Rinse 50% Off That Price!
Nellie’s Laundry Soda drops the stench in clothes, so we’ve dropped the price! Look at it this way: With a hundred loads, you’re paying ¢9.5 per wash! If price points aren’t your shtick, consider the coconut oil based surfactants and sodium silicate cleansers a fair trade for your environmental laundering woes. Bid stains and half the price of a hundred squeaky clean loads a fond adieu.
100 loads of fabric dazzle
Was: $18.99
Home Town: West Linn, Oregon.
Mitchell
Job Title: Director of Merchandising
Job description in your own words: I research the best, newest, coolest eco-friendly products in order to keep our customers happy with our product selection and stay ahead of our competitors.
Reasons for working at GreenCupboards: I like what I do here and you can’t beat the culture. Working here is never monotonous, being involved in a start-up really makes you be on your toes, think innovatively and creatively, which I love.
#1 GreenCupboards shopping spree item: Duh! Vers Audio alarm clock. Have you seen those things??? Super cool!
What environmental issue concerns you most and how would you like to see that resolved: The extreme use of fossil fuels… engines that run on alternative energy other than oil.
If I could grow up in any era of history it would be: The roaring twenties. Rum-running and bootlegging always seemed thrilling.
My happy place is: On the beach, any beach.
The most creative thing I know how to do: Juggle flaming pins
Favorite book: it’s a tie: Heart of Darkness and Les Miserables
Favorite celebrity: Ron Artest, ESPECIALLY after he changed his name to Metta World Peace and subsequently elbowed James Harden in the face.
One time I: Received 586 stitches on the same injury. [Editors note: The injury was on Mitchell's head. He was a little kid when it happened and he nearly gave his babysitter a heart attack!]
GreenCupboards employees Lewis Cutter from IT and Amy DeLorenzo from Customer Care.
Last night, a handful of GreenCupboards employees from every department attended the Connect Northwest Investment forum. GreenCupboards co-founder Tom Simpson was the event moderator and gave an inspiring speech about “the momentum growing in Spokane” of entrepreneurs. He also highlighted some of Spokane’s up and coming startups (GreenCupboards included). Tom quoted his grandmother and said, “Blossom where you are planted.” He described his personal commitment to the success of Spokane’s economy because this is where he grew up. GreenCupboards is just as dedicated to Spokane, as this is where we planted our roots.
GreenCupboards is proud to be apart of so many great Spokane companies.
Part of the evening included a panel, moderating by Tom. Panelist included representatives from Founder’s Co-op, WRF Capital, Union Bay Capital, 2ndWatch and Gravity Jack. Some of the panel topics included the importance of location, networking, team building, and being visionary with your work. Chris DeVore, who is a General Partner at Founder’s Co-op also gave the keynote address.
GreenCupboards was proud to be a Table Sponsor at the Connect Northwest Investment forum. All of the employees who attended the event learned many valuable lessons and will be sharing those with the rest of the GreenCupboards staff who were unable to attend.
After the event, several GreenCupboards employees met up with Mitch Williams of Gravity Jack and Justin Farris of Browsar Application at Scout, a nearby restaurant. GreenCupboards loves to get involved with local events to show our support for the community that we call home. Spokane, Washington is near nature and near perfect in our minds.
Lollacup, one of GreenCupboards’ manufacturers, will be on this week’s Shark Tank! Shark Tank is TV show on ABC. Think of it as a reality show meets game show. Entrepreneurs pitch their business ideas to potential investors in hopes to get their business off the ground and become potential millionaires. The investors are known as Sharks and at times the show is cut-throat which can parallel the startup industry.
Lollacup is a stylish and functional sippy cup alternative. GreenCupboards loves them because the cups are made in the United States and are BPA free. They are fun and appealing to not just kiddos but also their parents. Lollacups are designed to be easy for infants and toddlers to use and easy for adults to clean. Plus, they come in really fun colors!
Check out Lollacup this Friday, April 27th on Shark Tank. We will be watching, will you?
Click, HERE, to see some of Shark Tanks videos.
Or check out Lollacup on GreenCupboards.
Lollacup is available in a variety of fun colors.
Over the weekend, Spokane hosted its first Startup Weekend Spokane. As a startup ourselves, GreenCupboards is a proud sponsor of the event. Startup Weekend Spokane helps young entrepreneurs develop their business ideas in an intense 48-hour period. GreenCupboards CEO, Josh Neblett, attended Startup Weekend to show his support of SWS and one startup in particular, Barters Closet. Current GreenCupboards employee Connor Simpson and former GreenCupboards web developer Nathaniel Wendt are the master minds behind Barters Closest.
SWS kicked off on Friday, where entrepreneurs had 60 seconds to sell their business ideas to a panel of judges. Only ten business ideas move onto to the next round where the business theory was executed. Barters Closet was picked to move on.
Barters Closet is an online marketplace for people to barter, buy, sell and donate their pre-loved apparel. Barters Closet allows users to create their own storefront profile online and upload clothes for barter, sale, or donation. Creating a storefront profile bartering and donating clothes via Barters Closet is free.
The only cost associated with Barters Closet is the shipping cost during a barter or donation for which the seller is responsible. If a user sells an item online, Barters Closet will take a 15% transaction fee. The idea behind Barters Closet is that everyone gets tired of and outgrows/outslims their clothes, however, not everyone wants to buy new clothes. Barters closet allows people to easily find the finest, most unique, used apparel available for both barter and buy.
