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7 Advantages For Being A Socially Responsible Startup

Startup Professionals Musings

In the short run, there are real costs associated with the “triple bottom line” of maximizing profit, people (social), and planet (environment). But very quickly, it is becoming obvious to startups that the value and satisfaction exceeds the costs. We all know the cost of retaining customers is far less than the cost of new customers.

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7 Benefits For Startups Joining The B-Corp Movement

Startup Professionals Musings

In the short run, there are real costs associated with the “triple bottom line” of maximizing profit, people (social), and planet (environment). But very quickly, it is becoming obvious to startups that the value and satisfaction exceeds the costs. We all know the cost of retaining customers is far less than the cost of new customers.

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7 Ways it Pays to Build a Socially Conscious Startup

Startup Professionals Musings

In the short run, there are real costs associated with the “triple bottom line” of maximizing profit, people (social), and planet (environment). But very quickly, it is becoming obvious to startups that the value and satisfaction exceeds the costs. We all know the cost of retaining customers is far less than the cost of new customers.

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21 Entrepreneurs Reveal Their Favorite Business or Entrepreneur Turnaround Story

Hearpreneur

Cohen and Greenfield borrowed $4,000 to build their first ice cream business in Vermont in 1978, with a total investment of $12,000. They're also dedicated to giving back to the community and their employees, who each receive three pints of ice cream per day. It cost him $4.8B Don’t forget to join our #IamCEO Community.

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How to Start a Farm: Your Complete Guide to Success

Up and Running

The University of Vermont Extension has a whole lot more to say about hobby farming versus running a farm as a business. These reports might include estimates for production costs and returns, like this one on the University of Maryland Extension Portal. Farming used to be so much more about community. Be a good neighbor.

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How to Decide, Convey vs. Convince, & More

Ben's Blog

The investment community often tries to capture the thinking at the time through the investment memo. And there’s obviously opportunity costs to those — to not choosing those options. I mean, no one in San Antonio is going to know what you did in Montpelier, Vermont. Jeff: It’s kind of interesting. Can we get off the route?

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

David Teten

Besides the obvious fitness benefits, according to research done by the Vermont Board of Education , exercise is not only healthy for you, but it also increases your productivity. An additional incentive to remaking the workplace into a healthy, exercise-supportive environment is the cost benefit. Standing is healthier than sitting.

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