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What is a Social Enterprise?

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According to the Harvard Business Review, in most U.S. InStove contributes both the technology for efficient stoves, and the means to create sustainable jobs. Here in the U.S. B corp, or Benefit Corporation. Outdoor wear company Patagonia is a B corp. with many more states pending legislation. What about the rest of us?

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How to Choose a Business Location

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In this article, we’re going to review the things you need to keep in mind when choosing a location; offer you advice on where to look for a business location; and also provide you with a few resources we think you’ll find useful as you work through the process. In the tech world, access to talent is of paramount importance.

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The Venture Capital Secret: 3 Out of 4 Start-Ups Fail

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Loading… New York. Loading… Tech. Find New $LINKTEXTFIND$ » smaller. An entrepreneur with a hot technology and venture-capital funding becomes a billionaire in his 20s. Opinion: Noonan: The Romney Campaign Needs a New CEO. Mossberg Reviews the iPhone 5. Web Design/Tech Services.

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Out of the Crisis #11: Jeremy Howard on the power of masks, health policy, and data science in medicine

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fast.ai , the company he co-founded with Rachel Thomas and Sylvain Gugger is working to "radically democratize" deep learning by making it accessible to people beyond the tech world through courses, software and other methods. And that would never get past an Ethics Review Board because you can't. They've kept their economies open.

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Out of the Crisis #7, Brian Chesky Part 1: running Airbnb in crisis mode, being multi-stakeholder, and re-founding the company

Startup Lessons Learned

I'm from New York, upstate New York. But you go to New York City and people just kind of. Eric Ries : You're not like a lot of other tech folks. I went to Rhode Island School of Design. Eric Ries : And pretty unusual among tech platforms, if we're being honest. I'm a designer.