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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. appeared first on Bplans Blog. According to the Harvard Business Review, in most U.S. B corp, or Benefit Corporation.

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Reinventing the Office: How to Lose Fat and Increase Productivity at Work

David Teten

I’ve attached below my original, much more detailed blog post about the details of how we’ve designed our office to help people stay healthy and be as productive as possible. Here are our core operating principles: - Healthy alternatives should be truly viable alternatives, not luxury products. Thanks Tim!)

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Be a Benevolent Dictator (And Eight More Lessons For Getting Your Stalled Start-up Off The Ground)

YoungUpstarts

No longer do they have to accept inferior products and dismal service. In our world of almost instant computer-driven communications, blogs, chat rooms, Tweets, Facebook pages, and apps galore, the consumer has come of age. Always look at a new idea through your customers’ eyes. Today customers have the power — and they know it.

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I Tried 10+ Different Food Delivery, Clothing Boxes and Online Subscriptions

Austin Startup

I was completely sold as I have been a huge lover of local foods ever since my visit to Vermont/upstate NY (the top places with local food). This really was my first dip into subscription boxes and got me into pretty much everything I talk about in this blog.

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Welcome To The Fall Semester

Feld Thoughts

write a blog post, go for a run, and then have a completely jam packed day full of working with amazing people. Fitbit launched two new products yesterday ( Fitbit Zip and Fitbit One ), Return Path launches three today (Email Intelligence!), George), Vermont (Burlington), and Michigan (Detroit) in October.

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Sick Leave for Your Employees: Why it Matters

crowdSPRING Blog

This could represent a meaningful expense for many of those businesses, but also represents a meaningful opportunity to increase productivity, improve employee morale, and develop a stronger company culture of caring and confidence. Why is this good for small business? Photo: Country Doctor — by W. Eugene Smith/Life Magazine.

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What Is a Benefit Corporation?

Up and Running

Method, the popular cleaning products company, is a registered benefit corporation in the state of Delaware. appeared first on Bplans Blog. Image via methodhome.com. The benefit corporation option is one such legal structure. with many more states in the pending legislation phase. Let me know in the comments below. .