The company United by Blue wants to get rid of plastic and clean up the waters. It’s an issue that people often ignore, unfortunately, but we do have a responsibility to take care of it. The social-minded founder, Brian Linton, started the apparel company in 2010 after his other attempts at conservation left him feeling like he didn’t have enough control over the impact he was really trying to make.
Keeley Tillotson started making peanut butter in the kitchen of a small two-bedroom apartment with her best friend, Erika Welsh, mixing everything from pretzels to sun flower seeds, while attending the University of Oregon. Behind all of the fun and games though are two serious entrepreneurs dedicated to making the company they’ve started a huge success. Welsh and Tillotson, both in their early twenties, are the proud owners of Wild Squirrel Nut Butter, an all-natural peanut butter company.
Let your clients schedule appointments online. That is the concept behind the new startup, Schedulista. Seattle entrepreneurs Felix Livni and Lowell Manners are complete studs. This latest company is fairly new being just about six-months old. So who are it’s main customers? They primarily help hair salons, accountants and other small businesses in accepting appointments online.