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Love And Giving Aren’t Green: Startups & Corporate Social Impact

YoungUpstarts

I cleaned parks in Brooklyn, served meals in soup kitchens, and mentored underprivileged youth on personal finance. In my former life, I worked at an investment bank, where at least one day a year we were required/allowed to donate a day to “Community Teamworks,” and participate in a charitable program.

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Rusty Tweed Explores How Sustainability is Impacting the Construction Industry

The Startup Magazine

To this end, a number of commercial green buildings have been designed with features that promote workplace productivity and ambiance. With advances in technology, green buildings can also be built at fairly competitive prices. The cumulative cost impact often adds to lower building operation and corresponding maintenance cost.

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Always Go Home with the Lady Who Brought you to the Dance

Both Sides of the Table

But it was early 2009 and not many companies were getting new financings at all so I thought they should take the deal. But my other VC partner had a smaller fund and raising price would have a big impact on his ability to finance the company. I mentioned it to my friend and he green-lit the plans for her to ask him to the dance.

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3 Major Product Fails, And How To Avoid Their Mistakes

YoungUpstarts

Green ketchup, bottled water for pets, airport security “action figures”, yogurt shampoo – there have been some pretty epic product failures over the years. He has led teams in strategy, planning, business and corporate development, finance and operations. By Malcolm Stewart, CEO of YouEye.

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Dan Lok Explains Venture Capital Funding and How to Secure It

The Startup Magazine

It is a type of financing that investors can provide to startups and small businesses which are believed to have the potential for success in the long term. They may be interested in consumer products, software, fintech, AI, or green technologies. Dan Lok explains what venture capital funding is and how to secure it for your business.

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The Truth About the Scooter Economy?—?An Insider’s Perspective

Both Sides of the Table

In my home town of Santa Monica they painted 19 miles of bike lanes green to help delineate bikes & scooters from cars and they built 3 miles of soft barriers to test how this works with traffic flow. The best cities and campuses have fully embraced scooters and others are waiting and watching this experiment and hoping to learn.

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Startup Strategy Roundtable: Niche Marketplace Businesses Can Be Interesting

ReadWriteStart

This is a segment that is well beyond traditional micro-finance, but also somewhat below the scope of the regular financial institutions. Hardika intends to build a financial institution focused on this segment with financing from social entrepreneurship oriented venture funds like Unitus. million financing round for.

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