Who Owns Those Fun Green Companies & Ideas?

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world-in-hands-very-small.jpgI just saw a report on the CBS Early Show about how 'green' can mean big money for small businesses, fun products, and new careers.

My favorite part:
How big mega businesses gobbled up some smaller (but very popular) household brands.

Here they are...


Green = Big Business
I guess the point was, if you are a small business creating green, earth-friendly products, then the future looks bright for you.

Going green has contributed to bulking up corporate bottom lines --and job rolls -- resulting in the emergence of positions unthinkable in years-gone-by. --Danny Seo, CBS

Here are some examples from the show, in order of buy-out price:

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Burt's Bees was purchased by Clorox for $913 million dollars.


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Aveda was purchased by Estee Lauder for $300 million dollars.


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Tom's of Maine was purchased by Colgate-Palmolive for $100 million dollars.


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The Body Shop was purchased by L'Oreal for $1.4 billion dollars.

...interesting, right?


Check out the best 'green' jobs to consider. They're projected to bring the highest salaries, the fastest (right out of college).


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Randy said:

I'm a die-hard Tom's of Maine deodorant customer. Why? There is no aluminum in the ingredients list which has possible links to Alzheimer's. It works pretty good, too.

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