With the launch of the Government’s Mission Led Business Review at the end of last year, businesses came into 2017 with one big question on their minds – why? Six months into the year, Virgin StartUp Ambassador and Coconut Chilli founder, Navina Bartlett explores how brands that pit profit against purpose risk losing out in the new business world. …
Jake’s Boost is a health food startup producing 100% natural nut and seed butters with no additives- free from refined sugar, salt, dairy, gluten or palm oil. If you attended university (college), did you find it useful in starting a business? I went to the Judge Business School at Cambridge University to study for a diploma in Entrepreneurship. Dan …
“As social entrepreneurs, we believe that businesses are a part of a community. In a world where more and more news about global issues are escalating, we seriously feel the need to think about how we can gear our business operations toward creating societal solutions.” ‘My Community… A City for Everyone’ was launched in November 2013 by HH Sheikh …
“We can read the unbroken record of the Earth’s atmosphere that extends back over the last 800,000 years. In all that time, the amount of CO2 in the air never rose above 300th’s of 1%. That is, until the turn of the 20th century. It’s been going up steadily and rapidly ever since.” — Neil deGrasse Tyson, Cosmos: A Spacetime …
Over the last decade, the progression of technology has equipped entrepreneurs with inexpensive tools to convert their ideas into successful businesses. Companies have been able to build large, overnight tribes of customers and product champions using very little capital. Although an early-stage company should prioritise bootstrapping as its means of financial sustenance, for some, this is not always a viable …
It’s easy to get stuck in our daily routines to the point where our lives outs of work & our working lives become difficult to differentiate. You hear the sound of the blazing alarm on a Monday morning and feel the dread rise and hit snooze until the point where you’ve not given yourself enough time to get ready without …
25-year-old Social Entrepreneur, Zobaida Falah has leveraged TOMS one-for-one model to create The CURE Bar, a natural, no preservatives, no sugar snack bar. It’s a durable healthy snack that anyone can enjoy to replace starchy,fat filled snacks. They also include an ingredient that has never been used in the snack bar industry before – the black seed. For every CURE bar sold, …
Swiss Founders Yves, Pascal and Patrick have built a unique business model to deliver high-quality drinking water at an affordable price to families, schools and businesses across India 🇮🇳. One billion people in the world lack access to clean, healthy drinking water💧. The length of time it takes to collect water means that they do not get time to gain …
The Tote Project is based on a friendship, on a shared dream. It is a shared passion for empowerment, for restoration, for freedom. Fay Grant and Michelle Chavez founded The Tote Project because they believe that there is hope for the millions of victims of modern day slavery worldwide, and they want to do their part to support recovering survivors pursuing …
Founders Lara and Julie have created a beautiful ethical fashion brand made from high-quality, soft, organic cotton – better for the environment, better for local farmers and better for the skin. AmaElla manufactures all products ethically and is backed by experts with previous experience at Alexandra McQueen, Tom Ford and DKNY. The two met whilst studying for a Masters in International …