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I'm Tom Eckmann
and I'd like to welcome you to my website. I've worked for
more than 35 years with startup,
early-stage
and growth
companies. I've been a senior consultant with several
international firms,
led
operations for a public company, and started six companies of my
own. I have a passion for entrepreneurship, and when I'm not
running, writing about, or advising a start-up company, I'm teaching
about them at the University of Washington.
My latest start-up
is
AllGreen
Renewables, a venture focused on sustainable power and heat for
homes. We are building the first trusted brand in renewable
energy for the home. We offer homeowners a portfolio of
biomass heating, wind, solar and smart grid solutions, including a
line of AllGreen-branded products from manufacturers in Europe.
We deliver these products through one-stop-shop renewable energy
centers located inside existing big-box retail stores.
AllGreen will become the place to go for manufacturers seeking
distribution and consumers aspiring to save money and live in a more
environmentally sustainable way.
Personally, I do business
as Absolute Business Services Inc., a company I started with my wife in 1993 to
manage our various career endeavors. Since I like to do lots of
things, usually at the same time, this umbrella business entity
helps me keep things straight.
In 2004 I wrote my
first book,
An Interpreneur’s
Journey: The Birth of a New Economy Business.
It is the first of several written to help first-time
entrepreneurs. It is the fictional account of a new business
start-up and provides real-life examples of what first-time, and for
that matter, serial entrepreneurs can expect when starting a new
company. It is a “how to” intended to show people how to create new
businesses and reinvent old ones using the Internet. I believe
Internet entrepreneurs ––Interpreneurs––and "new economy"
businesses will lead the way in the 21st century. For more
information, please visit my other website
(www.NewInterpreneur.com).
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