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Weaving social purpose into a business is becoming an increasingly popular trend. From seeking certification as a B Corporation — in which a for-profit company meets certain standards of social and environmental performance — to pursuing impact inves …
Follow your passion. It sounds trite and seems obvious, but I started my first business on a whim at age 26. At that point, I had lived in Beijing for five years and spoke decent Mandarin when my alma mater contacted me to help interview Chinese applic …
Today’s workforce wants it all: Earn a good living, make the world a better place, report to good managers, and feel purpose in their work. Unfortunately, finding said job is much harder than it sounds, and that’s a big part of the reason why over 68% …
Toms Shoes is now a social-impact investor. The apparel brand, which pioneered a controversial business model that blends profit and philanthropy, announced earlier this week the launch of the Toms Entrepreneurship Fund, an investment arm aimed at for- …
For Jay Coen Gilbert, it felt like someone took a wrecking ball to his dream. American entrepreneur Gilbert and two college friends launched AND 1 in 1993. By the time Gilbert decided to sell the basketball apparel business in 2005 so he could move on …
Choosing where to eat or what store to shop at can be difficult if you want to make sure the company you’re purchasing from is green, or owned by minorities, or is locally sourced. It would take research to find out what businesses are friendly to the …
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