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5229_996b6ecff5_small January 25, 2013 by Guest Contributor

Kansas City (Guest post by Nathan Benjamin.) I don't pretend to have a fail-proof recipe for a successful business, but I do know that for us, it's about purpose, the planet and a bunch of people who all see a baseball game where others see only a field. A recent study in The Wall Street Journal found two-thirds of people would take a pay cut to work for a company that focused on sustainability. Why? Because we want our lives, and our work, to matter. InvenQuery was created around an environmental mission, and we stay true to that. It infuses who we are, what we do and why we do it. … read more

4690_194bdaf384_small September 6, 2012 by Paige Yowell

Kansas City Kansas City startup PlanetReuse has been selected as one of 12 recipients of a $250,000 grant from the Chase and LivingSocial program Mission: Small Business. The company, which we last covered in June, was chosen from a pool of close to 70,000 applicants from across the U.S. During the application process, owners of businesses that had been operating for at least two years with less than 100 employees were required to answer … read more

4416_d6a44d00ea_small July 11, 2012 by Sarah Binder

Kansas City PlanetReuse recently gained national media attention for its plan to encourage the reuse of building materials, but InvenQuery, the technology that powers it, is just beginning to grow. The two Kansas City, Mo. companies share the same leadership team of Nathan Benjamin and Willow Lundgren. Benjamin has been building PlanetReuse for four years, and the team has worked on InvenQuery … read more

4374_71c1575d79_small June 28, 2012 by Sarah Binder

Kansas City PlanetReuse, a Kansas City, Mo. company that aims to reduce construction and demolition waste, was one of 25 companies honored on Bloomberg Businessweek's list of "America's Most Promising Social Entrepreneurs." "For-profit business can be an instrument for social change," PlanetReuse partner and chief strategy officer Willow Lundgren said Wednesday. Nathan Benjamin, principal and founder, started the company in 2008 with the goal of connecting people seeking reuse materials with those who have … read more

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