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Global Impact: Social Entrepreneurship Companies

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Blake Mycoskie visited Argentina in 2006 and saw children walking in the streets outside Buenos Aires without shoes. For every pair of shoes sold, TOMS would provide a new pair of shoes to children in Argentina and other developing countries. Innovation through a new product, a new service or a new approach to a social problem.

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Go Live With The Whales

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Where do we cross back to Argentina?” They swung into action both from Argentina and the United States, working with the airlines to get us from Bariloche to Buenos Aires and then beyond. We had partners and felt supported. From a business perspective, the way REI acted in this tumultuous time made me a raving fan.

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Four Things To Consider When Taking Your Startup Global

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Consider your original business plan officially useless. Many companies large and small that has tried and failed to penetrate the massive China market, for example, largely because they couldn’t navigate through the various business challenges thrown their way by that lucrative but notoriously fickle market.

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