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What is a Social Enterprise?

Up and Running

One social enterprise that embodies this model is InStove, an organization that sustainably makes the world’s most efficient stove, for use primarily in developing nations where fossil fuels and electricity are scarce, and walking long distances to gather wood can be dangerous. Here in the U.S. B corp, or Benefit Corporation.

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GDPR Compliance: Better Late Than Never

YoungUpstarts

In January 2012, the European Commission set out to develop plans for data protection reform across the entirety of the European Union. It doesn’t matter if you’re located in Paris, Rome or Bismark, North Dakota – if you do business with customers in the EU and collect data on them, you must be GDPR compliant. What is the GDPR?

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Where Does Foundry Group Invest?

Feld Thoughts

Of the 23 funds listed here, 13 are in the Bay Area, 3 in NYC, 3 in Boston, 2 in LA, and one each in Detroit, Seattle, Toronto, Waterloo, Indianapolis, and Fargo, North Dakota. Hopefully, we will continue to help develop and expand existing and new startup communities. The post Where Does Foundry Group Invest?

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Jason Colodne of Colbeck Capital Interviews Energy Ventures Analysis’ Emily Medine

The Startup Magazine

Medine is responsible for advising coal consumers on developing and implementing fuel procurement strategies. She also serves as an advisor for the sales and acquisition of coal-related assets and develops forecasts of U.S. As a Principal in coal practice, Ms. Last year, there were about 1.5

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The Top 5 Duct Tape Marketing Podcast Episodes for 2018

Duct Tape Marketing

Garrett Moon is the CEO and co-founder of CoSchedule , the web’s most popular marketing calendar and the fastest growing startup in North Dakota. He previously served as Moz’s Director of Local Search Strategy, where he led the development of Moz Local.

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What is an L3C?

Up and Running

His organization, Americans for Community Development, provides detailed information about L3Cs, and you can find out more about the organization on their website. . In 2008, Vermont became the first state to adopt this legal structure, and the first L3C was founded by attorney Robert Lang, one of the leading advocates of the L3C.

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16 Entrepreneurs Explain How They Got Into Entrepreneurship

Hearpreneur

My dad had only 2 years of high school, yet started a farm implement business, a car sales business and gas station in a small town in North Dakota. My mom had only 8 grades of education in a small farm school in the prairie of North Dakota and was his secretary.