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Giving Back: A Perfect Way to Start the New Year

Michelle Renee | Posted 12.22.2009 | Impact

Read More: Common Unity Pr, Living News, Homelessness, Social Entrepreneurship, Living With Meaning, Giving Back, New Year's Resolution, Women Entrepreneurs, Good Friends United, Living, Michelle Renee, Entrepreneurship, Giving Back to the Community, Womenbusiness, Impact News
Michelle Renee

Giving back is in my blood, but I didn't grasp just how deeply it is etched into who I am and how important it is as part of a successful business strategy until I became an entrepreneur.

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Don't Start a Social Enterprise -- Unless You Have To

Scott Ballum | Posted 12.17.2009 | Business

Read More: Small Business, Social Entrepreneurship, Work-Life Balance, Business School, Mba, Business Plan, Business News
Scott Ballum

Activist entrepreneurship takes a very strong kind of person, many days I wonder if it takes one stronger than me. It takes a visionary who is also a bookkeeper.

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Book Lays Out Plan for an 'Impact Index'

Jane Wales | Posted 12.11.2009 | Impact

Read More: Social Entrepreneurship, Virtual Stock Market, Social Innovation, Global Philanthropy Forum, Geo, Goldberg, Impact Index, Philanthropy, Nonprofit, Billions of Drops in Millions of Buckets: Why Philanthropy Doesn't Advance Social Progress, Foundation Center, Steven Goldberg, The Aspen Institute, Clinton Global Initiative, University of Pennsylvania, Center for High Impact Philanthropy, Jane Wales, Social Entrepreneur, Billions of Drops in Millions of Buckets, Fundraising, Fsg, Impact News
Jane Wales

Some of the best nonprofits have been prevented in their potential for growth. What's needed, according to Steven Goldberg, a consultant to nonprofits and social entrepreneurs, is a new nonprofit capital market.

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True Angels in the City of Angels: The Top 5 Social Enterprises in LA

Jonathan Greenblatt | Posted 12.02.2009 | Los Angeles

Read More: City Year, Chrysalis, Treepeople, Arne Duncan, Liberty Hill, Operation Usa, Green Dot, Matt Petersen, Ed Norton, Los Angeles, Mark Gold, Mario Lopez, Social Enterprise, Brad Pitt, Steve Barr, Social Entrepreneurship, Alan Khazei, United Way, Handson-Network, Adlai-Wertman, International Medical Corps, Leonardo Dicaprio, Global Green, Heal the Bay, Los Angeles News
Jonathan Greenblatt

Despite the negative press, LA is a vibrant hub of ethnicities and ideas, a thriving metropolis that spurs continuous innovation for the common good.

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What in the World Is a Social Entrepreneur?

Lloyd I. Sederer, MD | Posted 11.14.2009 | Home

Read More: Social Development Organizations, Social Services, Community Organizing, Community Building, Social Entrepreneurship, Social Activism, Home News
Lloyd I. Sederer, MD

Social entrepreneurs show us that enabling others to lead lives of belonging and contribution is a truer measure of value, one that is priceless.

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Start-Up Capital for For-Profit Social Entrepreneurs, Part 2: A Resource Guide

Rachael Chong | Posted 11.16.2009 | Impact

Read More: Nonprofit, Social Enterprise, For-Profit, Socially Responsible Investing, Social Venture, Social Entrepreneurship, Start-Up Capital, Start-Ups, Impact News
Rachael Chong

For the second part of my series on start-up capital for social entrepreneurs, I've created a list of investors, incubators, networks and other resources that support start-up social ventures in the U.S.

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TOMS Shoes Founder Works To Stamp Out Foot Disease In Ethiopia

Posted 11.06.2009 | Impact

Read More: Shoe Drops, Philanthropy, TOMS Shoes, Podoconiosis, Blake Mycoskie, Social Entrepreneurship, Ethiopia, Impact News

CBS Evening News recently profiled a TOMS shoe drop in Southern Ethiopia, where TOMS Shoes Founder and Chief Shoe Giver Blake Mycoskie spoke about his...

