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What is a Social Enterprise?

Up and Running

According to the Harvard Business Review, in most U.S. 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. Let’s explore some popular structures used for social enterprise: Nonprofits.

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SXSW Startups: UbiGro

Austin Startup

A finalist in Hyper-Connected Communities , which will pitch at 5 pm Saturday, March 9, UbiGro is a nanotech-enabled greenhouse film by UbiQD, Inc. UbiQD enabled this innovation with safer, cheaper, and more reliable quantum dot technology that it’s licensing from M.I.T., It works on cannabis too! How do you choose which to focus on?

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The Art of Work with Jeff Goins [VIDEO]

Up and Running

I grew up in a farm town in Northern Illinois, surrounded by corn fields; I lived on people who lived by this principle. We rely on communities of people that help us get to where we want to go. I realized this, that every story of success is really a story of community. It was standing time around a community of people.

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