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September 14, 2011 Story contributed by Polina Selyutin.Bi-Rite, a grocery market nestled in the heart of San Francisco's hip Mission district, has been owned by Sam Mogannam's family since the 1960's. In 1997, when he reluctantly agreed to take over the family business, he decided to run the market his way. His way...
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August 11, 2011 Every year, the theaters on Broadway in New York City create tons upon tons of trash. Sets, costumes, props, all so intricately designed to create an imaginary world for each specific production that they have no life left in them when the show closes. Theater walls are repainted again and again,...
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August 4, 2011 Story by Stacy Edwards.Austin’s Black Star Co-op Pub and Brewery is anything but typical. From its delightfully quirky menu options challenging your rational and irrational taste buds, to its community-owned and employee-run structure, this first of its kind brewpub is boldly redefining the co-...
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June 23, 2011 In politics, celebrity, the greenwashing business and the beauty industry, there is a religion based on the notion that perception is reality – that if an individual or an organization appears as something – and is perceived that way – then that perception becomes the truth. In essence, it’s a...
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June 21, 2011 Story by Rachel TobiasWhen you walk into the newly surfaced Los Angeles butcher shop Lindy & Grundy, you’re likely on a mission for a little brown paper package of, if you so choose, pork tenderloin and perhaps a sausage or two for tomorrow’s breakfast. What you ultimately get, however, is a...
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March 30, 2011 There are a lot of exciting and rewarding parts to starting a business: the rush of having that Big Idea, the freedom of being your own boss, the satisfaction of creating something from nothing. But there’s one part of building a business that is not a lot of fun for anyone: raising the money to...
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March 8, 2011 In observance of International Women's Day 2011, I began tweeting about some of the amazing and inspiring entrepreneurs we've interviewed since this site launched in 2009. It was a wonderful experience to step back and see the scope and breadth of vital work being done by women all over this...
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July 13, 2010 There's a neighborhood I've heard about, with the most remarkable sense of community. On one block there's a giant warehouse outfitted for woodworking, photo studios, computer rooms, and painters studios. Across the street two women collaborate with building owners to build rooftop gardens and...
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How do you say goodbye? After two years, hundreds of stories, twenty
contributors, and thousands upon thousands of visitors? The support and
feedback I’ve received from readers I’ve never met, folks who want to
help, and small business owners I’m completely inspired by have been the
most amazing things anyone has ever said about me or any work I’ve been
a part of. It’s also been one of the...
For the folks out there who relish the tactile and fret over the replacement of books with an electronic facsimile: listen up. For everyone who appreciates a DIY ethic in a mass produced world: you are not alone. And for burgeoning writers with something insightful to say but lost in the sea of blogs: you have a choice. The answer to all three quandaries and more is Microcosm Publishing.What...
Mission Pie is an organic bakery
and neighborhood café in the Mission District of San Francisco. They
make savory and sweet pies all year round using fresh, seasonal
ingredients. By forming strategic partnerships with local farms like Pie Ranch, they can source large quantities of produce and even organic wheat!Co-owners Karen Heisler and Krystin Rubin believe that "businesses
should operate...
Today, August 1, is exactly the mid-point between the Summer Solstice
and the Autumnal Equinox. Six weeks ago, summer started. Six weeks from
now, autumn will begin. Lammas or Lughnasadh, is celebrated on August
1. It is an ancient holiday celebrating the first grain harvest. The
Christian Church also established it as a day to bless the fields. What
it means for us is that the sun is...
We don't know if it's possible, but each stop on the Southwest Tour
seems better than the last. A day after reaching Santa Fe, NM, we met up
with Melanie Kirby, co-owner of Zia Queenbee Co, and followed her on a gorgeous hour-long drive to her home in Truchas, NM.With her husband Mark, Melanie breeds Survivor Queenbees that are
sold to beekeepers around the country so they can build healthy...
Since starting the current incarnation of Suzie’s Farm just about two
years ago, we have directed the majority of our attention, energy and
resources to it. You can see what that kind of energy has manifested. We
are extremely blessed by the support we have received from our
community. We could not have done it without the attention, energy and
and resources of our supporters.But, of course...
Magazine Shorts
The concept is simple: for
every delicious nutrition bar purchased, a nutrition pack is provided to
one of two million hungry children in the developing world. Based on
the famous one-for-one social entrepreneurship model that took off a few
years ago with a then-little-known shoe company called TOMS, Two
Degrees Food was founded by Will Hauser, an energetic Harvard graduate,
and Lauren...
Story by Stacy Edwards.When we last spoke with Emily Green of EmiLime Handcrafted, she was hard at work living the life of a solo entrepreneur, traveling between Austin and Peru to build relationships with Peruvian artisans and telling the public about her hand-knit, all-natural and traceable product line. The past year has been a busy and growing time for both Emily and her business. In fact, at...
Meet this duo of
entrepreneurs committed to helping out the Alexander McQueen-wannabes of
the world. Their mission: To revolutionize the traditional fashion
regime. After spending years working together in the corporate fashion
world, Lindsay McConnon and Jena Wang took the plunge together and
started their own business. Today, the pair runs Velvet Brigade,
an online operation...
While mainstream America is hoping for federal economic reform, some
social justice organizations have a radically different idea, and are
organizing low-income communities to build a new economy from the
grassroots up. Tired of asking for change from the top down, they are
taking their economy into their own hands. Social justice organizations,
having a strong membership base rooted in...
The results of a new study suggest that the key to reversing the
long-term trend of stagnating incomes in the U.S. lies in nurturing
small, locally owned businesses and limiting further expansion and
market consolidation by large corporations.Economists Stephan Goetz and David Fleming, both affiliated with
Pennsylvania State University and the Northeast Regional Center for
Rural Development...
"This is a very important time for America to look for homegrown
solutions for the jobs crisis."- Bill Clinton, recognizing the Urban
Manufacturing Alliance on behalf of the Clinton Global Initiative In a time of layoffs and outsourcing, something surprising is
happening in San Francisco and New York: manufacturing jobs are on the
rise.Just a hundred years ago, these cities were industrial...
