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30 Entrepreneurs Explain How They are Incorporating Social Entrepreneurship in Their Business

Hearpreneur

We are beginning to focus on and create initiatives toward being more green. 2- Recruiting the unemployed from Africa. Photo Credit: James Green. Thanks to James Green, Build A Head ! #13- At CustomersFirst Academy, we commit to contributing 1% of our revenue to global education. 1- Being greener.

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30 Entrepreneurs Reveal Their Favorite Business or Entrepreneur Turnaround Story

Hearpreneur

Over the years, despite massive losses, Netflix was able to bounce back and improve its revenue by 47%. Photo Credit: Rob Greene. Thanks to Rob Greene, Price of Meat. #13- The Fat Sheep project in South Africa's barren Karoo landscape is my favorite turnaround story. Thanks to Jen Wan, Soteri Skin ! 12- Disney.

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24 Entrepreneurs Share Their Favorite Inspirational Business Quote

Hearpreneur

Thank you to Gene Caballero, Your Green Pal ! #9 22 – Every morning in Africa, a gazelle wakes up… Image Credit: Manoj Marty Puranik. Every morning in Africa, a gazelle wakes up, it knows it must outrun. Every morning in Africa, a lion wakes up. There are 3 8-hour work days in one 24 hour day.

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10+ Trends: Recap of 2011 and What’s Next…

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The Rise of Conscious Capitalism: I’ve been involved with social entrepreneurship for years through my involvement with organizations such as Echoing Green and the Unreasonable Institute , and this is the year that I saw massive growth and interest in the sector from the mainstream. And Beyond….

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Why I left Wall Street to figure it out.

Austin Startup

I remember enjoying reading his book “ Delivering Happiness ,” the story behind how he led Zappos and drove it to a billion dollars in revenue before Amazon bought it. The screens were coming together and the color scheme I was using (using the primary African colors of Yellow, Green, and Red) was not bad.

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A Guide For Men Who Refuse To Settle

Duct Tape Marketing

John Jantsch (04:04): Cuz you, you, you see, so often people chasing what they see people doing on Facebook or what they think a business should be, or, you know, top line revenue numbers, because that's, you know, fun to go talk about, you know, with other people. I don't want to do that anymore. I'm tired of waiting. It just sounds Good.

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25 Entrepreneurs Explain Their Motivation to Grow Their Business

Hearpreneur

Starting my own business has given me the freedom to spend more time with my family and kids, go for a hike in the morning, make a green smoothie, and work with innovative direct-to-consumer companies that I am personally passionate about and are creating some force of good in the world every day. 7- Increase revenue.