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by gautam on March 2, 2010
This is an unconventional path but many fear walking this path less traveled as it doesn't have the thrills and frills associated with for profit businesses but the trend seems to be changing with...
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by gautam on February 18, 2010
Any social enterprise is motivated by environmental or social purposes and I would like to salute all those who would like to go ahead with such ventures. The good thing about going forward with such ...
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by ehsan on June 27, 2009
Two gradute students in Brown university participated in the annual entrepreneurship competition, they knew they would have a tough time: Their idea was establishing a social enterprise which was more...
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by ehsan on June 25, 2009
Have you ever heard the term "Elevator Pitch"? Well the term is certainly a commodity in entrepreneurship world and refers to the following situation: Imagine you are in the elevator with a big time i...
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by ehsan on June 21, 2009
As you might know, California has probably the highest unemployment rate in the U.S. now as the result of the economic downturn. The companies in Silicon Valley as an example are scaling back and layi...
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by ehsan on May 15, 2009
Social Entrepreneur is an individual who identifies an environmental or social problem in society and creates a venture that will direct its goals to improve society and the environment. A business en...
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by ehsan on April 30, 2009
When Infosys' founder Narayana Murthy pledged part of his personal wealth to help "wonderful people" working to spread education and health across India, I believe he became one of the n...
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by ehsan on April 10, 2009
One of the people who recently got featured by INSEAD Business School in France as a transforming factor in social enterprises is Taffy Adler.
Taffy become the CEO of the Johannesburg Housing Compan...
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by ehsan on March 31, 2009
I knew the speaker and Futurist Dr Patrick Dixon from his speeches related to supply chain and business. Recently I found out that he is also an activist in social welfare oriented activities. In this...
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by ehsan on March 22, 2009
Jessica Jackley Flannery, an MBA graduate who founded Kiva, the micro lending website has written the story of she came up with the idea of her company in Stanford Social Innovation Review (It's a...
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by ehsan on February 13, 2009
Ganga Stone joined forces with Jane Best and Restaurant Claire in 1986 to help patients with HIV and other serious problems get food delivery service for free. Restaurant Claire prepared meals that Ga...
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by ehsan on February 8, 2009
GOOD Magazine has released a very cool video (you can see it below) on the significant negative impact which E-Waste is having on our world. This effect is especially very high in developing countries...
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by Miche on November 22, 2007
(Image via Turkish Daily News)
A man after my own heart, Sir Richard Branson, spoke at a leadership conference in Istanbul this past Saturday on his very high hopes and socially responsible plans for...
Read more of Virgin Founder With Eyes on the Sky: Social Spotlight
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by Miche on November 18, 2007
Imagine this. It's that time you've been waiting for - the moment you get to find out what is beneath all that wrapping paper and mystery. After holding out for so long, you finally tear away ...
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by Miche on October 31, 2007
Or should I say, Halloween? If you ask me, it's just plain Hollow nowadays.
You know, this holiday used to mean something - but public opinion has changed vastly. So few people even honor or resp...
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by Miche on October 31, 2007
The Canadian Sphagnum Peat Moss Association, Premier Horticulture, Inc. and Sun Gro Horticulture Distribution have filed a complaint [pdf] against Organix, Inc for the company's use of "RePea...
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by Miche on October 31, 2007
Sometimes an enterprise can have relatively questionable tactics, but otherwise offer something quite positive to the consumer. Kevin Trudeau and his slew of books on natural cures is one such enterpr...
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by Miche on October 28, 2007
There are many ways to support the operations of an enterprise. You can buy their products, buy their stock, recommend the company to others, and you can work for them. I believe that if you work for ...
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by Miche on October 27, 2007
One thing so many people seemed to have lost is a sense of value for money. In the spirit of perhaps changing that, here's a poem I wrote some time ago on the matter, previously posted in an old...
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by Miche on October 26, 2007
In case you missed it yesterday, I stated...
To me, corporate social responsibility is not in the hands of the corporation, but in the hands of the people. It is your duty to be a responsible consume...
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by Miche on October 25, 2007
I was asked some time ago how I have the time to read all of this, and where I find my information. It took me a while to think about how to answer that some way besides "that's just who I am...
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by Miche on September 26, 2007
Columnist Jenni Carlson in Saturday's Oklahoman attacked Oaklahoma State backup QB Bobby Reid, essentially stating that he just didn't care about the game. Coach Gundy didn't like it. No...
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by Miche on September 23, 2007
I'm not sure if you have heard about the LOL Catz fad (how ever they want to spell that), but I'm having a hard time deciding whether it's cute or annoying. To an extent it seems to enco...
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by Miche on September 23, 2007
BuzzMachine has a very interesting viewpoint on the so-called impartiality of journalists. Albeit technical and rather thickly written, it definitely poses a very good point.
"There I think we se...
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by Miche on August 30, 2007
"In New England, the Literacy rate was over 50 percent during the first half of the 17th century, and it rose to 70 percent by 1710. By the time of the American Revolution, it was around 90 perce...
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by Miche on August 24, 2007
Bubble, bubble, toil and trouble - there's a new genetically enhanced bacteria strain that literally craps ethanol at high temperatures. The bacteria strain, called TM242, is particularly special ...
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by Miche on August 23, 2007
Social Enterprise Magazine has recently added to their website a wonderful 32 page booklet with neat bits of information and fun stories to get people fired up about Social enterprise Day (to be celeb...
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by Miche on August 17, 2007
It's a gift giver's worst nightmare - giving a gift they consider trash. Well why not just outright give them trash?
It's been said before, one man's trash is another man's treasu...
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by Miche on August 7, 2007
Being the leanest, greenest brand of them all takes a lot of gumption and know-how. Not only do you have to be highly competitive as a business, but you also have to take care of the social bottom lin...
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by Miche on July 20, 2007
The largely deplorable state of the U.S. health care system is not going to get much better anytime soon, thanks to the Bush administration. Major reports have been severely compromised or flat out de...
