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What is a Social Enterprise?

Up and Running

“Our best chance to make the world better is to agree that the choice among corporate structures should be made entirely in service of social impact,” says Rich Leimsider, the Vice President of Fellowship Programs at Echoing Green, a nonprofit that invests with social entrepreneurs. Social Enterprise UK .

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52 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

Hearpreneur

I am also in a few select boutiques and Hotel Gift shops including the famous Mohonk Mountain House and a design collective in Australia) My collection features unexpected combinations of raw and polished gemstones, opulent pearls, precious metals, custom clasps, and exotic minerals from the world’s treasure troves. (I Image Credit: Nancy D.

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Nuke’em ‘Till They Glow – Quitting My First Job

Steve Blank

The Vietnam War had just ended and I was out of the Air Force back in college living in Ann Arbor Michigan. Colors other than olive green or camouflage slowly seeped back in my life as “Yes sir, and no sir” faded away. There was only one job that I quit when I feared for my life. Life Is Good. But first I was going to see the reactor.

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17 Entrepreneurs Share their Favorite Quotes

Hearpreneur

Being a native of West Michigan, I know a lot about snow! It’s a rule of thumb that I’ve since followed in my PR marketing business that I’ve operated for more than 13 years. For instance, you cannot expect a web development agency to be good at SEO or web design, and vice versa. Image Credit : Sid Simone.

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The Story Behind the Secret History Part II. Getting B-52s through.

Steve Blank

After been stationed at three fighter bases in Thailand ( Ubon , Udorn and Korat ) and working on Electronic Warfare suites on F-4’s, A-7’s, F-105’s and AC-130’s, I got orders to report to a Strategic Air Command (SAC) B-52 bomber base in Alpena Michigan. Imagine how hot, humid and unbearable the weather was in Thailand.

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Jonathon Triest of Ludlow Ventures: “VC Done Right” (and in Detroit)

Hunter Walker

By some miracle I got into the University of Michigan, and soon started passing classes by developing strong relationships with my professors rather than living in the library. I’ve always had a passion for photography, so while at U of M I joined the Michigan Daily (the campus student publication) as a photographer. Let’s back up.

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Out of the Crisis #9, the founders of Frontline Foods on the moral imperative to support frontline workers at scale

Startup Lessons Learned

You can see a list of every city where they operate and make directed donations on their site.)Thanks You can't go to Spirit Rock or Green College. I know where I work at UCSF, we've designed our own test and we've even revised our own test a few different times to make available was not happening on the federal level.