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IBM: Where Corporate Responsibility is Not a Trend, but a Lifestyle

Austin Startup

Thanks to a partnership with the United Way and IBM’s former Lenovo production department, Latinitas received its first laptop and was able to launch the first and only magazine made for and by young Latinas online and an accompanying media and tech education program in East Austin schools and community centers.

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What is a Social Enterprise?

Up and Running

This incorporates a socially beneficial mission with a manufacturing arm that produces a useful product for its targeted demographic, while also directly providing employment to members of that demographic. According to the Harvard Business Review, in most U.S. Maryland was the first U.S. state to adopt this structure in 2010.

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Denventory.com: Keeping Track Of What You Own

YoungUpstarts

Kelly, a 2010 Information Technology graduate of the University of Arkansas in Fort Smith, founded and developed Denventory after experiencing firsthand the overwhelming task of creating a home inventory. “Future applications of the system are also being explored such as a product recall lookup and more. .”

Arkansas 219
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A Good Answer in a Business Plan Contest

Up and Running

All three of the others were strong business plans, with good product-market possibilities, strong technologies, and strong management. They’re from the University of Arkansas. By the time I asked that question, my fellow judges were probably rolling their eyes, because I’d asked that of every other team in that track.

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Students To Make Biodegradable Plastic Bags A Reality

YoungUpstarts

But not if four University of Arkansas student have anything to say about that – the founders of cycleWood Solutions Inc. Most plastic bags we use today will either get incinerated or end up in a landfill somewhere. intends to make biodegradable plastic shopping bags into reality.

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How to Say Thank You :: Small Business Marketing Blog from Duct.

Duct Tape Marketing

SIMPLE, EFFECTIVE AND AFFORDABLE SMALL BUSINESS MARKETING Home About Consulting Products Programs Workshops Blog Resources Contact Subscribe by RSS Subscribe to Duct Tape Marketing by Email Small Business Week 2011 Our winners! Candi Forney My Great Grandfather owned a fruit and vegetable store in a tiny town in Arkansas.

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The ABCs of Starting an Investor Pitch Meeting – Always Be Credible

Seeing Both Sides

The worst situation – 20 minutes into the presentation, the entrepreneur is still bragging about some random product they launched in a completely irrelevant industry sector. I find that the more impressive the entrepreneur, the shorter the introduction. And you run out of time to actually pitch the big idea.