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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. Maryland was the first U.S. Here in the U.S. Let’s explore some popular structures used for social enterprise: Nonprofits.

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Why I left Wall Street to figure it out.

Austin Startup

This developed into another question: Even more, since there’s so much that goes on within the community, how can I know in one place, on my phone, what’s going on?—?in in the African communities around me? He thought his family in Maryland could use it to know what’s going within Ethiopian circles there. He loved it!

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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.

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How to Start a Farm: Your Complete Guide to Success

Up and Running

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. It is so much easier to be successful as a farmer if you have even the slightest bit of support from your community. Offer to help your neighbors.

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11 Brilliant Businesswomen Who Were Way Ahead Of Their Time

YoungUpstarts

In 1775, she became the first woman to have a paper published under her name and would serve as the chief editor for the Maryland Journal in the early stages of the American Revolution. Hetty Green. African-American teacher and businesswoman Maggie Walker was a pretty amazing woman, both in business and in the community.

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People-First Capitalism

Reid Hoffman

When I was at RISD, I went to Rhode Island School of Design, there was this idea that was emerging called The Green Movement, the sustainability movement. What’s the way that you make sure that the stakeholders, whether they’re communities and hosts and all the other folks, and what are some of the things you do?

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People-First Capitalism

Reid Hoffman

When I was at RISD, I went to Rhode Island School of Design, there was this idea that was emerging called The Green Movement, the sustainability movement. What’s the way that you make sure that the stakeholders, whether they’re communities and hosts and all the other folks, and what are some of the things you do?