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What is a Social Enterprise?

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The Social Enterprise Alliance offers this definition: “In its early days, the social enterprise movement was identified mainly with nonprofits that used business models and earned income strategies to pursue their mission. In terms of legal structure, social enterprises have many options. B corp, or Benefit Corporation.

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

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Technology versus market risk in angel investments - Startups and.

Tim Keane

.   I talked to a company recently that had market risk in the educational business but also had a distribution agreement with a big player.   Greg Gianforte at RightNow Technologies in Bozeman, Montana (recently sold to Oracle) is a famous proponent of bootstrapping for this exact reason. Books I Like.