Starting a 'Green' Business

I must say its been a long time since I have contributed to this blog. But a lot has been happening the last few weeks. One thing that does deserve a mention here is the conference I attended two weeks back on environment and entrepreneurship. One does wonder if you could build a sustainable business by going green ? Well the conference did open up my eyes!!!

The conference highlighted numerous possible ways in building a business around the 'Green' word. At this moment when there is a huge demand for energy, businesses providing alternate environment sources of energy are thriving big time. If one does a status check you will find numerous such companies around that have sprung up and have been successful. Suzlon is probably the best example. Not just that there are companies that completely run on the business model of saving energy. Few years back no one would have thought of a company having energy leaks prevention for your house as their core business model . Well talking about business models companies that have written off environment of their business model are facing bankruptcy or losses. Examples of companies like Ford and GM does hit my mind at this moment . When Green Car is a buzz word these days these companies have been losing out to Toyota who is already into 3rd generation green cars.

Well venturing into businesses that help the environment does look a viable option. Few interesting green ventures and products:

1. Solar powered Bluetooth Headset
2. RFID enabled garbage bins
3. Making Hydrogen Fuel using Egg Shells
4. Developing storage methods for Solar Energy
5. Garbage management and recycle
6. Using Gym equipment to generate power
7. Using merry go round to pump water

I also have some videos on some cool green products. If you interested in knowing more on any of these let me know I would love to share it with you.

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