The Barters Closet Startup Weekend Spokane Team
Barters Closet enlisted the help of a few extra hands over the weekend to develop the business plan. The team worked on the development of the website, a logo as well as researching demographic, industry, and marketing information. On Sunday evening, teams presented their culminating work in a 5 minute demonstration to a panel of judges. There were three main categories of winners and those are:
Best overall: Spiceologist, a company that allows people to purchase small amounts of spices rather than a full jar for specific recipes.
Best development: Pixel Buddy, a gaming application that allows players to have more interaction with the developers so that the game may be customized to the users requests.
Best user interface and design: Barters Closet
When Connor came into the office today we asked him to tell us about his weekend and he told us:
“It was great, the event exceeded my expectations in every way possible. We got some serious work done and I’m in a much better position to actually start-up now than I was on Friday. I was really happy to see Josh there because without the three years of experience I’ve received while working with him and GreenCupboards I don’t think I would be as confident about online startups. I’m looking forward to keeping in contact with the Barters Closet Startup Weekend Team and progressing the development of the site. And obviously I’m ecstatic that our work paid off with Barters Closet winning best user interface and design.”
Josh congratulated Connor telling him, “Nice job! You now know the importance of a well crafted 60 second elevator pitch, clearly you and Nate won over the crowd and were well prepared for the assignment. I’m excited for you guys. I could tell as the votes were coming in and you were shaking with excitement that you had one of the most critical elements to being a successful entrepreneur… Passion. Don’t lose that.”
Josh is also allowing Connor to use some of GreenCupboard’s extra boxes (staying green) when he is ready to ship his first item.
To keep up with Barters Closet developments check out their Facebook and Twitter.
To watch Connor and Nathaniel give there 60 second elevator pitch click: HERE
Barters Closet's final presentation
50% Off Beaba First Stage Spoons!
For the GreenCupboards Deal of the Week, here comes the baby food choo-choo train! Beaba First Stage feeding spoons help introduce infant eaters to hardy meals. Four ergonomically molded, multi colored silicone spoons can add flare to your utensil drawers and super scoopability for messy eaters.
Beaba, for the best eaters
Was: $19.95
Now: $9.98
Happy Earth Day 2012! We hope you get to spend part of the day showing Mother Nature your love!
Caught red handed! Lewis and Scott salvaging plastic.
GreenCupboards hit the volunteer scene at Earth Day Spokane in t-shirt wearing style this weekend (April 21). A gang of us signed up for recycle duty. Our first assignment at check-in was to go around and scope the booths … extremely productive. Suffice to say the raw honey, Arabesque Bread, Roast House Coffee and Farmers Market tents left us strappingly satisfied.
Hittin’ the streets with Big Skeezy (Scott from Marketing), T-Cross (Trevor from Data), LewDawg (Lewis from I.T.) and James (no cool nick name from Communications), we managed to save plastic bottles, broken glass shards and run-away booth flyers from being trashed. Yes, this meant dumpster diving, and we’re not embarrassed to say it. It’s all about reducing landfill fluff, and that’s just what we did! Foodstuffs were a mainstay, but not the whole kit and caboodle.
Lewis, Trevor, Scott and James looking dapper at the Farmers Market Booth
One day a year really isn’t enough to thank the Earth for all it does for us. At GreenCupboards honoring our Earth is a yearlong task. This April 22, GreenCupboards is rolling out some great new features to help people stay both environmentally friendly and informed as to what that entails.
Have you ever seen a product that was advertised as being “Green” but failed to mention what exactly that means? GreenCupboards Eco-Traits are one way we keep our customers informed as to what they are buying, and why it is better for our world than the alternative.
Check out our Eco-Traits and see for yourself how easy it is to find exactly what you are looking for at GreenCupboards:
Energy Efficient- No problem.
Vegan- Coming right up.
Green Education- You asked for it.
Not everyone has the time to chain themselves to trees, nor should they. GreenCupboards is for all shades of green: the eco-noob, the eco-moderate, and the eco-expert. We want you to decide what green means for you and give you the ability to find everything you need to better the planet in one place.
This Earth Day GreenCupboards aims to aid you in sustaining our Earth all year long.
Kris and Mitch reppin’ it for Merchandising amongst the merry making and soda slurping at GreenCupboards HQ.
The Spokane Society of Young Professionals chose GreenCupboards for their monthly “Beer With…” event!
We were so excited to open our doors to the finest and brightest Spokane has to offer. The Spokane Society of Young Professionals is a great networking group for college and post-grad students to meet with other business minded go getters. SSYP’s “Beer With…” event allows these young entrepreneurs and self-starters to meet with successful members of Spokane’s business community.
Our very own Kimosabe, Josh, edifying guests at the wine and cheese bar. Note the hipster in the lemon cardigan- no doubt a member of the Creative department … almost as cliché as wearing a collar nametag.
Generally the “Beer With…” event features one speaker. Due to GreenCupboards’ unique story and culture , three members of our team shared their experiences. GreenCupboards co-founder and CEO Josh Neblett spoke about being a young entrepreneur. Co-founder Tom Simpson spoke about his unique perspective of guiding GreenCupboards from a “science fair project” to a profitable company. Director of Marketing Scott Ptolemy shared his take on GreenCupboards’ unique culture and why he believes you gain more hands on and beneficial experience working for a start-up than a large corporation. It was a great opportunity to support our love of local business and young professionals.
Hosting “Beer With…” was a perfect fit for GreenCupboards. Our controller, Jean Minor, crunched our demographic numbers and found that our average employee age is 25.38 and that includes two employees over fifty-five (though we won’t point any fingers).
