Creating a vibrant, sustainable business that has a real impact via retail is best done with others. Here are some must join online groups for impact entrepreneurs (curated from 100s of often ghost town groups):
Niche Platforms
- EvolveCPG
- pebble’s Ripples community – Includes groups for consumers and “Swell” group for ethical businesses
- StartupCPG Slack
Reddits
- Sustainable Fashion
- Black-owned Businesses
- Ethical fashion
- Small business
- Conscious Consumers
- eCommerce Marketing
Facebook Groups
- Sustainable Fashion: eco-fashion, slow fashion, recycle, upcycle
- Social Enterprise and Social Good
- SOCAP Network
- Starting Good Social Entrepreneurs Network
- Sustainable Fashion (Public)
- Social Enterprise Startup Community – From Idea To Impact
- Build a Sustainable Fashion Business
LinkedIn Groups
- Sustainable Fashion Professionals
- Eco Fashion Network
- LOHAS Lifestyles of Health + Sustainability
- Impact Entrepreneur
- Social Enterprise Alliance
- Social Enterprise and Development
- Sustainable Brands
- B Corp Community
- Ecommerce Experts. #1 Group for Ecommerce Best Practices
- InternetRetailing
- Net Impact — use your career to drive change
- On Startups
Groups for Tech Impact Entrepreneurs
Many of groups above are more for ecommerce brands, producers, makers to consider. Here are some online spaces for our peers who are delivering services and tech to other impact companies.
- Shopify App developers, join the #impact channel on the Shopify Partners Slack – Also check out the Shopify Devs Discord
- Commerce Enablement Slack (direct link pending)
- More places to land (you won’t find much impact talk, but you’ll find industry peers)
Stay tuned for updates to our list for key hashtag communities on Instagram and Twitter. For more – especially groups for sustainable/conscious consumers out of scope above – see our massive Google Sheet with dozens of online places to connect.
We also share the best news and resources – like new online groups on our radar – of the day via our one-way Impact Retail e-newsletter.