- CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility)
- The booming of Green Energy
- Economy: more Cost-effective in the long run (EXHIBIT 3.3 Bigbelly Economics)
- Intellectual property protections: the SPC patents
- September- paycheck; December-delivery
=>Very short lead time
=>Solution: built by themselves
- After delivery: consulted for customer feedback
- Revision: a compactor more closed to customers’ needs.
Ski resort in Vail, Colorado
- Vail ski resort, Colorado vs. eco-terrorists -
One lodge has been burnt down
4 environmental lawsuits
How they make it realized?
Do you know how much it costs to operate garbage truck for one hour?
Where to look for funding?
✽ From Saving/parent’s supporting
✽ From your daily life- Spire Corporation(Internship)
First-try: It will never work!
Second-try: Got $25,000 from his former boss
✽ From college-
The Hatchery program at Bobson college
✽ From competition-
Douglass Foundation Graduate Business Plan competition
✽ From angel investor-
Bring your idea to socially responsible enterprises where gathering of angels interested
The Trash compactor
Opportunity- Where did the idea come from
- A machine used to reduce the size of waste material through compaction
- Its used to reduce the volume of trash.
- The compactor traditionally would need electrical power to operate.
- Hobbits Inspiration
- Education from School
- Internship: Take the chance to write some BUSINESS PLANS
- Kept working on the idea even no one thought it would work
- Closer look at the industry
- Finding Partners
Jim Poss
Members
Yazan
Weiling
Annie
Bella
Patrick
- Founder of BigBelly Solar, a globally-recognized innovator and entrepreneur.
- BA in environmental Science
- MBA from Babson college
Opportunity- Where did the idea come from
BigBelly benefits
- Can hold 5 times more garbage than the normal bin
- Reduce the fuel consumption of garbage pick up trucks by cutting the number of visits they make to collect trash.
- Reduce pollution.
- Reduce the annual labor cost.
JIm Poss Case Study