I just wrote a story about a social entrepreneur who is building an ethically-sourced flip flop company.
Everything was going great, and Whole Foods was set to stock 10,000 pairs, when their shipment got stuck and delayed for two months because of the Oil Spill. By the time the shipment arrived, it was past the season when WF would stock a summer item.
As if this wasn't bad enough, part of the money that Feelgoodz would have made would have gone to repay a $50,000 loan, which was pre-allocated to another social business- an education software startup called Drop the Chalk.
Its looking unlikely that they're going to be able to meet the Aug 18th loan repayment deadline.
This is the most creative community I'm a part of, and my heart goes out to this guy, so I figured I'd ask all of you if you had ideas for how to move $10,000 flip flops in two weeks.
You can see more about the story here: http://socialentrepreneurship.change.org/blog/view/bp_oil_spill_claims_another_victim_an_aspiring_entrepreneur
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