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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. state to adopt this structure in 2010. with many more states pending legislation.

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Paper-Based Business — 3 Types Of Books Consumers Don’t Like To Read Digitally

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But in commercial terms, they seemed to be swimming against the stream after the Amazon Kindle was introduced in 2007 — bringing a portable library of millions of titles to customers worldwide. Bibliophiles wax lyrical about the tactile, sensory qualities of paper books and the most dedicated will never ditch paper for digital versions.

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Winning Contests Helps Startup Beyond the Launch | Univ of Maryland | MIT Enterprise Forum

Campus Entrepreneurship

From Entrepreneur Magazine: In 2006, I got into ACTiVATE, a women’s entrepreneurship training program offered through the University of Maryland. They told us about a business plan competition in the state of Maryland for women-owned companies. In March 2007, I won first prize: a check for $10,000.

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I’m Back. Why I Love January

Both Sides of the Table

Never was that more clear than in this short, but tear-inducing post from 2007 by Aaron Swartz , who you probably know took his life last week at the full-life-in-front-of-him-but-didn’t-feel-that-way age of 26. top photo is with my brother-in-law, Jeff McLellan in Annapolis, Maryland]. But of course life isn’t like this.

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6 Ways User Interface and User Experience Design Can Help Your Business

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Another study from Harvard and the Universities of Maryland and Colorado found similar results: the more visually complex a website was, the lower its visual appeal. Google research found that people consistently rated simple websites as more beautiful than visually complex ones. The bottom line? The simpler the design, the better.

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What I Wish I’d Known Before I Started My Business

Up and Running

Kelly Costello started Puppy Cake, a business that sells “people food for dogs,” in 2007. Jonathan Passley, the owner of PDR Web Solutions, a web design and online marketing company located in Baltimore, Maryland, says he didn’t know how to save for taxes when he first started out at the age of 22.

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Lean startup tools for Rails apps

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