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What is a Social Enterprise?

Up and Running

An excellent example of a social enterprise is The Empowerment Plan —an organization that hires people currently living in homeless shelters to create a combination winter coat, sleeping bag, and over-the-shoulder bag, which is then distributed to the homeless of Detroit free of charge. According to the Harvard Business Review, in most U.S.

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Public Hospital Modern Woes – Aging Infrastructure, Unions, Pensions, High Regulation. 

The Startup Magazine

It was this same high-minded collective action that created a network of publicly owned hospitals – controlled by cities, counties, districts, boroughs (in Alaska), parishes (in Louisiana), etc. Sometimes buyers are able secure continued tax revenue, applied either as a property millage or sales tax. Ironically, given the U.S.’s

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Create High-Impact Data Visualizations: Nine Effective Strategies

Occam's Razor

Follow the story of Louisiana as you reflect on the data. For example… Let’s say they end up looking at Visitors, Conversion Rates, and Revenue. Why not build in a model where the decision maker can change Conversion Rates, to see the impact on Revenue? Show impact on Revenue and Profit. Move it from 1% to 1.5%

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

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Top Social Media Measurement and Tracking Tools

www.foliomag.com

Social media audiences have effectively become another universe of prospects to tap, which means measurement and tracking is essential to yielding from these visitors both direct and indirect revenue. Distribution. Here, digital audience marketers chime in on the ones they’re using now, and why. Art and Designers. Auditing Services.

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111 Great Last Minute Gift Ideas For Clients

Mike Michalowicz

100% of your contribution goes directly to purchasing bed nets, distributing them, and educating communities on how to use them. This South Louisiana coffee house has them all. Pocket Jimi products are recycled and recyclable, Massachusetts-made, and they invest 1% of their revenue in the environment. It’s simple. and your car.

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What to Give Your Clients in this Season of Giving

Mike Michalowicz

100% of your contribution goes directly to purchasing bed nets, distributing them, and educating communities on how to use them. This South Louisiana coffee house has them all. Pocket Jimi products are recycled and recyclable, Massachusetts-made, and they invest 1% of their revenue in the environment. It’s simple. and your car.