Do you have a green business or thinking of starting one?

Created by: My Green Cleaner :: 3 years ago

business, entrepreneur, lessons, self-employement

Comments Login to leave comment

Vote: +0

"What is The Most Important Lesson You Learned When You Started Your Small Business?

What is preventing you from starting up - lack of confidence or funds or ?"

By: My Green Cleaner :: 3 years ago

Vote: +0

"My sister and I opened our own organic baby boutique (online) last year and have learned so much..about the earth, clean living, parenting, and starting a business! Our biggest challenge to date has been garnering our brand-image out there in the vast land of online stores. Talk about being a small fish in a big pond! The thing that has gotten us through and helped us reach the levels that we have is the fact that even though there are millions of online stores, most of them aimed at babies/toddlers - we have found the niche in that our products are all 100% organic and eco-friendly, so our direct competition is reduced greatly!!
Only problem is, is that now due to some serious family issues, we are left with no option but to sell the store...if anyone is interested, or knows of anyone else who may be, check out our Ad at :http://www.bizbuysell.com/cgi-bin/addetail?J=bbs&nosearch=1&tab=su&q=449066

Good luck and if anyone has any questions about their new business, contact me anytime :-)"

By: eOrganic Baby :: 3 years ago

Vote: +0

"June of 2008, I began my Community Shared Agriculture. We decided instead of using boxes, we are using the recycled bags that every store now carries. If we make it to the end of May, then we have sustained 52 weeks of fresh vegetables in the state of Iowa. With winters dipping 30 degrees below zero, we still savored freshly picked lettuce, tomatoes, strawberries, raspberries, zucchini, radishes, spinach, green beans, Swiss chard, kale, ... along with root crops (potatoes and onions), squash, and apples. We will now be entering into our summer season, and it is looking really good. I have about 30 growers under me that specialize in certain products. We grow herbs and heirloom vegetables. Our excess herbs are dried and turned into herbal teas, herbal blends, dips and butters. The vegetables are sold at our road side stand or I preserve them for our own consupmtion."

By: Einna :: 3 years ago

Vote: +0

"I see that overlooked your question about what is the most important lesson you learned when you started your small business? Ever since I wanted to create my own CSA I have had a vision in my head about what it is to look like and what I want it to be. Don't ever let go of your vision and your beliefs. I gave myself 10 years to develop my dream and it has now been 14 years. It has taken me a long time to get here, but it is now happening and it still is not where I want it to be. You must realize that it takes time, and during that time things change and you must be able to adapt to your environment and to change. I love the saying, " A set back is a set up for success". This is so true. All of the set backs that you have only strengthen you and help you learn very important things. And as bad as all of the set backs may seem, you never know how close you are to turning that corner and succeeding if you give up. And above all... Chin up and keep smiling!!"

By: Einna :: 3 years ago

Vote: +0

"I´m collecting green sustanible products with good design and excellent function to sell in my new shop that shall be opened later this year.. I am distributor for Planet Pure, Green-Tech, Hymini, recycled furniture ..... and more. Soonest I also go online with my webshop.
I am open for good ideas of new products to introduce in Caribbean and Sweden as I live in both this worlds."

By: GOECO :: 3 years ago

Vote: +0

"Hi, a group of friends and i are doing outdoor environmental education for kids in urban spaces in Manila, Philippines (plus other ideas in the woodwork). It is great fun, we're learning lots but I think the most important thing we're learning is about utilising time. Because we are start-up, we have other full-time jobs, other projects etc, so it is hard finding a balance. I think we thought that if we started our own business, we could manage our own time. what we now know is that when you start up your own business, you have no spare time - because spare time = business. I am lucky because I work full-time in an NGO about fair trade, so I am learning lots about business development that i can apply to our small business. That is a great bonus.

The other lesson is how much you can learn - in the past I worked in reasonable sized businesses, so you would have someone to look after accounts, someone else to look after program development, another is in charge of IT. In a small-business, you do everything - you are challenged to learn new things and develop new skills. This is very exciting and fullfilling for personal development."

By: barefootprint :: 3 years ago