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Global Impact: Social Entrepreneurship Companies

YoungUpstarts

Blake Mycoskie visited Argentina in 2006 and saw children walking in the streets outside Buenos Aires without shoes. Nearly one-quarter of the world’s population has soil-transmitted infections , according to the World Health Organization, and they affect the poorest and most deprived communities. What is your business model?

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Latinitas Volunteer Spotlight: T.C. Waugh

Austin Startup

Before returning to his hometown of Austin, he spent much of his life in Mexico and Argentina; his wife Giselle is from Uruguay. Helping my team of girls to develop a business plan and pitch it to a team of judges was the highlight of my year! Originally trained in the world of advertising and marketing for the U.S.

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Social Enterprises Globally

Business Plan Blog

Conservative Party known as the “Big Society” has been launched and aims to empower local community entrepreneurs. based organization that has a profound impact on the international social enterprise community is Ashoka, which has established programs in over 60 countries and supports the work of nearly 3000 Fellows. Back in the U.S.,

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Thoughts on Spanish Startups from La Red Innova 2011

VC Cafe

More and more incubators are popping up, students are participating in business plan competitions, and actively look to get involved with startups. Spain, Argentina and Brazil have relatively low levels of venture capital activities ( Invest in Spain confirms this). But that is now changing.

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