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Ethikus Leverages the Power of the Ethical Consumer
The idea that change starts small isn’t new. But in an age when large corporations seem increasingly ubiquitous and powerful, small businesses have become an important locus of sustainable economic...
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Are Too Many Social Enterprises Adding To Our Problems?
Reich suggests that people target specific needs with unique projects, rather than creating issue-focused organizations. If you want to change the world—whether locally or globally, big or small—you’ve...
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The Unreasonable Institute At Sea: A Mobile Incubator
The Unreasonable Institute, an incubator for social enterprise start-ups from around the world, has teamed up with Stanford’s d.school and the study abroad program Semester At Sea to offer a unique...
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The Millennial Version of “Mad Men”: Office Kuki Offers Sustainability Brand...
Back in the days of “Mad Men,” companies would spend big bucks on advertising in magazines and billboards. That still happens, but small start-ups can’t afford to shell out for major ad campaigns, nor...
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How Food Is Revitalizing Detroit
A family gets ready to plant a garden in Detroit's Brightmoor neighborhood. “There’s different people–black, white, rich, poor–coming together to talk about why their tomatoes aren’t growing,” says...
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Clique provides more secure online dating through social networks
For young city-dwellers, dating is a social problem: infinite complications (limited time and money, instable or constantly-changing social circles) add stress and frustration to the already-daunting...
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Recent Impact Investing Conference Hosted By Agora Partnerships Moves The...
The "Class of 2012," the Agora entrepreneurs who pitched at the reccent conference. At the recent Impact Investing In Action conference that took place in Atlanta from May 22-25, various players in the...
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Susan Ross, Author Of “Expanding the Pie,” On Nonprofit-Corporate Partnerships
After working as the reproductive health director of CARE, where she focused on partnerships with corporations aimed at improving health conditions in garment factories until 2003, Susan Ross became...
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Why Health Care Is A Wicked Problem
The Supreme Court has brought the country one step closer to universal health care, but the road continues. The Supreme Court has allowed most aspects of Obama’s health care bill to pass. So, now we...
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Starting From Scratch: Working On-The-Ground To Make Something Happen
An artisan in Kolkata works on a clutch for Rubina's fall line. Photo by Hannah Thistlethwaite. Over the last year, Dowser has tracked the nascency of Rubina Design, a social enterprise that aims to...
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