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What is a Social Enterprise?

Up and Running

L3Cs were first formed in 2008, and are currently only legal in Illinois, Kansas, Louisiana, Maine, Michigan, North Dakota, Rhode Island, Utah, Vermont, and Wyoming, as well as the federal jurisdictions of the Crow Indian Nation of Montana, and the Oglala Sioux Tribe. B corp, or Benefit Corporation. What about the rest of us?

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

David Teten

This typically includes: Relationships with relevant service providers in your vertical, often with pre-negotiated discounts: coaches, lawyers, accountants, common software vendors, consultants. John Maeda, formerly Design Partner, KPCB; formerly President of Rhode Island School of Design. Advantages. Disadvantages.

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Maternova Experiences Impressive Growth Since Winning Palo Alto Software’s First LivePlan $10,000 Business Boost Competition

Up and Running

Palo Alto Software announced today that it is excited to see the ongoing growth of Rhode Island-based startup, Maternova ([link] , the social venture startup winner of Palo Alto Software’s first annual national business plan competition in 2012, dubbed the “LivePlan $10,000 Boost”. About Palo Alto Software, Inc: .

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Top Social Media Measurement and Tracking Tools

www.foliomag.com

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Where To Find The Most Angels To Fund Your Startup

Startup Professionals Musings

This software platform is used by most local Angel organizations for managing deal flow. This is an online platform connecting entrepreneurs based in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont, with Angel investors worldwide. Here are the largest flocks: Gust (formerly AngelSoft).

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Start Here if You are Looking for Angel Investors

Startup Professionals Musings

This software platform is used by most local Angel organizations for managing deal flow. This is an online platform connecting entrepreneurs based in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont, with Angel investors worldwide. Here are the largest flocks: Gust (formerly AngelSoft).

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7 Counterintuitive Rules for Growing Your Business Super-Fast

Reid Hoffman

You’ll often have to do things that don’t scale when it comes to sales (for example, founder Marc Benioff brought in Salesforce.com’s first customer, Blue Martini Software, by calling in a favor from its CEO, Monte Zweben), operations ( Paul English listed his personal cellphone number as the original customer service line for Kayak), and so on.

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