Cleaning up the Ocean by not using straws
An Ocean Conservancy report last year noted that plastic straws are one of the top 10 items collected along the world's shorelines. The authors of…
A plastic-free supermarket aisle? Yes!
Sky's Ocean Rescue campaign has been encouraging people to reduce their consumption of single-use plastics, which pollute the oceans and harm and kill wildlife. Prime…
How to choose the best crowdfunding platform for your project
WHAT ARE CROWDFUNDING OPTIONS AND WHICH ONE IS BEST? Although crowdfunding as a common funding method is fairly new to most of us, it’s growth and popularity has exploded into
The Real Value of Crowdfunding. Hint, It’s more than money.
We have developed various crowdfunding campaigns, for ourselves, for other companies and for non-profits. Some of these campaigns succeeded beyond our wildest dreams in the traditional meaning of the word
10 Steps to a Successful Kickstarter Campaign
A great idea CAN be brought into the world by an entrepreneur like YOU and without a second mortgage on the house or selling a majority stake to a venture capitalist.
The Sustainable Brand Called Lyf
All of our best thinking about design, engineering, manufacturing, sustainability, localized products and circular economy boiled down into sustainable manufactured 3d-printed shoes and custom-printed computer bags
SPARKcon
Home to Raleigh’s creative scene and largest open source creative festival drew 75,000 people in it’s 10th year.