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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. Currently this structure is available in Arkansas, California, Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Hawaii, Illinois, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Vermont, Virginia, and Washington D.C.,

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Fixing immigration for startups: What the US government can (and should) do right now

The Next Web

After high school, I attended Middlebury College in Vermont, received an incredible undergraduate education, and stayed to pursue a career in America. Though my career began in politics, in 2007 I helped start a company called Taxi Magic, one of those companies that had the crazy idea of letting you hail a cab with your phone.

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Sick Leave for Your Employees: Why it Matters

crowdSPRING Blog

San Francisco, for instance, in 2007 passed the first such law and in 2012 Connecticut became the first state requiring such coverage. The trend has continued, in cities such as Seattle, Portland and the District of Columbia states have also enacted laws requiring paid sick days, with Vermont being the latest to consider new rules.

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Will Grim Job Prospects Scar Today’s Grads? USATODAY.com Wonders

Campus Entrepreneurship

”A lot of us are silly optimistic, sometimes,” says Amanda Frattarola, 22, who graduated from the University of Vermont in 2011 and found a job as a health and wellness coordinator in Arlington, Texas. Beneath this cascade of sobering statistics, a new pragmatism might be forming.”A Her job search lasted eight months.