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What is a Social Enterprise?

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“Our best chance to make the world better is to agree that the choice among corporate structures should be made entirely in service of social impact,” says Rich Leimsider, the Vice President of Fellowship Programs at Echoing Green, a nonprofit that invests with social entrepreneurs. B corp, or Benefit Corporation. What about the rest of us?

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How to Choose a Business Location

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Do you qualify for any government economic programs or incentives? Zoning laws and setting up shop: In terms of where you can legally operate your business, you should consider local zoning regulations and ordinances. If you’re operating a business out of your own home, many of the same zoning laws will apply to you.

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What is an L3C?

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Currently, you can form an L3C in Illinois, Kansas, Louisiana, Maine, Michigan, North Dakota, Rhode Island, Utah, Vermont, and Wyoming, and in the federal jurisdictions of the Crow Indian Nation of Montana, and the Oglala Sioux Tribe. PRI is an acronym for Program Related Investment. Pros of The L3C Structure. What is a PRI?

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Meet Our Newest Portfolio Company, Airbnb

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Brian Chesky and Joe Gebbia met at the Rhode Island School of Design and became roommates in San Francisco in 2007. They were joined by a third co-founder, Nathan Blecharczyk, who brought programming expertise. And they have been ably managing the operations amidst simply explosive growth.

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Austin and Virginia Beach ranked most business-friendly cities

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In contrast, small business owners gave Hawaii, Maine and Rhode Island an “F,” while California and Illinois rounded out the bottom five, both earning a “D” grade. The relative ease of running a business where I live is a direct reflection of the way our city and state operate and enforce the rules.

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Top Social Media Measurement and Tracking Tools

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Zite Expands Its Publisher Program. Operations. Rhode Island. Rhode Island. Thanks for being part of the FOLIO: community. blog comments powered by Disqus. Content recommedations from Evri. RECENTLY in emedia and Technology. Merging Brands with Technology. Data Drives IT Decision-Making. Art/Creative/Design.

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26 Entrepreneurs Explain How They Came Up With Their Business Name

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After much thought and what felt like game show tactics, I came up with the acronym OASIS: Operation And Strategic Implementation Services. Our business began on the island of Block Island, Rhode Island. The island sits 13 miles off the coast of Rhode Island and is a little slice of paradise.

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