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Engaging Ambassadors in Social Entrepreneurship

Saul Garlick | Posted 11.06.2009 | Impact

Read More: South Africa, Social Entrepreneurship, Advocacy, Foreign Policy, Nonprofits, Impact News
Saul Garlick

What is the ideal role of the U.S. Government in connecting with rural, poor African communities? Does the U.S. Foreign Service have a responsibility to American citizens to know what is going on in the field?

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Venturing Green

Bob Giloth | Posted 11.04.2009 | Green

Read More: Social Enterprise, Nonprofits, Green Jobs, Social Ventures, Green, Business, Social Entrepreneurship, Employment and Training, Green Businesses, Green News
Bob Giloth

Are theses nonprofit ventures harbingers of bigger and better things to come? It's hard to scale these businesses or even to replicate them.

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Start-up Capital for For-Profit Social Entrepreneurs - Where the heck is it? Part 1.

Rachael Chong | Posted 10.28.2009 | Impact

Read More: Office of Social Innovation, Social Enterprise, Ashoka, Socially Responsible Investing, Echoing Green, Social Entrepreneurship, Social Investing, Start-Ups, Investor's Circle, Social Entrepreneur, Cheryl-Dorsey, Impact News
Rachael Chong

With all the recent attention given to social entrepreneurs, when will we actually begin to see an acceptable level of investment directed towards these leaders of social change?

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What is Work? America Re-Imagined at Pop Tech (Day 1)

Sharon Glassman | Posted 10.23.2009 | Local

Read More: Creativity, John Fetterman, Kurt Anderson, Poptech, Braddock Pennsylvania, Innovation, Predictably Irrational, Dan Ariely, Economics, Social Networking, Social Entrepreneurship, Local News
Sharon Glassman

While many of us believe that more money is a motivator, it's actually a stressor that inhibits performance.

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Young in America

David D. Burstein | Posted 10.15.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Debate, Social Innovation, Youth Vote, Youth, Unemployment Rate, Green Jobs, Economic Crisis, Social Security, Young-Invincibles, Economy, David Burstein, Renewable Energy, Jobs, Innovation, Fiscal Responsibility, Young Voters, Politics, Unemployed, Unemployment, Social Entrepreneurship, Millennials, Us Economic Crisis, Social Entrepreneur, Entrepreneurship, Nancy Pelosi, Health Care, Politics News
David D. Burstein

By most indicators young people are the most adversely affected age group by the economic crisis, the most at risk when it comes to health care coverage, and the deepest in debt.

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Global Sustainable Enterprise Kickoff at CSU Biz School

Greg Berry | Posted 10.14.2009 | Denver

Read More: Sustainability, Social Entrepreneurship, Sustainable Business, Colorado, Fort Collins, International Business., Business School, Denver News
Greg Berry

Colorado State University has an incredible program within the business school, Global Social and Sustainable Enterprise.

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Lessons From Coco Chanel, a Self-Made Woman

Rachael Chong | Posted 10.05.2009 | Business

Read More: Coco Before Chanel, CoCo Chanel, Entrepreneurship, Gender Equality, Social Entrepreneurship, Glass Ceiling, Clinton Global Initiative, Women Entrepreneurs, Women and Girls, Business News
Rachael Chong

A woman ahead of her time, Coco Chanel was a true entrepreneur, who brought women freedom through fashion.

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Health Care's True Cost to Small Business

Andrew Ruben | Posted 11.28.2009 | Business

Read More: Congress, Small Business, Social Entrepreneurship, Health Care Reform, Universal Health Care, Health Insurance, Social Entrepreunership, Entrepreneurship, Perverse Incentives, Business, Entrepreneur, Health Care, Business News
Andrew Ruben

Reversing the perverse incentives in the health care system -- a system which prevents small businesses from growing -- is integral to any economic recovery.

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Ecopreneur: An Innovative Way to Attract Investors in a Recession

Kristin Boekhoff | Posted 11.24.2009 | Business

Read More: Socially Responsible Investments, Investing, Investments, Social Entrepreneurship, Finance, Green Businesses, Bangladesh, Green News, Green, Women Entrepreneurs, Travel, Entrepreneurship, Private Equity, Entrepreneur, Investors, Business News
Kristin Boekhoff

I don't have to convince the Bangladeshis of the potential of their country. They are keen to change the world's negative perception of Bangladesh; a high-profile, luxury eco resort could do just that.

