Category Archives: Interview piece

Video blog series leading up to SoCap: What’s Next in Social Enterprise?

By Amie Vaccaro | Published: November 28, 2010

For this year’s SoCap conference, I created a series of video interviews and posted them with commentary to TriplePundit. I thought I’d post the videos here. Rachael Chong, Founder & CEO of Catchafire Tim O’Shea, CEO of CleanFish Nigel Waller, CEO of Movirtu

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XS Project is creating products from waste and creating jobs in Indonesia

By ecofrenzy | Published: August 17, 2009

More than 500,000 people in Indonesia attempt to make a living collecting and reselling garbage.  Artist Ann Wizer lived above a colony of these trashpickers and inquired about what waste they could not sell: plastic drink pouches and other non-biodegradable plastics.   Wizer began purchasing these scraps from the trashpickers and using them to create bags, [...]

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What Is the Business Case for Doing Good? A Conversation with Timberland’s CEO, Jeffrey Swartz

By ecofrenzy | Published: June 7, 2009

Timberland is a pioneer in corporate sustainability, corporate social responsibility or however you describe a business that cares about people and planet as well as profits. I spoke with Jeffrey Swartz, CEO of Timberland, to find out what he’s learned from his experience. You can hear the full interview at Green Business Innovators. But I [...]

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Interview with Jeffrey Swartz, CEO of The Timberland Company

By ecofrenzy | Published: May 11, 2009

Can a Business Do Well By Doing Good? If you’ve ever contemplated this question, then we’d like to introduce you to the musings and insights of Jeffrey Swartz, CEO of Timberland. Under Jeff’s guidance, Timberland has grown from a $156 million company in 1989 to a $1.4 billion company in 2007. In this interview, Jeff [...]

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Carbon Negative Development in Tennessee Aims to Reduce Earth’s Temperature 1 Degree

By ecofrenzy | Published: April 2, 2009

Mantria Corporation is a “diversified by necessity” $79 million company which focuses on green community development, socially responsible investing, distressed real estate fund management, mortgage banking, renewable energy and biorefinery management, music and entertainment and philanthropy. Headquartered in Philadelphia with 63 employees, Mantria describes itself as the world’s first “life brand.” I spoke with CEO [...]

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Better World Books Creates Better World Through Triple Bottom Line

By ecofrenzy | Published: February 23, 2009

With all this talk about the “triple bottom line,” I have found very few companies who have actually achieved such a thing. Better World Books is one of the few. And I had the privilege of interviewing co-founder Xavier Helgesen to get the scoop. Triple bottom line refers to an organization which considers its impact [...]

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Interview with Xavier Helgesen, Co-Founder of Better World Books

By ecofrenzy | Published: February 16, 2009

Buying Books with Heart and Soul Next time you’re buying a book online – you may be able to help people around the world learn to read. Better World Books is an online bookstore that supports nonprofit organizations with literacy programs such as Room To Read and Books For Africa ($3.1 million contributed so far) [...]

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Chipotle: Sustainable, Delicious, Profitable

By ecofrenzy | Published: February 6, 2009

Not only is Chipotle’s food tasty and affordable, but the company is a leader in sustainability – from local, organic food purchasing to green building practices coupled with healthy sales and margins, Chipotle caught my eye. How do they do it? What is Chipotle doing that others in the food industry should learn from? I [...]

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Are You Solar Ready? Solar Red’s Disruptive Solar PV Technology Can Halve Cost of Residential Solar

By ecofrenzy | Published: January 7, 2009

A typical residential solar system will put you back ~$20,000+ after credits and incentives and requires extensive design work and several trained technicians toiling on your roof – drilling, wiring, bolting, and performing other complex tasks to build the proper infrastructure. What if your roof were built for solar panels, and installing them were as [...]

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How to raise VC funding: Tips from a professional VC negotiator

By ecofrenzy | Published: December 27, 2008

Venture capital funding is capable of super-charging innovation, financing high-potential start-ups at their most risky stage. Of course there are clear pros and cons to seeking venture funding. How do you know if the venture capital (VC) route is the right one? What does it take to raise VC funding for your start-up? Especially today, [...]

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