With the recent release of Wall Street 2, we thought this was only appropriate for our fellow entrepreneurs:

What would Gordon Gekko do? If you have ever asked yourself this, you are probably under investigation by the SEC, and you also contemplate the inner workings of his complex and greedy thoughts.

It’s no coincidence that Grasshopper LLC has been getting more attention in tech circles recently. The Boston company, providing web-based virtual phone services for small businesses, has released two new products in the past two years, and established itself as a bootstrapped success story among venture-backed media darlings.

Shaun Scovil, President & Co-Founder of Cross Trade Ventures, shares the lessons he has learned from Grasshopper Group and how they have helped him with his company today. I first caught wind of Grasshopper Group back in, oh let’s say, June of this year, when David Hauser and Jonathan Kay spoke at an event at Microsoft’s N.E.R.D. Center, and I was immediately impressed.

Over the past few months, Grasshopper headquarters have been “going green”. A new solar power system is in the final stages of installation and pretty soon, about 20% of the building’s power (including HVAC) will be generated by sunlight.

This is an exciting step for Grasshopper and it got us thinking, what else can we be doing to green up this place?

As it turns out, our own product actually helps with that! A virtual phone system is a great way to help your company go green.

Work from home

With the Grasshopper call forwarding feature, you can work from home and never miss a call. More importantly, you don’t have to commute to an office.

According to a Huffington Post article by Jason Seeger, if more companies encouraged telecommuting, the U.S could use 625 million fewer barrels of oil each year, cut greenhouse emissions by 107 million tons of carbon dioxide and save $43 billion on gas. Wow!

Save a few trees

Did you know that every year each person in the United States uses roughly 749 pounds of paper? That’s a lot of paper and a lot of trees!

Grasshopper Group has teamed up with BostInnovation to bring you the Spreadable Startup Series. Our goal is to help startups like you get more press for your company through our connections and reach, by helping you tell your story.