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8 startups that leveraged products for social good, and where they’re headed in 2014

The Next Web

In August 2011, Rosenberg launched Do Good Buy Us with the intention of delivering well-made, healthy and sustainable products to an audience that craves a reprieve from mass-produced goods that carry ingredients like sodium oxide. 1) The e-commerce site where products fund projects. This brand’s focus in 2014?

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Founder Interview: Alejandro Russo, Building the Candela Spiced Rum Brand

The Startup Magazine

Candela Mamajuana is an alcohol/spirits startup brand that is bringing the Dominican Republic’s native rum to the world. Candela Mamajuana was born after Alejandro became fascinated by mamajuana (a spiced rum native to the Dominican Republic) after it was served to him at a hotel bar in the Dominican Republic.

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Facebook Acquires Israel’s Snaptu For an Estimated $60-70 Million

VC Cafe

One of the differentiators of Snaptu, is that the company chose the feature-phone market as its core audience. The application works on 2,500 device models and is available to 80% of the world’s phones.