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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. According to the Harvard Business Review, in most U.S. states for-profit companies can accept donations and nonprofit companies earn revenue, which dispels the myths that a nonprofit can’t make money, or a for-profit venture would miss out on donations.

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Where Does Foundry Group Invest?

Feld Thoughts

Of the 23 funds listed here, 13 are in the Bay Area, 3 in NYC, 3 in Boston, 2 in LA, and one each in Detroit, Seattle, Toronto, Waterloo, Indianapolis, and Fargo, North Dakota. This is a very clever way of helping new funds get their footing and hearing about what is working before others may pick up the scent.”.

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Blitzscaling Beyond Startups

Reid Hoffman

The fund generated $17 billion in returns in 2007. This tends to happen more in the world of finance — think of the farsighted investors from “The Big Short” who bet against the subprime mortgage market. In 2006, John Paulson raised a $147 million fund to bet against subprime mortgages.

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