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A “New Story” for the Homeless

Posted by pjnickoloff

· Wednesday, November 28th, 2018

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In many cases the world’s greatest technological advances are reserved for the rich until they slowly defuse into the mass market and if the poor are lucky, they eventually have a chance to utilize them. However, New Story, a nonprofit; has paired with ICON to give the poor an exclusive first dibs on some amazing technology.

New Story + ICON have developed the capability to 3D print houses and are using this technology to build safe, affordable, and comfortable homes for the homeless around the world. They can print 600-800 square foot homes in 24 hours for less than 4,000 dollars. The impact this can have on third world is insane. It will create safer and cleaner communities where their residents can develop to their fullest potential.

Not only is New Story a crazy cool organization, but one of its co-founders and CEO is a millennial with a crazy cool story. Brett Hagler went to college pursuing all the wrong things in life. He wanted money, fame, and women. Instead he got cancer. His fight against cancer helped him to put his life into perspective and brought him back to his Christian faith. After beating cancer he decided to follow his new passion and start an organization that actually helps people.

2016 Brett was voted a Forbes 30 Under 30 Entrepreneur and in 2018 named Top 100 Most Intriguing Entrepreneurs by Goldman Sachs. In 2017 New Story was called one of the “Most Innovative Companies In The World,” by Fast Company. This organization is small, but has shown stunning growth and continues on a successful path. In college as Brett chased the wrong things he gained a lot of entrepreneurial experience. He used these skills and a lot of hard work to create something amazing and it is changing the world in insane ways.

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Categories : Building, Charity, Construction, Engineering, Great Ideas, Haiti, Millennial Entrepreneurs, Social Entrepreneur, Social Justice, Technology, Uncategorized

Feel Good – The Elephant Pants

Posted by nakhlacn17

· Tuesday, November 27th, 2018

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The Elephant Pants’ customers are encouraged to “feel good—” both about the ethical value of their purchase and while wearing their comfortable new elephant pants.

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Even the simplest of businesses requires the establishment of excellent marketing tactics and customer communication to succeed. The Elephant Pants is yet another fair-trade business organization focused around giving back. Their primary product, lightweight bohemian pants available in a variety of elephant-inspired patterns, mimics the harem-style pants popular in Thailand while drawing attention to the endangered species of elephants living there.

The Elephant Pants actively acts their mission, manufacturing their harem pants ethically in a factory in Thailand, which additionally provides profitable jobs to some of the local people there. For every pair of pants sold, $1 is donated to elephant protection through the business’s partnership with the International Elephant Foundation. Thanks to the founders’ conscious emphasis on marketing, these numbers are soaring, surpassing $184,000 in donations.

Nathan Coleman, founder and CEO of The Elephant Pants, recognized the significance of marketing within the success of a business from the beginning. Although modeling a business around a mission is mildly effective, nothing can replace consumer-conscious marketing in the design of a product. It’s great to promote a message of benevolence and fair trade, but business success requires more.

From the beginning, e-mail subscribers to the business are made to feel like part of the “phamily” with a charming welcome message, closed by the business’s consistent slogan- “Save Elephants, Feel Good.”

“Not every consumer is in the same stage within their buying cycle so the same message will not work on everyone. We think about what the consumer has done or not done to segment them into a specific group so we can curate the message that they will receive.” – Nathan Coleman, founder/CEO of the elephant pants.

The Elephant Pants has done their homework well, garnering product reviews and utilizing various strategies for gaining returning customers.

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And of course, passion for elephant welfare is truly what keeps this business’s heart pounding. “Elephants are extremely intelligent and emotional animals. They live in family units and even mourn when family members pass away. It’s a shame that they are killed for their ivory just to supply collectibles or supposed medicines. Our philosophy is that the only one who needs ivory is an elephant, and with that we do our best to give elephants a voice.”

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Categories : Apparel/Accessories, Charity, Clothing, Fashion, Shark Tank

Tags : charities, elephants, giveback, thailand

Young Tech Brothers for Good

Posted by beidelmanra1

· Thursday, November 15th, 2018

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The country of India has been one of the hottest emerging markets and with that has come the rise of many young entrepreneurs as technology and the overall wealth of the country has been on the rise.

Shravan and Sanjay brothers age 17 and 15 are the youngest of these entrepreneurs in the country of India. They are the brain behind the company GoDimension. It is a simple technological solution for the digital world. Not to mention, the digital world and digital banking has been given the credit for a lot of India’s wild economic growth. They have a vision to do good for society. Their latest app GoDonate helps facilitate the donation of food to local charities that would otherwise go to waste. I do believe we had a student in the Elevator Pitch competition who hoped to do something like this to negate the waste that is created in the restaurant industry.

These two individuals have a mission and a vision to make this world a better place. After developing 11 apps and 60,000 downloads across 60 countries the two brothers were listed in 2017 Forbes 30 under 30.

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Categories : App, Charity, Youngest Entrepreneurs

Are You Kidding?

Posted by ServentiJA1

· Wednesday, November 7th, 2018

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Are You Kidding® is a sock company started by two young entrepreneurial brothers. Brandon and Sebastian have begun living out their passion at an astonishingly young age of 10(Sebastian) and 12 years old(Brandon). Sebastian serves as the C.E.O. and designer for Are You Kidding® and Brandon is Director of Sales. The Martinez brothers share a desire to stand out and look cool to the rest of the world and are currently helping others who have a similar goal. Through their endeavor they have created a small business through which they share their fun designs and can raise money for various charities. Since starting the company, the Martinez brothers have managed to partner with Autism Speaks, American Cancer Society, Special Olympics Florida, Big Brothers Big Sisters of Miami, and The Live Like Bella Foundation to name a few. These young men have showed remarkable initiative and drive through their entrepreneurial efforts and are making an impact in their community.

