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What is a Social Enterprise?

Up and Running

“Our best chance to make the world better is to agree that the choice among corporate structures should be made entirely in service of social impact,” says Rich Leimsider, the Vice President of Fellowship Programs at Echoing Green, a nonprofit that invests with social entrepreneurs. appeared first on Bplans Blog.

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A Good Answer in a Business Plan Contest

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I already said I was the judge in the story above, and the business was Green Valley Solar , which ended up in third place, and impressed the heck out of the five of us tasked with judging that track. They’re from the University of Arkansas. First, because they came out ahead of Green Valley Solar.

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The National Science Foundation Innovation Corps – What America Does Best

Steve Blank

He had read my blog posts about the NSF Innovation Corps and was interested in how the first class went. Principal Investigator: Nilanjan Banerjee University of Arkansas. SwiftVax – A Green Manufacturing Platform for Faster, Cheaper, and Scalable Vaccine Manufacturing.

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What Is a Benefit Corporation?

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Now, you can create a benefit corporation 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., appeared first on Bplans Blog. Let me know in the comments below. .