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What is a Social Enterprise?

Up and Running

They also note that after the 2007 recession—when things looked grim for the U.S. Maryland was the first U.S. According to the Harvard Business Review, in most U.S. economy in general—U.S. charitable giving fell by only 10 percent. Let’s explore some popular structures used for social enterprise: Nonprofits.

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People-First Capitalism

Reid Hoffman

And it was 2007. And I think one of the things that we’ve learned is, when I came to Silicon Valley in 2007, we were starting Airbnb in 2008, it was a marketplace. When I was at RISD, I went to Rhode Island School of Design, there was this idea that was emerging called The Green Movement, the sustainability movement.

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People-First Capitalism

Reid Hoffman

And it was 2007. And I think one of the things that we’ve learned is, when I came to Silicon Valley in 2007, we were starting Airbnb in 2008, it was a marketplace. When I was at RISD, I went to Rhode Island School of Design, there was this idea that was emerging called The Green Movement, the sustainability movement.