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7 Advantages For Being A Socially Responsible Startup

Startup Professionals Musings

To legally facilitate startups who want to give top priority to socially conscious solutions, thirty-five states, starting with Maryland way back in 2010, have passed legislation allowing incorporation as a Benefit Corporation (B-Corp). But very quickly, it is becoming obvious to startups that the value and satisfaction exceeds the costs.

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What is a Social Enterprise?

Up and Running

Maryland was the first U.S. Currently this structure is available in Arkansas, California, Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Hawaii, Illinois, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Vermont, Virginia, and Washington D.C., state to adopt this structure in 2010.

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How Investors Are Increasing Their Returns Through Collaboration and Technology

David Teten

Ahlberg founded Spotfire (acquired by Tibco) based on his research on information visualization at the University of Maryland under the guidance of Ben Shneiderman. Mr. Ahlberg earned his doctorate from Chalmers University of Technology and has worked as a visiting researcher at the University of Maryland.

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Entrepreneurs are Everywhere Show No. 10: Reetu Gupta and Mandela Schumacher-Hodge

Steve Blank

Named to Forbes 30 Under 30 in Education list in 2014, Mandela Schumacher-Hodge is a former high school teacher who later served as global director of Education Entrepreneurs, a Gates Foundation initiative operated within UP Global, now Techstars. Her first startup was Tioki, known as the LinkedIn for educators. .

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25 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

Hearpreneur

Thanks to Steve Groom, Maryland Home Buyers in Baltimore ! #6- Five years later we have a team of about 200 e-commerce consultants spanning over three global offices and we are going strong- managing over 200 Amazon seller accounts, eBay, Walmart as well. I am in charge of my own destiny and I would not have it any other way.

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7 Benefits For Startups Joining The B-Corp Movement

Startup Professionals Musings

To legally facilitate startups who want to give top priority to socially conscious solutions, seventeen states, starting with Maryland in 2010, have passed legislation allowing incorporation as a Benefit Corporation (B-Corp). But very quickly, it is becoming obvious to startups that the value and satisfaction exceeds the costs.

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Small Businesses Need To Look Into These Social Media Strategies

YoungUpstarts

Yes, it’s true that social media is global – meaning that if you send the right message, it could potentially reach a limitless audience of people all over the world. He is also the founder of HindSite Interactive , an award-winning Maryland digital agency specializing in website design, user experience and web app development.