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What is a Social Enterprise?

Up and Running

The Social Enterprise Alliance offers this definition: “In its early days, the social enterprise movement was identified mainly with nonprofits that used business models and earned income strategies to pursue their mission. According to the Harvard Business Review, in most U.S. economy in general—U.S.

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22 Entrepreneurs Explain Their Major Accomplishments in 2020

Hearpreneur

I would say this is what I am most proud of but I am also proud of the traction that my new business has built in its first full year of operation. These 2 businesses are the opposite end of the startup journeys and I am so proud to achieve that in this trying environment. Thanks to Steve Keighery, Home Buyer Louisiana ! #3-

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Strangling Innovation: Tesla versus “Rent Seekers”

Steve Blank

This got me thinking about the legal obstacles that face innovators with new business models. Rent seekers are individuals or organizations that have succeeded with existing business models and look to the government and regulators as their first line of defense against innovative competition. Rent Seekers.

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Strangling Innovation: Tesla versus “Rent Seekers”

Steve Blank

This got me thinking about the legal obstacles that face innovators with new business models. Rent seekers are individuals or organizations that have succeeded with existing business models and look to the government and regulators as their first line of defense against innovative competition. Rent Seekers.

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Live From the Startup Bus – Round 1: My Twili-O Face (I Choked) (Post #4)

Up and Running

I even practiced pitching to a complete stranger, while taking a leak in a truck stop bathroom in a town called Iowa, Louisiana. She broke the ice by grilling me with question after rhetorical question about our business model. I was ready to rock this pitch. I had it perfected. I could not make this stuff up even if I tried.

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The Venture Capital Secret: 3 Out of 4 Start-Ups Fail

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If failure is defined as failing to see the projected return on investment—say, a specific revenue growth rate or date to break even on cash flow—then more than 95% of start-ups fail, based on Mr. Ghoshs research. start-ups fail, he says. California. Connecticut. District of Columbia. Massachusetts. Mississippi. New Hampshire.