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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. B corp, or Benefit Corporation. .” Social Enterprise UK .

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16 Entrepreneurs Explain How They Got Into Entrepreneurship

Hearpreneur

My dad had only 2 years of high school, yet started a farm implement business, a car sales business and gas station in a small town in North Dakota. My mom had only 8 grades of education in a small farm school in the prairie of North Dakota and was his secretary. Thanks to Melisa Alaba, Eliza Mary Global Network ! #16

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Jason Colodne of Colbeck Capital Interviews Energy Ventures Analysis’ Emily Medine

The Startup Magazine

Over the last four years, the coal industry has witnessed an ongoing transformation on a global scale – from decreased demand in the US to growing fuel needs in Asia and rising concerns about climate change. and global solid fuel demand and prices for alternative coal types, coke, and market segments.

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Exporting American Universities to India

Campus Entrepreneurship

Check out this article in Time Magazine : Restricted from operating independently in India, foreign institutions have been able to get a toehold by setting up joint ventures with Indian colleges. From Northwestern to North Dakota State, hundreds of foreign schools have found partners. The benefits of these tie-ups go both ways.

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Investing Outside The Bay Area

Haystack

Fred and his partners Albert, John, Andy, before Brad, now Rebecca have operated headquartered out of New York City, and have invested successfully near home (Esty, MongoDB, Kickstarter), in the Bay Area (Twitter, Coinbase) and in Europe (SoundCloud). Global and Local. On the ground, I am seeing more hybrid solutions.

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The Venture Capital Secret: 3 Out of 4 Start-Ups Fail

online.wsj.com

based companies initially funded by venture capital between 2006 and 2011, 84% now are closely held and operating independently, 11% were acquired or made initial public offerings of stock and 4% went out of business, according to Dow Jones VentureSource. Globaloney: Globalization Challenged. North Carolina. North Dakota.

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Blitzscaling Beyond Startups

Reid Hoffman

It’s costly in a variety of ways, from lower operational efficiency to higher capital expenditure and employee (and founder) burnout. Data/Learning : A final key driver of lasting advantage is your organization’s ability to derive key learnings from operating the business. Blitzscaling isn’t a free option.

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