Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

A few examples of well-known benefit corporations in the USA include Kickstarter, Etsy in New York, Patagonia in California, and Seventh Generation in Vermont. Of course, investors still require a profitable business model, and the potential for high returns. Startups can use social responsibility as a competitive advantage.

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Up and Running

AUGUST 6, 2014

The Social Enterprise Alliance offers this definition: “In its early days, the social enterprise movement was identified mainly with nonprofits that used business models and earned income strategies to pursue their mission. In terms of legal structure, social enterprises have many options. Here in the U.S. What about the rest of us?

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 5, 2013

Last year, Etsy in New York announced that it had joined the ranks of the now more than 865 companies nationwide as a Certified B Corporation, keeping good company with Patagonia in California and Seventh Generation in Vermont. Of course, investors still require a profitable business model, and the potential for high returns.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 24, 2012

Earlier this year, Etsy in New York announced that it had joined the ranks of the now more than 500 companies nationwide as a Certified B Corporation, keeping good company with Patagonia in California and Seventh Generation in Vermont. Of course, investors still require a profitable business model, and the potential for high returns.

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online.wsj.com

SEPTEMBER 23, 2012

Overall, nonventure-backed companies fail more often than venture-backed companies in the first four years of existence, typically because they dont have the capital to keep going if the business model doesnt work, Harvards Mr. Ghosh says. Journal Community. Top Groups In Small Business. Journal Community.

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View from Seed

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

Talk me through the inception of Janji and the basis for your business model. These organizations are on the ground, active in the communities so that the people who live here know it’s not just a bunch of people who work in some office in the U.S. This interview has been edited for length and clarity*. helping them.

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