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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. What does a social enterprise look like?

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Launching a Portfolio Acceleration Platform at a Venture Capital or Private Equity Fund

David Teten

For example, I suggest it doesn’t make a lot of sense to hire a full-time team member who’s an SEO consultant. You might hire a really amazing designer, and perhaps even charge companies for their service for cost recovery purposes. John Maeda, formerly Design Partner, KPCB; formerly President of Rhode Island School of Design.

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How to Choose a Business Location

Up and Running

An interior designer was hired to make the space shine. Ultimately, they decided on a location in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, located right off the 95 and on every major bus route. Our business in located on Country Club Drive and down the street from a large country club community.”.

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People-First Capitalism

Reid Hoffman

And I hired a COO, Belinda Johnson , and she said, “No, if people don’t like you, you should meet with them.” And so my basic idea is that, I think this is probably because of my background as a designer, I like to take a very systematic approach. We’ve kind of designed the kind of growth that we want. And I said, “Why?”

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Small Business Spotlight of the Week: YANA

crowdSPRING Blog

Wayne posted a project on crowdSPRING looking for YANA t-shirt designs and loved them so much he awarded an extra creative making that six winners! How did you get things designed before crowdSPRING? Since YANA is a start-up, we never needed design work prior to our first project with crowdSPRING.

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How to Get a Quality Logo Without Spending Big Bucks

Up and Running

Logos can be expensive and not every company has the budget to bring in a graphic design agency, especially if you’re just starting out. Freelancer Paula Mottshaw , who specializes in graphic and web design, says there are creative ways to save money on a logo. A freelance designer could save you some bucks, Mottshaw says.

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7 Counterintuitive Rules for Growing Your Business Super-Fast

Reid Hoffman

To succeed, you’ll have to violate many of the management “rules” that are designed for efficiency and risk minimization. Rule #2: Hire Ms. For most of Silicon Valley’s history, the conventional wisdom on hiring executives into a startup was to quickly bring in an executive who could scale. Part of hiring Ms.

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