Sneaker startup Allbirds is committed to using sustainable environmental practices to make the world's most comfortable shoes. They recently launched "Tree," a line of shoes with material sourced from eucalyptus. This new Tree Collection has a knitted mesh upper, which allows for air to go in and out of the shoe for maximum breathability. It follows their very popular wool collection launched in 2016, designed not to be worn with socks. www.allbirds.com

Mentors Insync offers a unique Corporate Enterprise Solution that reduces staff churn, improves employee engagement, productivity and profits. Mentors Insync also has a Corporate Social Responsibility initiative that promotes equal opportunity, where everyone has access to mentoring, and an opportunity to succeed. It is inclusive, encourages collaboration and supports diversity. www.mentorsinsync.com "Your success is our success."

"Workarounds" addresses the unique challenges faced by self-employed people age 50-plus. It's written by Idea Spy Doug Freeman, who shares his lessons learned from being a solo and micro entrepreneur for over 30 years. The book also contain interview quotes from many globally recognized career and business experts. More information is at http://www.ideascapeinc.com.

Ministry of Supply makes 3D Print-Knit garments that move with your body because they are engineered in multiple dimensions with a pattern that takes into account your joints, plus the areas you put the most strain on during your day. As well as greater comfort, this printing process creates almost no waste, unlike the 35% that's usually left over when using traditional fabrics and techniques. It will also last you longer. Traditional garments are most vulnerable to wear and tear at their weakest points - the seams. These knits have no seams. www.ministryofsupply.com

I served as a senior marketing advisor as a volunteer for 8 years. In that time I valued that other technology and business foundation advisors helped entrepreneurs to cover their basics - product development, legal, operations, structure and more. But at best this only got most startups to the starting gate. It did not help them to run a competitive value race. So I mapped out a complete and smart online entrepreneurs support ecosystem I only went as far as to put this on paper and now I also integrated a community support ecosystem, so that it can map into education and community values. More communities want to attract and develop startups but there is no effective roadmap as most accept a 30% success rate. I believe at least a 70% success rate is possible and the system should ensure entrepreneurial readiness as well as progress/performance measures and smart investor alignment. AI is now advanced enough and the learning approaches, resources and milestones all aggregate i

Loom solves the problem that many founders are willing to give away parts of their business, but don?t know freelancers who might be prepared to do work. Plus, the platform helps people who don?t have money to offer.?Up to 15,000 freelancers (mostly developers) are listed on the platform and about 1,000 founders have posted projects so far. https://www.fastcompany.com/40519191/paying-freelancers-with-equity-shares-an-idea-for-boostrapping-startups