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30 Entrepreneurs Explain How They are Incorporating Social Entrepreneurship in Their Business

Hearpreneur

2- Recruiting the unemployed from Africa. My company is designed to inform the public and help them make smart, financially acceptable decisions without being taken care of. This means we are giving directly to approved nonprofits in the 1% for the Planet network. 27- Environment-friendly designing. Photo Credit: Olu Ojo.

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Embracing Your Entrepreneurial Superpower Being Unemployable

Duct Tape Marketing

10:00] Back in South Africa you got shot, what did that story mean to your journey? [11:53] I know these are themes we'll be chatting about today, but I had five designers trying to come up with what it meant to be unemployable and no one could convey that in imagery. Let's go back to South Africa. I think there's a lot to that.

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The State of the Crowdsourcing Union, 2011

crowdSPRING Blog

In many ways the granddaddy of crowdsourcing platforms, Turk enables users to tap into it’s network of workers to perform tasks which computers are unable to do, but which humans can perform quickly and inexpensively. Twitter Link Roundup #64 – Small Business, Social Media, Design, Copywriting, Marketing And More.

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How we built our investor presentation and raised $2 million

The Next Web

Mikael Cho is the co-founder of ooomf , a network that connects short-term software projects with handpicked developers and designers. Image credit: Shutterstock / Africa Studio. Mikael writes about psychology, startups, and product marketing over on the ooomf blog. How does your product work? Is it growing?

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Small Business Spotlight of the Week: miiCard

crowdSPRING Blog

Instead of countless usernames and passwords, you have one identity to use for a variety of activities you want guaranteed security: online shopping, social networking, online dating, and online financials. miiCard supports the UK, North America, Western Europe, India, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa.

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The Difference Between Mo Ibrahim and Mo Gaddafi

Growthink Blog

They start creative agencies – graphic design, public relation, web development firms, and the like to leverage their business and creative talent to its most effective end. They start restaurants to create and share beautiful food, service, and atmosphere. To learn more about opportunities we are following now, click here.

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10+ Trends: Recap of 2011 and What’s Next…

thebarefootvc

Powered by cell phones and social networking platforms, we saw revolutions taking place, businesses being transformed and our daily lives made more convenient (if we could tear ourselves away from our Facebook and Twitter updates). eCommerce/Social Commerce: New models continue to evolve as ecommerce rebounded this past year.