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Social Enterprises Globally

Business Plan Blog

NESsT was co-founded by an American and a Chilean in 1997 and is currently a registered charity in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Hungary, Peru, Romania, the U.K. The 2012 Social Enterprise World Forum, hosted by NESsT, is taking place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in October. and the U.S. Comments comments Powered by Facebook Comments.

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Why Do Alumni Donate to Their Alma Mater?

Diego Basch

I have a different perspective because I got my first degree at the University of Buenos Aires, in Argentina. Of course I always felt a sense of indebtedness to my fellow taxpayers, which was one of the reasons I chose to start a company in Argentina. In Argentina professors typically do not have their own textbooks.

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37 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Businesses

Hearpreneur

I originally came from Argentina, and lived in Brazil and Venezuela before moving to the US. Extremely-Sharp.com originally started with a few retail locations in 1997, and we quickly started the e-commerce site the next year. Mike & Aaron May, Pacific Issue ! #12) 12) We Wanted to Help.