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How to Bring the Holiday Spirit of Giving into Work

Up and Running

The holidays are a great time to foster a positive workplace culture, as well as give charitably to your community. Another way to be both festive and charitable during the holiday season is to sign up as a team to do something in the community. Sign up to participate in a local event, like a seasonal fun run. Caroling fish, anyone?

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10 Amazing Microfinance Success Stories

YoungUpstarts

Reuben Mpunda, Tanzania. Lopez and his family were living in a plastic tent in Barrio Nelson Mandela, Colombia, with $300 to his name. Yet there are still those who point to amazing microfinance success stories like these as proof that conscious lending can be a good deal for more than just the money men. Marcelino Lopez, Colombia.

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Small Business Spotlight of the Week: TripBucket

crowdSPRING Blog

While living my personal Dream to Summit Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania we took the website live, literally as I was hiking up the mountain. We are also focused on gaining additional exposure of the TripBucket name through social media. What’s the craziest story you have from starting your own business?

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Out of the Crisis #21: Tomas Pueyo on the hammer and the dance, political polarization, and how the pandemic will affect the way we live and work

Startup Lessons Learned

His name is Tomas Pueyo. For example, Santa Clara had a community-spread case early in March. If something like that happens, you want to close everything, because it's a community spread. And maybe there's people from Georgia who are traveling to Idaho, and they are seeding the coronavirus in the community.