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What is a Social Enterprise?

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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. with many more states pending legislation.

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Jonas Weigert on A/B Testing Beyond the Landing Page (Q&A)

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They have a ratings system and build distribution algorithms to best distribute lawn care providers to customers. I ended up going to Virginia Tech for Computer Science and joined LawnStarter to build their platform to alleviate the challenges the lawn care space faces when it comes to customer service and operational efficiency.”

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Discussion Creation Among Bloggers - LinkedIn, Blogging and Discussion Groups

SoCal CTO

It seems that four different models of "discussion creation" have occurred: Organice Discussion - someone posts something interesting, lots of bloggers post on the topic, distributed discussion ensues. Open Source Business Models, speakers for Web 2.0 See Five Things Meme as an example. event I did last fall.

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The Venture Capital Secret: 3 Out of 4 Start-Ups Fail

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To order presentation-ready copies for distribution to your colleagues, clients or customers, use the Order Reprints tool at the bottom of any article or visit www.djreprints.com. Distribution and use of this material are governed by our Subscriber Agreement and by copyright law. West Virginia. West Virginia. New Mexico.

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24 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

Hearpreneur

We began by being content-producers focused on serving the 18-24-year-old demographic right after graduation from Virginia Tech. First, we built relationships with 10+ colleges, getting distribution rights to their students. So I thought, why not apply the same business model in Ireland?

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Will Work for Equity - Investing in Clients - Arizona Bay

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Over the past year or so, work-for-equity arrangements have become an integral part of Arizona Bays business model. Take GlobalLogic , a $100 million software research and development company based in Vienna, Virginia. Get powerful communication & collaboration tools to help grow your business. Deluxe for Business.

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35 Entrepreneurs Explain How They Came Up With Their Business Name

Hearpreneur

Corner Piece Productions doesn’t have its own website currently, but here’s the site for West of Her, which picked up five Best Narrative Feature awards over our festival tour this summer, along with rave review from critics across the country, and is set for wide video on demand distribution this year. Image Credit: Janet Wu.

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