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What is a Social Enterprise?

Up and Running

InStove contributes both the technology for efficient stoves, and the means to create sustainable jobs. Here in the U.S. it is a 501(c) (3) nonprofit, but because of its dedication to sustainability, it is now working with local communities to form separate stove manufacturing factories in their countries. Maryland was the first U.S.

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These Online Programs Will Make You Rethink How You Can Improve Your Business Skills

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Coursera’s catalog offers a wide variety of courses, from music and art to technology, science , and business. ” Digital Marketing, offered by the University of Illinois. According to the site, there are nearly 6,000 courses covering topics in business, technology, and creative skills. ” Udemy. Best of all?

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SXSW Startups: UbiGro

Austin Startup

UbiQD enabled this innovation with safer, cheaper, and more reliable quantum dot technology that it’s licensing from M.I.T., We can make green, yellow, orange, red, and everything in between, simply by changing the size of these particles. UbiGro has produced significant crop yield enhancements for tomatoes and cucumbers.

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The National Science Foundation Innovation Corps – What America Does Best

Steve Blank

19 of the 21 teams are moving forward in commercializing their technology. He sits on the House committee that oversees the NSF - the Science, Space and Technology committee (a place where his engineering degree and PhD comes in handy.) If you like science, technology or entrepreneurship, this guy is the real deal. He gets it.

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These Online Programs Will Make You Rethink How You Can Improve Your Business Skills

crowdSPRING Blog

Coursera’s catalog offers a wide variety of courses, from music and art to technology, science , and business. ” Digital Marketing, offered by the University of Illinois. According to the site, there are nearly 6,000 courses covering topics in business, technology, and creative skills. ” Udemy. Best of all?

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Small Business Spotlight of the Week: PVPower

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Driving through Iowa, Indiana or southern Illinois, they’re pretty hard to miss towering and turning on the horizon. With green technology becoming more and more in demand, many homeowners are struggling to connect with companies that sell products like solar panels, but also contractors who can design and install the systems.

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The Art of Work with Jeff Goins [VIDEO]

Up and Running

I grew up in a farm town in Northern Illinois, surrounded by corn fields; I lived on people who lived by this principle. I think you’ll find is what Robert Greene in his book, Mastery says it’s true that, “The future belongs to those who learn more skills and combine them in creative ways.”

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