About EcoFlip

EcoFlip's Smug-Free Classifieds and Blog: A pair of passionate entrepreneurs destined to voyage down the Green Brick Road...and along came the SMUG!!!

What is Smug?

If you've never seen it, the South Park trailor for Smug Alert! ingeniously sums it up.

In short, Smug is an unfortunate evolutionary pollution due to an overzealous and oftentimes superficial society during the ecological movement of the early 21st century. Smug most frequently exists in the form of peer pressure, judgement and self-righteousness, oftentimes blocking the doorway to curious individuals with a genuine interest in deepening their relationship to our beautiful planet.

What then is Smug-Free?

Smug-Free is about getting in touch with mama nature...without the unecessary 'tude. It's just as much about being ego-friendly as it is about being eco-friendly.

Two everyday guys, passionate about planet earth and entrepreneurship, predicted that along with a rapid increase in green products and eco-friendly services worldwide, people were going to need a special place to advertise them...

Forrest and Joe met in high school yoga class. At an early age, they flirted with the idea of one day owning a business together. Forrest recounts, I will never forget the times at UCSD, whether we were sitting in the hot tub after a day at the beach or we were pretending to study at the library, we would constantly be pitching business and invention ideas off of each other.

Right there and then, they made a pact stating that within 3 years time, they would be working for themselves and somehow helping others to do the same....   

Forrest Kolb

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Now 26 years old, Forrest got his start as an entrepreneur when he launched a start-up clothing line named Johnnie California while completing his degree in Bioengineering from UCSD. Getting an early start as an entrepreneur, he once even coined the title Fashion Engineer on his business card.

He was then hired by Genentech, Inc. to help move drugs through the product pipeline. He resigned after a year and a half to concentrate on the web.

Interests include reading, writing, thinking, hiking, surfing, travel, flamenco guitar, theology, wikinomics, EcoPreneurship, and Praying Mantis Kung Fu. One of his favorite things to do is to cruise down the California coast (listening to the Eagles/Ottmar Liebert/Chili Peppers) with a mandatory stop in Santa Barbara for a quick run!

Joe Paone

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Recruited out of college for a job in the financial industry, Joe worked for one of the top money managers in the country. He quickly learned that a job in corporate America was not for him.

As a 3rd generation self-made Italian businessman, Joe brings an old-school mentality in the Web 2.0 era. He approaches the industry with a rational mindset, finding ways to implement traditional business practices in today's evolving society.

Comments

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[Adam T.]

Hi Forrest,

I was trying to get a hold of you through your email after I saw that your site for bizzflip.com was down and your email bounced back. Is Bizzflip.com still around? Send me a quick email if you don't mind. Thanks!

[Robert De La Cruz]

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[Robert De La Cruz]

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[Warren]

Does EcoFlip join in Eco Minded Affiliate programs?

http://www.performance-based.com/eco_affiliate.html

[Janet]

This is a personal question for Joe Paone. Are you related to Dr. Francis X. Paone of Lombard Illinois?

[rachel]

Great site! Love smug-free! Let's link! www.ecostiletto.com. Email me!
;-) Rachel

[Conscious in Marin]

Hey guys, read the article about you in Marin Magazine; was quite disappointed to read about your clothes choices. What is so ecological about buying from manufacturers that produce in China, namely Sundance. You would think Robert could afford to produce in US? Would be great if the 2 of you could give some focus to local designers / manufacturers.

Also ... ready for some new posts.

[Theresa]

This is a reply to "Conscious in Marin" - check out embodies.com which is located in Marin (Larkspur to be exact). All the clothes are ethical/sustainable/organic--- some form of eco friendly produced---and I mean all of it!!!

[adila]

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[Tracy]

I'm confused. I read the article in The Daily Page and I cam to find the "Green Craigslist" but only see the blog. Am I not going to the right place?

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[Michelle]

Hello Forest and Joe,

We would like to feature you in a book that we are publishing titled Green This, Not that. If you are interested please send me a high res tif of your logo!

Please contact me by email if you have any questions. I look forward to hearing from you.
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[Eco]

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