by Mark Ray | Dec 30, 2013
Depending on how I count, I’ve started either 3 or 4 businesses during my life; the difference between 3 and 4 lies with the window washing company I started at age 15. Westhampton Window Washing was a summer job, but unlike most of my friends, I decided to work for...
by Jeffrey Hollender | Oct 1, 2013
Several months ago I posted about “The Poverty-Creation Industry, so I was fascinated to see Peter Buffett’s (son of Warren Buffett) New York Times Op-Ed on the “The Charitable-Industrial Complex.” Peter starts by discussing the unintended consequences of well...
by Jeffrey Hollender | May 23, 2013
I talk a lot about the concept of “radical transparency” – in fact, it was one of the guiding principles in creating Seventh Generation – so I’d like to delve a little deeper into what exactly it means and how it can be a powerful tool to transform...
by Jeffrey Hollender | May 21, 2013
Recently Joe Brewer, Alnoor Ladha and Martin Kirk had the audacity to describe what they call the “Poverty Creation Industry.” http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/15726-its-time-to-shine-a-light-on-the-poverty-creation-industry They write that, “Poverty is human-made....
by Jeffrey Hollender | May 6, 2013
Guest post by Taliesin Nyala, a co-owner of the Toolbox for Education and Social Action (TESA), a worker-owned cooperative based in Massachusetts created to democratize education and the economy while furthering the cooperative movement. TESA designs curriculum and...
by Jeffrey Hollender | May 1, 2013
If business stopped externalizing its costs it would stop making money! I’m somewhat obsessed with the concept of “externalities” and its companion concept developed to capture them, “full cost accounting.” “Externalities” are the costs and negative impacts imposed by...
by Jeffrey Hollender | Apr 25, 2013
This is a guest blog post written by Nassy Avramidis, Junior Partner at Jeffrey Hollender Partners The other day, I threw a paper cup in the trash. There was no recycling bin in the vicinity and I was in a rush. Normally I am pretty conscious of the environment, but...
by Jeffrey Hollender | Apr 17, 2013
Have you heard about HSBC’s terrorist funding scandals? How about the many banks involved in LIBOR rigging, essentially playing games our money? If you’re an ordinary person, hearing these things was shocking. But let me be clear: it’s not shocking that banks have...