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How Maya Penn Became One of the Most Socially Conscious Entrepreneurs of Gen Z

Success

That company is Maya’s Ideas—a sustainable fashion brand Penn started by upcycling old clothing and recycled materials to make tops, hats, scarves and neck warmers. Maya’s Ideas uses organic, recycled and vintage materials to create clothing and accessories. Coding on the side was one of Penn’s passion projects, but not the only one.

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3 Companies That Give Back to the Community Year-Round

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Bombas co-founders Randy Goldberg and David Heath, however, launched a community-oriented company that, as of 2023, has donated 100 million clothing items. The duo started asking questions and volunteering and eventually founded their business in 2013. There was a curiosity to it,” Goldberg says. Last year, Upside Goods Co.

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Why Traveling the World Is the Best Investment in Yourself

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You see for yourself new styles of clothing, where young professionals are shopping, which brands are popular in different places. You can see long-term projects in an all-new light. There are experiences and lessons you learn on the road that can be directly applied to business and investment. It can literally calm you.

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Levi’s New Waste

Eco-Office Gals

This San Francisco-based business has a new addition for its Spring 2013 collection that is called Waste<Less. Reportedly, Levi’s is pretty aggressive about this particular project. As a matter of fact, Levi’s is currently making some pretty impressive headlines because of one of their latest eco-friendly endeavors. And who knows?

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Go Straight for the Joy and Follow Your Purpose

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You’ll outgrow it like your baby clothes, and then you have a choice to either try to contort yourself back into it or to leave.” From that project she got referrals and commissions, to the extent that she was making so much money at it, she wondered why she was going to graduate school at all.

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What NOT to get your assistant this year for administrative professionals day

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Your business can make huge leaps by freeing up your time and putting some of the day-to-day and bigger projects into the hands of a capable assistant. Clothing – Your assistant is fashionable and always looks sharp, great gift then, right? My message to them is you really don’t know what you are missing.

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2012: My Year in Review

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I will buy more clothing that does not have the prefix “T” in it. This includes care products, subscriptions, alcohol, food and clothing. more regularly than ever before and will keep up with my other projects. I got better with this in 2012, but I can do much better in 2013 and beyond. No script this year.

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