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IBM: Where Corporate Responsibility is Not a Trend, but a Lifestyle

Austin Startup

If you looked at just the business pages in American newspapers, you’d think corporations working with nonprofits and delivering global responsibility was a new trend. However, global companies like IBM have been modeling social impact for decades now and Latinitas can attest to their commitment.

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What is a Social Enterprise?

Up and Running

InStove contributes both the technology for efficient stoves, and the means to create sustainable jobs. Here in the U.S. it is a 501(c) (3) nonprofit, but because of its dedication to sustainability, it is now working with local communities to form separate stove manufacturing factories in their countries. Maryland was the first U.S.

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Students To Make Biodegradable Plastic Bags A Reality

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But not if four University of Arkansas student have anything to say about that – the founders of cycleWood Solutions Inc. Cao found the technology, a lignin-based biodegradable plastic, on the Office for Technology Commercialization’s website. intends to make biodegradable plastic shopping bags into reality.

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Global Moot Was a “Hoot:” The Best of the Best MBA Startups

Austin Startup

The 28 th annual running of UT-Austin’s Global Moot Corp was completed this past weekend and, for the first time for this event, I participated as a judge. PCCA Technologies – a glucose-sensing contact lens for diabetes patients self-monitoring. Silicon Solar Solutions – patented processes for reducing the cost of photovoltaics.

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The Venture Capital Secret: 3 Out of 4 Start-Ups Fail

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An entrepreneur with a hot technology and venture-capital funding becomes a billionaire in his 20s. Globaloney: Globalization Challenged. Globaloney: Globalization Challenged. Whats on your technology toolbelt? more in Small Business. Find New $LINKTEXTFIND$ » smaller. link] [link] --> By DEBORAH GAGE. For Lease. -