April 21, 2023

Company

'Andy Hunter’s Bookshop platform was a pandemic hit. Now he’s on a mission to prove that small businesses can scale up without selling out.'

Andy Hunter, the founder of Bookshop.org (pictured here at Spoonbill & Sugartown Books in Brooklyn) developed his love for books early. 'I became a reader, in the beginning, because it provided me solace,' he says. Photograph: Yael Malka

‍Article: How Bookshop.org Survives—and Thrives—in Amazon’s World

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Business Model

Company

The COVID pandemic provided evidence that remote and hybrid working practices could work for a wide variety of jobs.

ARTICLE: What Five Years Of Evidence On Hybrid Working Tells Us About The Future Of Employment

Company

"We exist to save our home planet."

WEBPAGE: Work in Progress Report

Company

Kalundborg, Denmark, has set the standard for how industries can collaborate to reduce waste, save resources, and cut costs.

ARTICLE: Case Study: Kalundborg Industrial Symbiosis

Company

"What we face at the tail end of our industrial society is a design problem."

ARTICLE: An Introduction to the Book No Straight Lines: Making Sense of our Non-linear World