Entrepreneur blazes new trail with old packages – TerraCycle

In 2003, an investor offered 21-year-old Princeton dropout Tom Szaky a million bucks.

Szaky turned him down.

Not that he didn’t need the money. He was sleeping in a makeshift office, showering in the gym, and pondering a cash balance of zero.

The guy wanted Szaky to lose the environmental pitch with his business plan, except that was the plan.

Today, Szaky is glad he didn’t give in.

TerraCycle http://www.terracycle.net/

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