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What is a Social Enterprise?

Up and Running

An excellent example of a social enterprise is The Empowerment Plan —an organization that hires people currently living in homeless shelters to create a combination winter coat, sleeping bag, and over-the-shoulder bag, which is then distributed to the homeless of Detroit free of charge. Maryland was the first U.S.

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Walmart’s Been On A Buying Spree. Which Company Could It Acquire Next?

Up and Running

Select investors: Lerer Hippeau Ventures, Slow Ventures, Maveron, Tiger Global Management. Allbirds’ expanding appeal, range of products, and distribution channels could attract Walmart. The company offers a tech-enabled full service pharmacy currently available in every state except Hawaii. Disclosed funding: $27.4M.

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Multiculturalism: Lorie Valle-Yanez on driving diversity initiatives into business benefits

Transformify

In partnership with the executive team, Lorie designed MassMutual’s first diversity and inclusion strategy, focused on Leadership, Marketplace & Distribution, and Workforce & Workplace. Lorie, you were raised in Hawaii where inclusion and belonging are a way of life. in Organizational Behavior.

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The Venture Capital Secret: 3 Out of 4 Start-Ups Fail

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To order presentation-ready copies for distribution to your colleagues, clients or customers, use the Order Reprints tool at the bottom of any article or visit www.djreprints.com. Distribution and use of this material are governed by our Subscriber Agreement and by copyright law. Globaloney: Globalization Challenged. California.

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14 Entrepreneurs Describe The BHAGs (Big Hairy Audacious Goals) For Their Business?

Hearpreneur

8- Stop counterfeiting and IP infringement globally. I honestly believe that through a combination of technology and expert people we can help put a stop to counterfeiting and IP infringement globally. 9- Be the #1 Small Giant in Hawaii. You see like Silicon Valley, Hawaii is becoming its own startup paradise.

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Out of the Crisis #11: Jeremy Howard on the power of masks, health policy, and data science in medicine

Startup Lessons Learned

So plenty of dark bits, but also this weird discovery that you can create incredibly close connections with people that I've never met before and build a global community of people who want nothing more than to help save lives. So there was like scary moments. And that's been remarkable. I've discovered this. Eric Ries : Yeah.