Three Babson College-related businesses have been chosen as Babson’s Most Fascinating Alumni Businesses of 2007: Recycline, Zyrra, and TGI Healthworks.
“These three businesses, founded and nurtured by graduates of the Babson program, embody the knowledge, skills and passion required for entrepreneurial success, which the Babson program delivers to all our students,” said Mark Rice, former MBA Dean and Frederic C. Hamilton Professor of Free Enterprise.
Accomplishments Category: Recycline
Recycline is a pioneer in green product design and has been at the forefront of cutting edge, environmentally-friendly home goods for more than 10 years. Originally founded in 1996 in response to the rise in recycling programs and overall interest in the environment among U.S. consumers, its mission is to deliver consumer products that offer great looking design, high performance and are better for the environment than alternative products. Recycline's line of Preserve brand products includes recycled plastic toothbrushes and other oral care products, razors, tableware, and kitchenware. For more information, visit www.recycline.com.
Innovation Category: Zyrra
Finally! An easy way to get a beautiful bra you will love. 80% of women wear bras that don’t fit. To solve this problem, Zyrra makes custom bras for each woman’s individual dimensions. Women gather at home bra parties to have fun, get measured, and pick colors and trims. Zyrra aims to help women of all sizes feel better about buying and wearing their bras. For more information, visit www.zyrra.com.
Giving Back Category: TGI Healthworks
TGI Healthworks builds and sustains communities of people with chronic diseases in order to promote education, an active lifestyle, a productive patient/physician relationship, and the right prescription and over-the-counter medications. Our objective is to improve the quality of life for people with chronic disease as well as their care partners. For information, visit
http://www.tgihealthworks.com/index.shtml The three businesses will share their stories of innovation and accomplishment, and the difference they are making in the world at 10:30 am on Saturday, September 29, 2007 in Olin Hall on the Babson campus. Prof. Rice will moderate the event.
Public is invited. To register, please visit http://www3.babson.edu/Alumni/news/alumniweekend/.