I often get asked what the hardest part of being an entrepreneur is. While there are many challenges that come along with being an entrepreneur, from my experience as founder of the kids yoga company, My First Yoga, I believe that the single hardest part is just getting started. Not the prep time spent dreaming, [...]

Via Small Business Labs Our overall economic outlook is for continued moderate growth with U.S. GDP increasing 3%-3.5%. While we expect hiring and the job market to improve, unemployment will remain stubbornly high, finishing the year around 9.2%. Economic 1. The Small Business Economy Recovers from the Great Recession: Despite the Great Recession officially ending [...]

Every now and then a brilliant idea comes along and one needs to find that unique individual to match the opportunity. Usually its the other way around – by this I mean there are lots of good people looking for opportunities, but no good ideas ! At Ecopreneur we are going to help find one [...]

Over the holidays, we reviewed all of the smart new business ideas we covered in 2009, and selected 10 that we believe will provide entrepreneurs with plenty of opportunities in 2010. Needless to say, it was a huge challenge to pick just 10 from such a wide range of innovative concepts. We hope you’ll find [...]

There are plenty of schools out there with green practices among their goals, but a new school in Bali will be entrepreneurially green from top to bottom: The Green School in Bali boasts a working organic chocolate factory, aquaculture ponds, organic vegetable gardens, edible mazes and perma-cultural gardens all located on a campus built entirely [...]

Matching our recent GENERATION G trend with all things eco is a no-brainer. GENERATION G (that’s G for generosity) captures the growing importance of generosity as a leading societal and business mindset. As consumers are disgusted with greed and its current dire consequences for the economy — which has them longing more than ever for [...]

With the recession deepening, count on all things ‘eco’ to be repositioned from ‘worthy but expensive’ to ‘cheap and, oh yes, worthy’. On the one hand, cash-strapped consumers are going out of their way to save money on energy bills, motorized transport and other waste-prone, eco-unfriendly activities.* While the environment may not be their first [...]