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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. B corp, or Benefit Corporation. What about the rest of us?

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Jobzle – Rhode Island Student Entrepreneurs

Campus Entrepreneurship

Founders include some Brown University engineering students and and a computer science major at the University of Rhode Island. BTW, we recently posted on the upcoming 2011 Rhode Island Business Plan Competition (which will award nearly $200,000 to start ups in Rhode Island.).

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Launching a Portfolio Acceleration Platform at a Venture Capital or Private Equity Fund

David Teten

Relationships with Venture Partners, Entrepreneurs in Residence , and other non-salaried personnel who can help your companies. John Maeda, formerly Design Partner, KPCB; formerly President of Rhode Island School of Design. AskAnything.VC aggregates resources from all the VCs. I have developed a founder curriculum on my blog.

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195K for Startups in the Rhode Island Business Plan Competition

Campus Entrepreneurship

PROVIDENCE — The Rhode Island Business Plan Competition is launching its 2011 competition with a kick-off event to be held Oct. at the Rhode Island Center for Innovation & Entrepreneurship in Providence. From the New England Business Bulletin , an announcement regarding a statewide business plan competition.

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Entrepreneurs are Everywhere Show No. 6: Al Milukas, and Zahra Aljabri and James Faghmous

Steve Blank

The latest guests on Entrepreneurs are Everywhere , my radio show on Sirius XM Channel 111, shared how a passion for food, and a personal need for modest but fashionable clothing fueled decisions to begin second careers as startup founders. And sometimes solving your own needs turns into a startup opportunity. Channeling a passion. (He)

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Where To Find The Most Angels To Fund Your Startup

Startup Professionals Musings

As an entrepreneur, you simply use their investor search engine to find appropriate investors for your business according to location, industry interest and other relevant criteria. angels entrepreneur funding groups startup' This software platform is used by most local Angel organizations for managing deal flow. Keiretsu Forum.

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Start Here if You are Looking for Angel Investors

Startup Professionals Musings

As an entrepreneur, you simply use their investor search engine to find appropriate investors for your business according to location, industry interest and other relevant criteria. This software platform is used by most local Angel organizations for managing deal flow. AngelList. New England Investment Network.