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Strategy Roundtable: Spotlight On Jacksonville, Florida

ReadWriteStart

This past weekend, the Jacksonville entrepreneurship community hosted their own version of this exciting program. An additional 50 were on the wait-list, an evidence of the energy and enthusiasm that is bubbling in Florida right now. 150 people came together, and 17 businesses were formed. SustanAbin.

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Seven Small (But Sweet) Ways To Show Your Community Some Love In Time for Valentine’s Day 

YoungUpstarts

by Quint Studer, author of “ Building A Vibrant Community: How Citizen-Powered Change Is Reshaping America “. You love your community. And (to put it in Valentine’s Day terms) you want others to love your community as much as you do. The same is true on a community level. It’s home. We’re worth it.”

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Green Franchise Taking The Industry A Notch Higher

Hearpreneur

Since we enhanced the product, adding 24/7 Service, automation, and Green Earth and a “we care” factor, we added Care Cleaners and the name is OXXO Care Cleaners. The app is being rolled out store by store and is currently being used by 10 South Florida stores. Tell us about your products and services. How do you help clients?

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What is a Social Enterprise?

Up and Running

it is a 501(c) (3) nonprofit, but because of its dedication to sustainability, it is now working with local communities to form separate stove manufacturing factories in their countries. Here in the U.S. InStove contributes both the technology for efficient stoves, and the means to create sustainable jobs. “Our Maryland was the first U.S.

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The Future of Transportation

Feld Thoughts

Nevada, Florida, and California have already legalized them, suggesting this may be less of an issue than anticipated. Companies like Chris Anderson’s 3D Robotics have built, along with the open source community, the ArduPilot, a sub-$500 autopilot for unmanned drones. If costs come down, are there other barriers? Litigation.

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18 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

Hearpreneur

It has opened the door to youth sports for kids in my community as well as eliminate the theft that occurs in youth sports that aren’t being monitored. i left, moved t Florida, and never looked back. With that, I created LeagueNetwork.com media. Thanks to Anne-Sophie, League Network ! #14- Why did you start your business?

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What Is a Benefit Corporation?

Up and Running

Now, you can create a benefit corporation in: Arkansas, California, Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Hawaii, Illinois, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Vermont, Virginia, and Washington D.C., with many more states in the pending legislation phase.