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The Recession's Accidental Entrepreneurs (SLIDESHOW)

HuffPost's Eyes & Ears | Matthew Palevksy | Posted 11.10.2009 | Business

Read More: Slidepoll, Unemployment, Entrepreneurship, Social Entrepreneurship, Accidental Entrepreneur, Recession, Small Business, Accidental, The Recession, Entrepreneur, Accidental Entrepreneurs, Business News

The recession has put thousands of people out of work, creating a new class of accidental entrepreneurs. Whether by ingenuity or just plain luck, man...

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Seven Tenets of the Socially Conscious Business

Andrew Ruben | Posted 09.14.2009 | Business

Read More: Blue State Coffee, Green Business, Small Business, Socially-Conscious, Coffee, Social Entrepreneurship, Business News
Andrew Ruben

There are many companies trying to take advantage of this trend, but some businesses are more socially conscious than others.

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Fractured Paradise: Four Days in Haiti

Cameron Sinclair | Posted 09.03.2009 | World

Read More: Yele Haiti, Development, Investment, Social Entrepreneurship, Haiti, Wyclef Jean, World News
Cameron Sinclair

Last week I traveled to Haiti to see if my organization could provide design and building services for a couple of projects. What I found was a country very different from what was reported in the media.

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Pro Food: Slow Food with an Entrepreneurial Twist

Rob Smart | Posted 08.07.2009 | Green

Read More: Investments, Pro Food, Slow Food, Farms, Sustainable Food, Social Entrepreneurship, Cooking, Sustainable Agriculture, Retail, Eating, Innovation, Entrepreneurship, Green News
Rob Smart

Pro Food stands apart in its efforts to revitalize the entrepreneurial side of the American food system, with the express purpose of reestablishing the link between food and source, bringing together eaters and farmers in new, innovative ways.

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Amidst Conflict, Pakistanis Persevere

Susan Davis | Posted 08.02.2009 | World

Read More: Women's Rights, Education, Poverty, Microfinance, Social Entrepreneurship, Pakistan Taliban, Pakistan, Working Women, Women in Business, Taliban, North-West-Frontier-Province, Nwfp, Poverty Alleviation, Brac, World News
Susan Davis

The impoverished North-West Frontier Province lays claim to devastating maternal and child mortality rates, and scant education for girls. But courageous women here are increasingly agents of change.

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Conscious Business: Like Water To A Fish ...

Brian Whetten | Posted 06.18.2009 | Business

Read More: Ken Wilber, Conscious Business, Small Business, Consciousness, Social Entrepreneurship, Good to Great, Steve Chandler, David Hawkins, Jim Collins, Corporate Social Responsibility, Triple Bottom Line, Business, Green Business, Pakistan, Happiness, Business News
Brian Whetten

Fear makes us stupid, it makes us un-conscious, it literally sucks the blood from our brains, reverses tens of thousands of years of evolution, and puts us into "fight or flight mode."

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Resetting: An Unprecedented Meeting of Philanthropists

Jumpstart | Posted 06.18.2009 | Living

Read More: Philanthropy, Grantmaking, Social Innovation, Upstart, Social Entrepreneurship, Jewish, Start-Ups, Jumpstart, Innovation, Skoll Foundation, San Francisco-California, Living News
Jumpstart

This was an unprecedented event in the Bay Area; never before had Jewish and non-Jewish grantmakers gathered together in "Jewish space" to discuss needs and tactics.

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We Must Support America's Entrepreneurs

Lesa Mitchell | Posted 06.11.2009 | Business

Read More: Michelle Obama, New Business, Entrepreneurship, Social Entrepreneurship, Entrepreneur, Business News
Lesa Mitchell

Promoting and enabling an entrepreneurial spirit will create jobs, solve problems and improve lives across the nation.

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Goldman Environmental Prize: Change the World, Change Your Brain

Alvaro Fernandez | Posted 05.23.2009 | Green

Read More: Tracy Chapman, Al Gore, Social Entrepreneurship, Ashoka, Retirement, Environment, Goldman Prize, Robert Redford, Cognitive Health, Changemaker, Green News
Alvaro Fernandez

I just came back from an inspiring Goldman Prize Award ceremony, where seven grassroots environmental change-makers were recognized for their work and resiliency.

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