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May 29

Laurence Yang has agreed to become GSS’ spokesmodel!

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lgy80115a194-smallerLaurence Yang, a 22 year old French and Korean model has agreed to be a spokesmodel for Green Soul Shoes.  She joins the ranks of Yvonne Wang, Miss Green NYC!

In her words, she “would love to be a part of Green Soul shoes!”  She loves everything eco-friendly and anything to improve the lives of underprivileged people.

Although she’s an experienced model, she is also currently a Surgical Technologist, who is majoring in Biological Sciences who wants to further her career by becoming a Cardiovascular Perfusionist.  We have high hopes for Laurence.  Stay tuned to see a lot more from Laurence!

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Aug 31

Vote for us at Forbes.com

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overviewbanner_2GreenSoul Shoes was honored to be a top semi-finalist for the Forbes.com’s Boost Your Business business plan competition.  Winning this competition would allow us to expand our reach to local artisans, add new sandal models, and increase our shoes distribution. Children in the PhilippinesWith your support and vote, we are confident we can reach the final round.

The voting process is easy:

1) Click the following link: http://su.pr/1bJP5c
2) select GreenSoul Shoes;
3) put in your email and verification code;
4) click the confirmation link in your email;
5) Send this email to your friends

Voting ends on September 30th, 2009.  Vote for us today!

May 28

GSS Team won the latest Brooklyn Summit Triple Bottom Line Business Competition

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During the Brooklyn Summit Expo, GreenSoul Shoes was announced as the winner of the Triple Bottom Line Business Competition. From 20+ business plans, 10 were selected as semifinalist and 3 as finalist. GreenSoul Shoes shares the honors with Green For Brooklyn and Brooklyn Victory Garden as finalist.

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May 08

Looking for Fullfilment Center in Brooklyn

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So our team has been visiting different fulfillment centers in the metro NYC area. Thus far we have looked at a number of centers (in fact, just one yesterday!) and have been rating each location on a number of metrics including:

  1. Do they resonate with our mission?
  2. How responsive is their customer service?
  3. Who are some of their other clients?
  4. How orderly are their facilities?

Collectively, these elements will help us determine if there is an opportunity to create a really special, long term partnership. Here is a picture we took of Iris yesterday at one of our site visits. =)

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Apr 18

Semi-finalists at GreenSpaces Green Business Competition

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So our team is proud to report that we made it into the next round of the GreenSpaces Green Business Competition.  We were the 10th quarter finalist to be announced so it was definitely a nail biting experience.

We are lucky to be going back to present next week! Stay tuned to learn more about our progress!

Apr 15

GreenSoul Shoes will be at NYC Entrepreneur Week

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We have been really fortunate to attract a number of entrepreneurs to our company and can’t wait to meet more! Recently, we learned that our friends over at SunShine Suites  (who are giving us free rent), are also helping run NYC ENT to “ strengthen and accelerate the collective entrepreneurial spirit of New York City.

Check it out!