Are You Kidding Socks

Source: https://areyoukiddingsocks.com/pages/how-we-give

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Categories : Business, Charity, Clothing, Fashion, Online Companies, Youngest Entrepreneurs

Are You Kidding?… nope not kidding

Posted by hagandw17

· Tuesday, November 6th, 2018

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Socks. We all wear them (or at least we all should) and most are pretty boring. White tube socks are basically the sock equivalent of white rice. Who would want to eat white rice and ONLY white rice everyday? Likewise, who would want to wear only white, black, or brown socks day in and day out? Brandon and Sebastian Martinez grew tired of boring socks and decided to do something about it. Brandon, at the age of 5, began to design his own line of zany, wacky socks with his older brother Sebastian helping him to sell them. From their humble beginnings to generating $15,ooo in 2014, Are You Kidding and these two brothers have come a long way. But crazy socks and even crazier profits aren’t the only amazing thing about this young sock company, they also give back. Are You Kidding They have partnered with a multitude of charities which include: Autism Speaks, American Cancer Society, Special Olympics Florida, Big Brothers Big Sisters of Miami, and The Live Like Bella Foundation. With a healthy business and the rest of their lives to continue to grow it, the sky is truly the limit for these peewee entrepreneurs!

Link to Are You Kidding’s website: https://areyoukiddingsocks.com/

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Categories : Apparel/Accessories, Charity, Clothing, Socks, Youngest Entrepreneurs

Tree-planting Tea Business Continues to Grow

Posted by smithJG18

· Monday, October 15th, 2018

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Mark Sotomayor, a fellow Grove City entrepreneurship major, started his own business in October of 2017. Té Amo was created in response to Mark’s belief that he should start a business in college due to his major. Mark summed it up like this, “If you’re gonna major in it, why not try your hardest to start a business?” He knew that if he came up with an idea, he could also use it to enter into various competitions that Grove City pays for . Using his Peruvian grandmother’s chai recipe, Mark shares his love for tea with Pittsburgh, and gives the proceeds to Haiti. Having gone to Haiti before, Mark came up with an idea for a value proposition: for every bottle of tea bought, one tree is planted in Haiti. Trees naturally make the soil more rich in nutrients, thus causing more produce to be able to grow. With more resources, Haitians can make a living and feed their families.

During my interview, Mark’s face became serious as he explained that not all aspects of his business have been sunshine and rainbows. This past year, there was a mix-up with Mark’s business taxes, making him receive a hefty $800 fine from the IRS. In addition to this, Mark also received a cease and desist order from a company in Guatemala with the same name, Té Amo. With these two problems along with various others, Mark does not know for sure what the future holds. But he does know that, “People are supportive of my idea…It makes them feel something, as it should.” While Mark encountered many hardships, he still feels confident in the idea of his product and he wants to make it work. Exemplifying true grit, Mark illustrates how to persevere through seemingly impossible situations because his vision is worth more than just a paycheck.

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Categories : Agriculture, Business, Charity, Haiti, Millennial Enrepreneuers, Social Entrepreneur

Build Your Dream

Posted by kriscaroline

· Wednesday, October 3rd, 2018

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Born and raised in Southern California, Dale Partridge always had a passion for business. Whether it was picking up cans and bottles, selling lemonade, or selling airheads from his backpack at school. It was from the influence of his father that sparked the work ethic in him and by age 25 he had five businesses. But, even with large dollars of income pouring in he was not satisfied and soon realized that the value of profit was not going to fill anything. His success story was a slow process that included him switching jobs multiple times and figuring out that he wanted to make a positive impact in the business world. There is diversity in Dale Partridge’s entrepreneurship experiences ranging from CEO of Sevenly, establishing a Rock Climbing facility, a conference company to a branding agency and a multi-million dollar e-commerce business. He has since then written three books, People Over Profit, Launch Your Dream, and Saved From Success.

What makes Dale’s story even more of an inspiration is his failures never set him back, they only pushed him to work harder. He was not a millionaire by the age of 20 years old, in fact he had debt, bills, and an average salary. In the middle of his development he ran into hardships such as losing large sums of money and getting fired from one of his own companies that he started. However, these did not defeat him, but fueled him.

It was as if a light switch went off when Dale asked himself the question, “If Jesus ran a business, what would it look like?” From then, he launched Sevenly, a company with a mission to give $7 to a worthy cause for every product he sold. His sights were set on feeding the hungry, rescuing people in human trafficking, caring for the orphan, and spreading the call to be generous. This is not an easy task to achieve considering how culture today is very individualistic and profit over people.

Sevenly’s main purpose is a ‘cause art’ movement and that established 7-day cause campaigns, inviting customers to buy “advocacy art, apparel and accessories” that donate to non-profits. Each purchase and every product would also create conversations. Questions that would be asked like, “Hey where did you buy that shirt? What is the context behind it?” Now widely recognized as one of the world’s leading ‘social good’ companies, Sevenly activates its signature 7-Day Campaigns and curates ongoing, cause-themed Collections created to change lives by raising funding, awareness and followers for the world’s greatest causes.

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Categories : Business, Charity, Uncategorized