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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. Maryland was the first U.S.

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Founder Interview: RedMane Technology’s Tony Lakier

The Startup Magazine

The State of Louisiana was our first major win. In 2000, Louisiana gave our five-person company (at that time) a multimillion-dollar contract to implement a mission-critical system. Louisiana is still a client and great reference for RedMane today! Describe RedMane’s pivot point, and its impact on the company?

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Women 2.0 Partners Google, Extends Founder Friday Events

YoungUpstarts

First started in San Francisco, Founder Friday events draw an average of 350 attendees and take place the first Friday of every month, providing the opportunity for female entrepreneurs to interconnect while listening to valuable keynote speeches from local female founders. To date, Women 2.0

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27 Entrepreneurs Explain How They Came Up With Their Business Names

Hearpreneur

I grew up with parents and grandparents who loved to cook, and with our south Louisiana heritage, cooking was as much about the family as it was about the meal itself. The post 27 Entrepreneurs Explain How They Came Up With Their Business Names appeared first on Hearpreneur. My Kitchen Serenity was an easy and natural choice.

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22 Entrepreneurs Explain Their Major Accomplishments in 2020

Hearpreneur

In the last few days of 2020, we took some time to ask a few entrepreneurs and businesses what their biggest business accomplishments were. #1- Thanks to Steve Keighery, Home Buyer Louisiana ! #3- I was an entrepreneur and I worked long hard hours to build my company. Many businesses were launched and others were closed.

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A New Idea for Black Friday

Gregg Fraley, Author of Jack's Notebook

The harder news, like the protests at Walmart in Ontario, Louisiana, got a lot less air time. While I have much sympathy for the protestors in Louisiana, I don’t have much hope for their getting better pay. Or a local entrepreneur trying to make something? Of course, the protests are the bigger story.

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Strangling Innovation: Tesla versus “Rent Seekers”

Steve Blank

The banks lobbied regulators in Louisiana , New York , California, and Idaho and soon they were issuing injunctions forcing PayPal to delay their IPO. As the company grew larger, incumbent banks forced PayPal to register in each state.