post/AOL Small Business | Lauren Drell | Posted 08.11.2011 | Small Business
Read More: Terracycle, Steve Jobs, Jeri Ellsworth, Young Millionaires, Famous College Dropouts, Richard Branson, Bill Gates, Michael Dell, Tom Szaky, Matt Mullenweg, Cameron Johnson, Wordpress, Automattic, Youngest Millionaires, Small Business News and Trends, Richard Branson Board of Directors, College Dropouts, HuffPost Small Business Board of Directors, Tom Szaky Board of Directors, Millionaire College Dropouts, World's Richest People, Small Business News

As a biology major at the University of Texas, Michael Dell began upgrading computers in a dorm, in a bid to make some money. In 1984, he registered h...

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Easy on the Eye, Easy on the Planet!

Anna Griffin | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Terracycle, Msnbc, Jeff Corwin, Justin Berfield, Virgin Produced, Malcolm in the Middle, Rainforest, Virgin Unite, Sao Paulo, Reid Scott, Showtime, Conservation, Liquid Comics, Eduardo-Fischer, Coco Eco, The Big C, Tom-Szaky, Animal Planet, Fox, Upcycling, Sharad Devarajan, National Geographic Channel, Swu, Nbc, Planet-Earth, Sustainability, Global Warming, Green News
Anna Griffin

One of the more brilliant aspects of my job as Editor in Chief of Coco Eco is meeting amazing and inspiring people who are out there actively engaged ...

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PHOTOS: The Most Clever And Outrageous Recycling Schemes

Huffington Post | Alden Wicker | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Recycling, San Francisco, Cherry Hill, New Jersey, California, Compost, Recyclebank, Terracycle, Chewing Gum, Chewed, How to Recycle Tennis Shoes, Textiles, New York City, Clothing, Cleveland, RFID Chip, Green Handed, Green Living, Gumdrop, Slidepollajax, Green News

There are so many reasons to recycle: it keeps waste out of the landfill, it lessens the need for virgin plastic, metal, and paper materials, it costs...

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Eco Etiquette: 16 Great Gifts for the Green Host or Hostess

Jennifer Grayson | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Green Living, Green Gifts, Terracycle, Recycled Crayons, Green Diy, Organic Beer, Green Entertaining, Hostess Presents, Sustainable Consumer, Nicobella, Peopletowels, Green Holiday, Green News
Jennifer Grayson

Send all your eco-inquiries to Jennifer Grayson at eco.etiquette@gmail.com. Questions may be edited for length and clarity. My husband and I just got...

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Plastic Activists: Actually, Some Companies

Sarah Newman | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Chico Bags, Whole Foods, Terracycle, Nike, Companies, Ikea, Patagonia, Plastic, Save My Oceans, Oceans, Klean Kanteen, Preserve, Earth Day, Earth Day 2010, Green News
Sarah Newman

The furniture store that is synonymous with cheap, trendy furniture moved up green ladder when the company outright banned plastic bags for customers.

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Eco Etiquette: Can I Recycle Wine Corks?

Jennifer Grayson | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Cork Trees, Renewable Resources, Boxed Wine, Terracycle, Tetra Pak, ReCork America, Green Living, Recycling Advice, Recycling Wine Corks, Mediterranean Cork Forests, Green News
Jennifer Grayson

I love to entertain. I dutifully recycle all our empty wine and champagne bottles but feel a little guilty about tossing out the corks. After all the ...

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Snack Wrappers Get Upcycled Into Bags

Earth911.com | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Terracycle, Waste, Frito-Lay, Green Living, Upcycling, Reusing Waste, Green News

With Frito-Lay, TerraCycle will start a new recycling brigade set to collect used chip bags. These bags will become a host of products, from notebooks...

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Greening Hollywood: TerraCycle's Big Green Business

Paige Donner | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Green Jobs, Green Economy, Green Business, Green Living, Terracycle, Tom Szaky, Tom Freund, Jackson Browne, EcoGift Festival, Carnegie Hall, Green News
Paige Donner

Beauty is in the eyes of the beholder. We've all heard that axiom before. Tom Szaky, Founder and CEO of TerraCycle, offers up his own twist: He sees no trash.

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