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Episode 106: Implementing Profit First With Frank DeBenedetto and Ralph M. Rivera

Mike Michalowicz

Too add, by implementing Profit First, within the first two weeks of starting the business, the company took their first distribution check! I currently live in Holmdel New Jersey, but I still consider myself a resident-in-spirit of the island of my birth – Manhattan NYC. Welcome to Episode 106 of the Profit First Podcast!

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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. Maryland was the first U.S.

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Avoid Monoculture. Travel. Read Widely. Let Experience be Your Compass.

Both Sides of the Table

He writes about the fabric of American life, often from the perspective of his Jewish, New Jersey roots. The protagonist grows up in an upper middle class neighborhood of Newark, New Jersey. Many manufacturing companies move operations abroad leading to urban blight in Newark, New Jersey. It globalizes.

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Out of the Crisis #19: Revolution Foods co-founders on feeding kids and families, being parent-entrepreneurs, and scaling food security innovations

Startup Lessons Learned

And then we also looked at our operations and said, "We have a footprint across the US that can produce and distribute millions of meals every week, fresh meals to 400 cities and towns at incredibly affordable prices given the way we have cost optimized our footprint and our program." And our customer base grew probably.

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Don't build an empire overnight – lessons from FreshDirect and Webvan

BeyondVC

.  What struck me is that the service has been around for years in NYC, and it is now getting out to some of the suburbs in New Jersey.    In fact, after having done a little research, FreshDirect was started in 2002 and now 8 years later is delivering in New Jersey

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Don't build an empire overnight - lessons from FreshDirect and Webvan

BeyondVC

What struck me is that the service has been around for years in NYC, and it is now getting out to some of the suburbs in New Jersey. In fact, after having done a little research, FreshDirect was started in 2002 and now 8 years later is delivering in New Jersey.

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Building The Machine Podcast Episode 5: Dan Kimerling Deciens Capital

Eric Friedman

Eric, as you know, I grew up in suburban New Jersey and in suburban New Jersey, we ate a lot of Benihana growing up and I love the Americanized version of this deeply traditional Japanese meal. I think that in the world of sushi, there’s a role for Jiro, Nobu, and Benihana.