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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. Here in the U.S. B corp, or Benefit Corporation.

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2012 Valuation Survey of Angel Groups

Gust

Atlanta Technology Angels. North Dakota (6 groups). The distribution of groups in the survey includes a relatively representative sampling of angel groups across the US and Canada. BELLE Capital (Michigan). Boise Angel Alliance. Centennial (Missouri). First Angel Network (Halifax). SeedStep Angels (Oklahoma). Number: 30.

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Investing Outside The Bay Area

Haystack

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. This is a very clever way of helping new funds get their footing and hearing about what is working before others may pick up the scent. Global and Local.

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

online.wsj.com

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. An entrepreneur with a hot technology and venture-capital funding becomes a billionaire in his 20s. North Carolina. North Dakota.