Tennis was Richard Sandoval’s first love. He played professionally on the satellite circuit for several years after college, including against the likes of Sampras and Agassi. Eventually, though, he realized he “had to find a career because I was not going to make money on the circuit,” Sandoval recounts. “I either had to go teach tennis […]
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More than 24 billion pairs of shoes are produced each year, with up to 95 percent likely to end up in landfill — often within just 12 months of purchase. Vivobarefoot is putting its foot down to stop that kind of waste. Founded in 2012 by eco-conscious shoe pioneer, Galahad Clark, and his cousin and childhood best friend, Asher […]
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In partnership with its suppliers, the Sebastopol, California-based organic tea company, Traditional Medicinals® (TM), recently conducted an impact assessment of its supply chain following the Natural Capital Protocol (NCP). The NCP is a decision-making framework that enables organizations to identify, measure, and value their direct and indirect impacts and dependencies on natural resources. Says TM’s […]
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As a younger man, Yves Potvin found himself cycling across North America, from Montreal to Vancouver. He intended to work in architectural design. “I didn’t find my place there,” says Potvin. Potvin describes himself as receptive to messages from the universe, a lot like a radio with a fine-tune dial. “So, when a friend said, […]
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In 2017, entrepreneur Stacey Boyd raised nearly half a million dollars for the Malala Fund through her business venture, Schoola. Afterward, the former teacher and principal was invited to meet the Pakistani education activist Malala Yousafzai for her 18th birthday celebration. During that trip, Boyd visited one of Kenya’s largest migrant camps, the UNHCR’s Dadaab Refugee Complex. She found herself especially affected by […]
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In the dizzyingly quick-evolving realm of cloud computing, ServiceNow has emerged as a vanguard, reshaping the landscape of today’s workflow through modernization and digitization, especially as “the era of one-size-fits-all cloud solutions is giving way to a more tailored and dynamic approach that combines public and private clouds,” according to Forbes. Founded in 2004 by […]
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