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How PlanetReuse helped save the world’s largest pop art painting
It’s not every day Nathan Benjamin gets an email from a documentary director, let alone one working on a project for ESPN’s “30-for-30” documentary series. In fact, at first he says he didn’t pay the message much mind. The email inquired about a 7,200-square-foot reclaimed gym floor—a piece that was once listed on his company’s…
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Kansas City’s PlanetReuse Marketplace lands in WSJ doc
Hot off the press comes news Kansas City-based startup PlanetReuse Marketplace has been selected by the Wall Street Journal for its “WSJ Startup of the Year” episodic documentary premiering June 24. PlanetReuse Marketplace helps reuse centers showcase inventory online …
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Four Silicon Prairie startups make annual “100 Brilliant Companies” list
Entrepreneur magazine this month revealed its latest “100 Brilliant Companies” list. Among better-known companies such as GitHub, KISSmetrics and MakerBot are dozens of startups beginning to make their mark in one of 10 areas, including sustainability and gaming, highlighted by the magazine. Four Silicon Prairie-based startups made this year’s edition: PlanetReuse, Opendorse by Hurrdat, AgLocal…
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If you (re)build it, they will come
(Guest post by Nathan Benjamin.) I don’t pretend to have a fail-proof recipe for a successful business, but I do know that for us, it’s about purpose, the planet and a bunch of people who all see a baseball game where others see only a field. A recent study in The Wall Street Journal found…
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PlanetReuse awarded $250,000 grant from Chase and LivingSocial
Kansas City startup PlanetReuse has been selected as one of 12 recipients of a $250,000 grant from the Chase and LivingSocial program Mission: Small Business. The company, which we last covered in June, was chosen from a pool of close to 70,000 applicants from across the U.S. During the application process, owners of businesses that…
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InvenQuery powers the ‘Amazon.com for reclaimed building materials’
PlanetReuse recently gained national media attention for its plan to encourage the reuse of building materials, but InvenQuery, the technology that powers it, is just beginning to grow. The two Kansas City, Mo. companies share the same leadership team of Nathan Benjamin and Willow Lundgren. Benjamin has been building PlanetReuse for four years, and the…
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PlanetReuse one of ‘America’s Most Promising Social Entrepreneurs’
PlanetReuse, a Kansas City, Mo. company that aims to reduce construction and demolition waste, was one of 25 companies honored on Bloomberg Businessweek’s list of “America’s Most Promising Social Entrepreneurs.” “For-profit business can be an instrument for social change,” PlanetReuse partner and chief strategy officer Willow Lundgren said Wednesday. Nathan Benjamin, principal and founder, started…