Improving Richmond’s Economy For Local Businesses and Nonprofit Organizations
How To Succeed During the Recession with Effective Marketing
For one night only Richmond’s top business and marketing professionals are coming together to talk with the local community on how small businesses and nonprofit organizations can find success during the recession. The local business community and the nonprofit [...]

John Mackey on Conscious Capitalism
As we were browsing you tube for socially conscious resources we came across an inspiring interview with John Mackey, Whole Foods CEO, talking about the role of business in society and its responsibility to the community where they live and work. He believes, as we do, that governments world-wide do [...]

Communicating Our Socially Conscious Mission With Clarity
As we talk to other socially conscious businesses, one of the main difficulties that we face is knowing if we are communicating with clarity, and if our socially conscious mission is beneficial to clients and consumers.
What we often tell other business owners is to not assume that because you [...]

Thinkhaus’ O’Neill Reports For RVA NEWS
John O’Neill, President and Design Director of Thinkhaus, recently wrote an article for rvanews.com featuring Impact Makers. Impact Makers is a local IT and management consulting firm that has a social entrepreneurship business model that enables them to foster the community in ways that larger businesses can not. [...]

haustalk at Baja Bean Co.
Tell Remarkable Stories That Will Influence Others
Everyone, and every business, has a story to tell. It is the thing that connects us and the human spirit. It makes no difference who you are or how big your business may be. We all have challenges, difficult times, and uplifting moments [...]

Green Marketing: Signs of Proof
There are many businesses that are finding that consumers are demanding more organic and sustainable products. Many companies are following the path to growth by offering these products to win over consumers that are conscious of their health and their impact on the environment.
One of the largest issues when marketing green [...]

B Corporation: Setting Social and Environmental Performance Standards For Businesses
As part of Thinkhaus‘ mission we aim to educate not only our clients but also the general public about the value of design and socially conscious issues and topics. Our blog has been a part of that as we often share resources and tips with our [...]

Poverty and War
On this Veterans Day Thinkhaus is asking what is the best way to prevent our men and women in the armed forces from going into harms way? They go into situations that are sometimes unmanageable and always difficult.

NURU founder and CEO Jake Harriman attended the U.S. Naval Academy and served over 7 years [...]

Thinkhaus and Zuula Consulting Hosting A Job Workshop For VCU Graphic Design Students
With the current state of the job market jobs are very hard to find these days. Many experienced professionals are finding it hard to find employment, but what about the college graduates of 2009 and 2010? In a attempt to strengthen the local [...]

Socially Conscious Businesses Affect The Local Economy
The Tale Of Three Local Businesses
By John O’Neill
What is the Richmond business community doing to support local entrepreneurs who have developed businesses built to solve curtural, social, and environmental problems? Businesses like these are known as “socially conscious” because they have a triple bottom line business model that measures [...]