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GB Talent Show: Confessions of a VERGE Virgin

Dec 12, 2012 | GreenBiz Talent Show, What We Think

VERGE has been dangled in front of me for a couple years, but I didn’t take the plunge until last month, for VERGE SF. Like many things in life, I didn’t get what all the hype was about until I experienced it for myself. I thought it may be just another sustainability...

Article in Forbes on Creating Brands for the Future part 2

Dec 6, 2012 | Forbes, What We Think

Check out my recent article in Forbes. Part Two: Creating Brands for the Future Last week we asked KoAnn Vikoren Skrzyniarz, creator of Sustainable Brandsthe question, “Why sustainable brands, why now?” In part two here, we ask KoAnn about her success with community...

Article in Forbes on Creating Brands for the Future

Nov 26, 2012 | Forbes, What We Think

Check out my recent article in Forbes. Creating Brands for the Future: One Woman's Quest for Sustainable Brands Over the past two decades, KoAnn Vikoren Skrzyniarz has been a creator of big things. She is a creator of brands in general and most recently she is the...

GB Talent Show: Andy Ruben: Breaking out of the big-box

Nov 23, 2012 | GreenBiz Talent Show, What We Think

Prior to co-founding yerdle, a startup launching today, Andy Ruben held several roles over a decade at Walmart, including serving as its first head of sustainability, from 2004 to 2007. I am fascinated with Ruben’s transformation from corporate giant to entrepreneur....