Comments on: Make your startup sustainable at (almost) no cost http://gigaom.com/2007/11/20/make-your-startup-sustainable-at-almost-no-cost/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 22:19:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Ken Peterson http://gigaom.com/2007/11/20/make-your-startup-sustainable-at-almost-no-cost/#comment-185647 Mon, 10 Dec 2007 19:23:17 +0000 http://foundread.com/2007/11/20/make-your-startup-sustainable-at-almost-no-cost/#comment-185647 Re: farmed seafood, there are both environmentally bad and environmentally good choices with farmed seafood. Monterey Bay Aquarium’s Seafood Watch program has online and printable guides to sustainable seafood for every region of the United States at http://www.seafoodwatch.org.

Ken Peterson, Communications Director

]]> By: Jeremy Horn http://gigaom.com/2007/11/20/make-your-startup-sustainable-at-almost-no-cost/#comment-185648 Mon, 10 Dec 2007 16:24:35 +0000 http://foundread.com/2007/11/20/make-your-startup-sustainable-at-almost-no-cost/#comment-185648 Not only do these suggestions guide good steps to setting up a virtual office in a start-up, but also touch on some of those nicer benefits.

However, before seeking out all the ‘good stuff’that can be gotten from some of these gains, it is important to consider the challenges you are likely to encounter.

Take a look at my latest blog post on this very topic…
http://tpgblog.com/2007/12/10/real-virtual-office-challenges/

Jeremy Horn
The Product Guy
http://tpgblog.com

]]> By: Billy Shih http://gigaom.com/2007/11/20/make-your-startup-sustainable-at-almost-no-cost/#comment-185650 Tue, 27 Nov 2007 15:29:52 +0000 http://foundread.com/2007/11/20/make-your-startup-sustainable-at-almost-no-cost/#comment-185650 I think many of the initial commenters are missing the fact that in the long term many of these will reduce costs. I’m sure that using a tap filter is cheaper than getting water cooler deliveries and that taking steps to reduce energy costs will lower energy bills.

One thing this article fails to mention is turning down the heat, this reduces energy and has shown to boost productivity, in addition to the things Mahesh mentioned.

]]> By: Mahesh R S http://gigaom.com/2007/11/20/make-your-startup-sustainable-at-almost-no-cost/#comment-185646 Sat, 24 Nov 2007 16:13:07 +0000 http://foundread.com/2007/11/20/make-your-startup-sustainable-at-almost-no-cost/#comment-185646 Loved this list. I especially liked the “use Brita” instead of that giant water bottle. I would add a few more:

* Judge for yourself: do you really need your desktop pc and/or test machines on all the time? If not switch them off before you leave.
* Switch off lights that are not needed anymore for the night

]]> By: David B. http://gigaom.com/2007/11/20/make-your-startup-sustainable-at-almost-no-cost/#comment-185645 Wed, 21 Nov 2007 15:41:12 +0000 http://foundread.com/2007/11/20/make-your-startup-sustainable-at-almost-no-cost/#comment-185645 I’m not one to leave a negative comment. But how do these tips ‘Make your startup sustainable at (almost) no cost’?

I’m sorry, but either a poor post, or poor headline.

]]> By: mike http://gigaom.com/2007/11/20/make-your-startup-sustainable-at-almost-no-cost/#comment-185649 Tue, 20 Nov 2007 20:56:34 +0000 http://foundread.com/2007/11/20/make-your-startup-sustainable-at-almost-no-cost/#comment-185649 haha! I scanned the article for tips on how to sustain my business, not sustain the planet!

My chain of thought,
“skype, fine… lightbulbs, what?! who buys lightbulbs for the office?! … meals, yeah, I scrimp on food… locally grown?! That’s way more expensive! What is this guy talking about?!”
Go back and re-read the headline. ahhh. “sustainable” in the greenie sense.

The problem is it ain’t sustainable, if it ain’t first sustainable. If you know what I mean.

]]> By: insomniamg http://gigaom.com/2007/11/20/make-your-startup-sustainable-at-almost-no-cost/#comment-185644 Tue, 20 Nov 2007 16:17:10 +0000 http://foundread.com/2007/11/20/make-your-startup-sustainable-at-almost-no-cost/#comment-185644 This is a very helpful list. However, im not too sure if this is being very tight or running a business properly. http://www.crenk.com

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