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What is a Social Enterprise?

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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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Top Social Media Measurement and Tracking Tools

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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. North Carolina. South Carolina. South Dakota. North Carolina. South Carolina.

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

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