Help clean the rivers of India. Donate to the Tansa Clean campaign today:
October 13, 2013
Tansa Clean on Indiegogo
13October
September 16, 2013
Meet the (Autumn 2013) Fledglings
16September
Every session at Fledge is a bit different than the others. For the Autumn 2013 cohort, running September through November, this includes something of a staggered start. The first four fledglings nestled into the nest today: Close to Home is an marketplace for post-disaster homes. A place to go when FEMA lets you down, or for less massive disasters, such as home fires or remodels. Community...
June 19, 2013
500 Squareholders and $100,000
19June
Community Sourced Capital has taken off! One of the first seven “fledglings” from 2012, Community Sourced Capital launched their business in earnest in January 2013, less than six months ago. Since then, they’ve helped eight company raise over $100,000 from over 500 individual “squareholders” Congratulations on a great start! If you’ve yet had the opportunity...
May 29, 2013
Stockbox Grocers on First Hill
29May
Stockbox Neighborhood Grocery is expanding this summer to First Hill. This store expands the Stockbox mission, began two years ago with a prototype in Delridge, and less than a year ago with the first production store in South Park. As stated on the Stockbox blog: To our new First Hill neighbors: we are dedicated to building a store that represents the uniqueness of your community and, to do...
May 5, 2013
“Demo Day” On-Demand
05May
Watch the “Demo Day” Videos at your Convenience Featuring the Winter 2013 “fledglings”: Tansa Clean (a.k.a. Brown Box) – “Valuing” the stream of of human waste in India Serve Smart – Preparing volunteers for effective service Kodeza – Crowdsourcing local knowledge to create local change Shift Labs – Simple, inexpensive, human...
April 26, 2013
From human waste disposal to homegrown food
26April
Natural soap, online groceries, cell phones, volunteer training, drip clips, human waste, point rewards, and your old tennis shoes. Wondering what these things have in common? They’re all concepts for Fledge’s sophomore class of socially conscious startups. Fledge, an incubator program led by Michael “Luni” Libes, held its second-ever Demo Day at the HUB Seattle Thursday night, as eight groups...
April 26, 2013
Saving lives in Africa via Solar Lanterns!?
TayaSola Lantern Kits aim to make life better for billions around the world by ridding the night of smoke, while saving money in the process. These kits, when combined with local recycled materials such as plastic bottles or glass jars, produce a reading light, a cell phone battery charger, or other electrical gadgets. The power generated from these kits is limited only by our creativity. Each...
April 18, 2013
Demo Day, April 25th, 2013
18April
Demo Day was Thursday, April 25th Once again the “fledglings” got up on stage and shared their visions and plans with you and the world. Tansa Clean (a.k.a. Brown Box) – “Valuing” the stream of of human waste in India Serve Smart – Preparing volunteers for effective service Kodeza – Crowdsourcing local knowledge to create local change Shift Labs –...
April 7, 2013
Entrepreneur Magazine: ‘Impact Entrepreneurship’
07April
‘Impact Entrepreneurship’ Places Importance on Social Consciousness by Michelle Goodman | March 6, 2013 photography by Jose Mandojana On a trip to Africa in 1990, Peter Scott was moved to tears by the deforestation he encountered. Determined to do something, he spent 15 years as a consultant for governments and NGOs in the developing world, designing fuel-efficient cooking...
March 13, 2013
Entrepreneurship of Necessity
13March
Listen to the story of Snohomish Soap, from founder Cindy Todd
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