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Circularity in action: circular innovations in Indonesia

Impact Hub

Circularity in action: circular innovations in Indonesia In the vibrant urban landscape of Jakarta, Indonesia, two socially conscious enterprises, Sampangan and Plépah, are leading the charge toward sustainability and a circular economy.

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Technology Trends: 10 Areas of Innovation to Watch for 2012

This is going to be BIG.

2004 gave us widespread blogging and Meetups, and 2008 showed how the web could be a community organizing and fundraising tool. It has the diversity and cheaper rent necessary for great creative potential and I think you're going to see a lot of development next year of Brooklyn as its own unique, but complimentary community of innovation.

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Embracing the Circular Economy: One EO Entrepreneur’s Story

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Integral to the Entrepreneurs’ Organization’s core beliefs is our commitment to making a positive difference in the world—exemplified by our pledge to support the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). He joined EO in 2004. Earth’s population is expected to swell to 9 billion people by 2030.

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The Coming Zombie Startup Apocalypse

This is going to be BIG.

Would you be surprised to know that almost half of the dot com companies founded when the boom started in 1996 were still around in 2004--four years after the peak of the NASDAQ? Innovation continues to disrupt older industries, create opportunities, and create new streams of revenue. Enter the Zombie Startup Apocalypse.

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Green Energy Makes Business Sense

OurCrowd

Musk, whose 2004 bet on electric cars looked risky at the time and now seems prophetic. H2Pro is developing production technology to enable the wide scale adoption of sustainable hydrogen fuel. It is not by chance that governments and corporations that grew wealthy from carbon are looking to a fossil-fuel free future. Just ask Elon.

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Has a startup finally found one of food science’s holy grails with its healthy sugar substitute?

TechCrunch

“Sugar is a massive consumer of water and in contrast, there’s big sustainability pitch for what we do. NEW YORK – DECEMBER 6: Packets of the popular sugar substitute Splenda are seen December 6, 2004 in New York City. That’s made form a sustainable source but also biodegradable.” Those chemicals.

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Q&A with Meg Salyer

Innovation 2 Enterprise

She served as the first woman president of the Rotary Club of Oklahoma City, (2003/2004), one of the largest Rotary Club in the world. She is a graduate of Leadership Oklahoma, Leadership Oklahoma City, and is a sustaining member of the Junior League of Oklahoma City. Meg retired from the Council April 8, 2019.