Goods That Matter

How I Started A Benefit Corporation Earning $5K/Month

August 26th, 2018
Tippy Tippens
$5K
revenue/mo
1
Founders
1
Employees
Goods That Matter
from New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
started November 2010
$5,000
revenue/mo
1
Founders
1
Employees
market size
$0
avg revenue (monthly)
$27.5K
starting costs
$13.7K
gross margin
40%
time to build
210 days
growth channels
Organic social media
business model
content-library
best tools
Quickbooks, LinkedIn, Twitter
time investment
Full time
pros & cons
35 Pros & Cons
tips
3 Tips
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Hello! Who are you and what are you working on?

Hi, I’m Tippy Tippens, Chief Eternal Optimist at Goods that Matter.

The basis for the company is that all of our goods are made of eco friendly materials, in the U.S., and give back to social or environmental causes. Each product poetically ties to the partner cause, for example notebooks that give to education, blankets that give to disaster relief, etc.

It all started with a black, bird-shaped soap that contains a smaller, white ceramic bird at its center, symbolic of going oiled to clean, which raises funds for BP Oil Spill Cleanup. I got my start on Kickstarter to make the first batch and then was inspired to start the company.

To date, Goods that Matter has donated 31K to date and is the first Benefit Corporation in the state of Louisiana. I’m also honored to be in the GOOD 100, named as 1 of 100 people pushing the world forward.

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