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Forbes.com is running the second round of the 2009 Boost Your Business competition. On the line: $50,000 in cash, and $50,000 in advertising on Forbes.com. 20 semi-finalists remain and among them are our partners and friends at BookSwim.BookSwim rents books like Netflix rents movies, with the convenience of free home delivery and best-sellers guaranteed in stock. As you may remember we collaborate with them in their special offering of gift cards - a tree will be planted with Eco-Libris in honor of every gift purchased.You can read more about BookSwim on Forbes.com, where you can find their 500-word write-up and watch their 30-second "elevator pitch" video. You can also read what they intend to do with the prize once they get it.BookSwim is a great green business and we warmly recommend to vote for them!The vote itself is very simple and can be made at http://boost09.perfectprize.com/voting/. Please don't forget to confirm the link that gets sent to your email otherwise your vote won't count. Make sure you uncheck any boxes so you don't get spam.VOTING ENDS SEPT 30!Yours,Raz @ Eco-LibrisEco-Libris: promoting sustainable reading!
Good news to green biz - Recycline, an eco-friendly consumer-products company based in Waltham, Mass., is the grand prize winner of Forbes.com's 'Boost Your Business' contest. The big prize: $100,000.
Recycline was among the nearly 1,000 U.S. small growing businesses that entered the contest when it launched earlier in March 2007. In the first phase of the contest, co-sponsored by HP, small business owners submitted 500-word business plans; 20 semi-finalists survived.
In the second round, Forbes.com readers had the opportunity to review these plans and vote for their top five. Later on, the five finalists who made it to the final stage came to New York to give live presentations to an expert panel of judges. Their presentations were posted on Forbes.com for further readers voting. The final decision on the winner was made based on the judges evaluations and the readers' votes.
I saw Eric Hudson's (founder and president of Recycline) presentation and read their biz plan summary, and I think this is a great company with a great concept and products. It makes personal-care products from recycled plastic, partly from yogurt cups that Stonyfield Farm sends to Recycline.
The company’s products include toothbrushes, razors and tableware sold under the Preserve brand. All of their product handles and packaging may be recycled and customers can use postage-paid envelope to return their used Preserve products to Recycline.
Preserve’s three core product lines are available at nearly 7,000 retailers nationwide, including all Whole Foods Market, Wal-Mart and Trader Joe’s stores, select Target locations and grocery retailers including Stop & Shop, Shaw's and Hannaford Brothers.
So Kudos to Recycline and Eric Hudson! They made us all very proud.
Forbes.com is running the second round of the 2009 Boost Your Business competition. On the line: $50,000 in cash, and $50,000 in advertising on Forbes.com. 20 semi-finalists remain and among them are our partners and friends at BookSwim.
