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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. In addition, they often don’t have a sophisticated marketing and sales process to grow their business.

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22 Entrepreneurs Explain Their Major Accomplishments in 2020

Hearpreneur

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. Thanks to Steve Keighery, Home Buyer Louisiana ! #3- These 2 businesses are the opposite end of the startup journeys and I am so proud to achieve that in this trying environment.

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Navigating the volunteer board member lifecycle for effective collaboration

Board Effect

At the Louisiana Restaurant Association , leaders also sought new strategies and tools to manage access to documents and data as board members ended their terms or resigned. With collaborative revisions, automated notifications and electronic approvals, boards can operate with a minimum of paper and no unnecessary duplication of effort.

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Strangling Innovation: Tesla versus “Rent Seekers”

Steve Blank

Smart startups prepare to face off against rent seekers and map out creative strategies for doing so… First, however, they need to understand what a rent seeker is and how they operate… ———-. Understand who has political and regulator influence and where they operate. PayPal – Dodging Bullets.

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[Singapore] Daily Deal Site Deal.com.sg Launches DEALivery.sg

YoungUpstarts

recently launched DEALivery.sg , an online food deals and delivery service that brings you a wide variety of cuisines – Singaporean, Thai, Chinese, Indonesian, Western, Malaysian, Indian, and Vietnamese, amongst others – from different F&B operators around the country right to your doorstep.

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Founder Interview: RedMane Technology’s Tony Lakier

The Startup Magazine

Add in mobile and analytics and you change the game for how businesses and public sector organizations operate. The State of Louisiana was our first major win. In 2000, Louisiana gave our five-person company (at that time) a multimillion-dollar contract to implement a mission-critical system. They were too short-term focused.

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