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From apathy to action: Transforming volunteer boards through tech empowerment

Board Effect

For example, Starfish Family Services, a Michigan social service agency, has a 21-member board. Efficiency By automating administrative tasks such as meeting scheduling, agenda preparation and document distribution, technology saves time and resources for both board members and administrative staff.

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Why the Future of Tesla May Depend on Knowing What Happened to Billy Durant

Steve Blank

When Sloan arrived at GM in 1920 he realized that the traditional centralized management structures organized by function (sales, manufacturing, distribution, and marketing) were a poor fit for managing GM’s diverse product lines. Durant died managing a bowling alley in Flint, Michigan, in 1947. The company closed in 1931.

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What is a Social Enterprise?

Up and Running

An excellent example of a social enterprise is The Empowerment Plan —an organization that hires people currently living in homeless shelters to create a combination winter coat, sleeping bag, and over-the-shoulder bag, which is then distributed to the homeless of Detroit free of charge. Here in the U.S. B corp, or Benefit Corporation.

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Meet Arbor Brewing Company: How Do You Grow A Local Business Brand?

Brandanew

Arbor brewing company was set up in the summer of 1995 in Ann Arbor, Michigan by the husband-wife duo of Matt and Rene Greff. It is the first brewpub set up in Ann Arbor and the fifth in Michigan. But, there’s research to show that, for every $1 spent with local businesses, 73 cents come back to the community.

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In Silicon Valley, Founders Fight for Control

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What is an L3C?

Up and Running

The United Kingdom began using a similar structure in 2005, called a Community Interest Company. His organization, Americans for Community Development, provides detailed information about L3Cs, and you can find out more about the organization on their website. . In 2008 in the U.S.,

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Longhorns Sign Deal With ESPN | UT Channel Coming

Campus Entrepreneurship

There are maybe 10 universities that could pull this off and a few of them are already involved with cable programming — As a Michigan grad, I love the Big Ten Channel.). said would be split equally between athletics and academic interests.

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