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Summer Rayne Oakes Discusses Choice To Start For Profit Business

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  • Date Added : 2/8/2010
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Summer Rayne Oakes

  • Founder, SRO, LLC
  • female
  • Caucasian
  • 1984 (Age: 40 years old)
  • Summer Rayne Oakes - Interview - SRO, LLC
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Biography

Summer Rayne Oakes is a model-activist, correspondent on Discovery Network's Planet Green, author of bestselling style guide Style, Naturally (Chronicle, 2009), and Editor-at-Large of ABOVE Magazine. As brand ambassador and sustainability strategist for both Portico Home and Spa, and Payless ShoeSource's zoe&zac line, her work keeps her busy on and off camera, advising and consulting on various aspects of design, production and practice. She is also Founder of SRO, LLC and the Co-founder/CEO of Source4Style - a B2B marketplace that allows designers - both fashion and interior - to search, compare and purchase more sustainable materials from around the world. Vanity Fair has named Oakes a "Global Citizen," Outside called her one of the "Top Environmental Activists," CNN hailed her as a "Young Person Who Rocks," Glamour anointed her "70 Women of Green," Cosmopolitan awarded her the "Fun, Fearless Female" Award, AMICA named her one of the "Top 20 Trendsetters under 40," and CNBC named her one of the "Top 10 Green Entrepreneurs of 2010." Summer Rayne Oakes is a graduate of Cornell University with degrees in Environmental Science and Entomology.

I never had a desire to do a 501 c3 because I looked at it and I'm like, God, there are so many not for profits out there, that why would I want to start another one? I could just support the ones that are already out there. That is essentially what I've been doing. When I started Organic Portraits...(Full transcript available to logged in subscribers.).

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Video 1 of 12 Summer Rayne Oakes Shares Her Professional Journey
  • Summer Rayne Oakes - Interview - SRO, LLC
  • 2/8/2010
  • Summer Rayne Oakes
  • 3 min. 14 sec.
Video 2 of 12 Summer Rayne Oakes Discusses Definition of Social Entrepreneurship
  • Summer Rayne Oakes - Interview - SRO, LLC
  • 2/8/2010
  • Summer Rayne Oakes
  • 1 min. 44 sec.
Video 3 of 12 Summer Rayne Oakes Discusses Her Business, SRO, LLC
  • Summer Rayne Oakes - Interview - SRO, LLC
  • 2/8/2010
  • Summer Rayne Oakes
  • 1 min. 33 sec.
Video 4 of 12 Summer Rayne Oakes Discusses Her Business, S4 Style
  • Summer Rayne Oakes - Interview - SRO, LLC
  • 2/8/2010
  • Summer Rayne Oakes
  • 1 min. 9 sec.
Video 5 of 12 Summer Rayne Oakes Discusses Networking
  • Summer Rayne Oakes - Interview - SRO, LLC
  • 2/8/2010
  • Summer Rayne Oakes
  • 2 min. 9 sec.
Video 6 of 12 Summer Rayne Oakes Emphasizes Social Business As New Outlet for Recent Graduates
  • Summer Rayne Oakes - Interview - SRO, LLC
  • 2/8/2010
  • Summer Rayne Oakes
  • 3 min. 23 sec.
Video 7 of 12 Summer Rayne Oakes Discusses Work/Life Balance
  • Summer Rayne Oakes - Interview - SRO, LLC
  • 2/8/2010
  • Summer Rayne Oakes
  • 1 min. 51 sec.
Video 8 of 12 Summer Rayne Oakes Discusses Choice To Start For Profit Business
  • Summer Rayne Oakes - Interview - SRO, LLC
  • 2/8/2010
  • Summer Rayne Oakes
  • 2 min. 39 sec.
Video 9 of 12 Summer Rayne Oakes Discusses Future Possibilities In Sustainable Design
  • Summer Rayne Oakes - Interview - SRO, LLC
  • 2/8/2010
  • Summer Rayne Oakes
  • 1 min. 14 sec.
Video 10 of 12 Summer Rayne Oakes Discusses Fundraising Challenges
  • Summer Rayne Oakes - Interview - SRO, LLC
  • 2/8/2010
  • Summer Rayne Oakes
  • 2 min. 6 sec.
Video 11 of 12 Summer Rayne Oakes Discusses Importance of Understanding The Market When Making The Pitch
  • Summer Rayne Oakes - Interview - SRO, LLC
  • 2/8/2010
  • Summer Rayne Oakes
  • 1 min. 57 sec.
Video 12 of 12 Summer Rayne Oakes Discusses Keeping True To Your Core Values
  • Summer Rayne Oakes - Interview - SRO, LLC
  • 2/8/2010
  • Summer Rayne Oakes
  • 2 min. 47 sec.

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