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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. with many more states pending legislation.

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Entrepreneurs And Small Businesses Thrive With These 5 Tech Tools

YoungUpstarts

These days, it’s not uncommon for companies large and small to be completely distributed, i.e., have a wholly remote workforce. Eyal earned his MBA from The Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania. Additionally, Eyal was one of the first employees of Old Lane, a $5.5B

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From apathy to action: Transforming volunteer boards through tech empowerment

Board Effect

Another organization, the Pennsylvania Chamber of Commerce, has 62 top CEOs and C-suite executives from across the state serving on the board. “Attendance has been through the roof since we introduced hybrid,” said Susan Bovair, Executive Assistant to the CEO and Board Liaison.

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20 Entrepreneurs Reveal The Industry With The Most Optimist Future

Hearpreneur

Before starting my own company, I spent 5 years working at the University of Pennsylvania working amongst some of the best minds. Future technological advances will only bring more creativity and ingenuity into the world of publishing and it will be coming from self-published authors. Thanks to Darshan Somashekar, Solitaired App ! #14-

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Tech Checkup: Cloud Technology Redefining the Dental Industry

The Startup Magazine

What that means: In one “real world” case, a Pennsylvania dental group realized on a Sunday that, due to an epic snowstorm, its offices would have to stay closed on Monday. The Complete Cloud at Work. Marketers always say that the best advertising is good word of mouth, and that has definitely been our experience.

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Why you should always use your board software for secure board communication

Board Effect

Starting new trustees on the right path When new board members of the Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and Industry start, board administrator Carissa Burgett makes sure they understand that all board communications will come through the Chamber’s board management software, BoardEffect. And one tool that helps with board communication?

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How “False Expertise” Can Damage Your Business—and How to Protect It

ConversionXL

How much do you know about Philadelphia, Pennsylvania? It costs less than $100 per year to run a website, and—unlike the print publishing era—no reputable editor or printing costs stand in the way of immediate, uncensored, worldwide distribution. What about Acadia National Park? Or Monroe, Montana?