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Business Ethics And Social Responsibility

YoungUpstarts

It applies to the production, distribution, marketing, sale and consumption of goods and services. Forbes notes some of the reasons why Seventh Generation, a Burlington, Vermont-based company that produces and distributes green products, was recognized as the best company for the environment.

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What Is a Benefit Corporation?

Up and Running

Now, you can create a benefit corporation 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., with many more states in the pending legislation phase.

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How to Decide, Convey vs. Convince, & More

Ben's Blog

And when to spend time deciding or not, especially when not all decisions are equal and some may seem bigger and more impactful — whether it’s investing in life decisions, like getting married, or business decisions, such as what product to invest in, or what strategy to pursue, or what market or what investment. That’s what a market is.

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How to Start a Farm: Your Complete Guide to Success

Up and Running

Step 5: Marketing your farm and products. Gregory Heilers has helped on two startup farms: his father’s 200-acre grass-fed beef and goat farm, which also includes an orchard, a berry patch, and a vegetable garden, with areas set aside for future logging; and on a seven-acre organically grown market garden in upstate New York.

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Reinventing the Office: How to Lose Fat and Increase Productivity at Work

David Teten

Besides the obvious fitness benefits, according to research done by the Vermont Board of Education , exercise is not only healthy for you, but it also increases your productivity. Our investment in BetterWorks was in part driven by our belief in the importance of employee benefits in a tight labor market for highly qualified people.

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28 Entrepreneurs Explain How They Came Up With Their Business Names

Hearpreneur

A great company name has to be snappy, memorable, and accurately convey your market space without limiting your reach. I moved to Vermont to cycle and ski, and to work in a gourmet food operation in Burlington. ‘Nature’ speaks to the natural, green and blue ecosphere that supports all human and non-human life.

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Fixing immigration for startups: What the US government can (and should) do right now

The Next Web

George Arison is the founder of Shift , a platform to bring convenience and trust to the used car market. After high school, I attended Middlebury College in Vermont, received an incredible undergraduate education, and stayed to pursue a career in America. A green card. school without being sponsored by a Soviet or U.S.