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What is a Social Enterprise?

Up and Running

L3Cs were first formed in 2008, and are currently only legal in Illinois, Kansas, Louisiana, Maine, Michigan, North Dakota, Rhode Island, Utah, Vermont, and Wyoming, as well as the federal jurisdictions of the Crow Indian Nation of Montana, and the Oglala Sioux Tribe. Maryland was the first U.S. state to adopt this structure in 2010.

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5 Big Problems Faced By Small-To-Medium US Manufacturers

YoungUpstarts

The management team decided to ask the AJ Weller Corporation, a 25-year old company from Shreveport, Louisiana, for help because it had a developed a sterling reputation for solving apparently intractable wear problems. Increased global competition.

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22 Entrepreneurs Explain Their Major Accomplishments in 2020

Hearpreneur

Thanks to Steve Keighery, Home Buyer Louisiana ! #3- 14- Creating a global virtual 3-day virtual summit. I would say this is what I am most proud of but I am also proud of the traction that my new business has built in its first full year of operation. 3- Pivoting. Photo Credit: Taylor Drake. Photo Credit: Dr Mark Farrell FIA.

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IBM: Where Corporate Responsibility is Not a Trend, but a Lifestyle

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If you looked at just the business pages in American newspapers, you’d think corporations working with nonprofits and delivering global responsibility was a new trend. However, global companies like IBM have been modeling social impact for decades now and Latinitas can attest to their commitment.

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My 2020 Vision for Graduates: How to be Optimistic in Terrible Times

Reid Hoffman

In a quote that’s often attributed to Charles Darwin – but was in fact a Louisiana State University management professor paraphrasing Darwin in 1963 , “It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent that survives. Now, with so much in flux, where do we go from here? Who flourishes?

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Helping Hands: U.S. Resources For Import/Export Startups

YoungUpstarts

Based in Louisiana, and using stainless steel from U.S If you have specific questions about your market, you can also pay an additional fee for flexible market research. The cost ranges between $200 and $3,000. Steve Smith founded ISO , It Straps On, Inc in 1994.

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What Is a Benefit Corporation?

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Now, you can create a benefit corporation in: Arkansas, California, Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Hawaii, Illinois, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Vermont, Virginia, and Washington D.C., with many more states in the pending legislation phase.