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Live now: The founder of The Muse answers your entrepreneurship questions via video. Get involved!

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Before founding The Muse, Kathryn worked on vaccine introduction in Rwanda and Malawi with the Clinton Health Access Initiative and previously at the management consultancy McKinsey & Company. She was recently listed in Forbes’ 30 Under 30 in Media for the second year in a row and Inc.’s s 15 Women to Watch in Tech.

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Twitter Link Roundup #78 – Small Business, Social Media, Design, Copywriting, Marketing And More

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Malawi Boy Builds Windmill Out of Junk – [link]. Oracle Integrates Crowdsourcing Into CRM – [link]. What If There Weren’t So Many White People? – [link]. Best photogallery I have seen so far of the earthquake in Japan – [link]. 20 most hilarious movie poster remakes – [link].

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18 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

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For every bottle sold, we give 5 years of clean water to a person in Ghana (we’ve helped people in Namibia and Malawi in the past too!). Since I’m of Ghanaian descent and grew up hearing stories of how my family didn’t have access to water, I decided that GiveMeTap would help people in Africa get access to clean water.

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Waiakea Water Joins List Of Sustainable Companies

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He partners with Pump Aid to donate clean, fresh water to people in Malawi. It is a company that has been dedicated to being environmentally and socially responsible since it was established. Waiakea Water was founded in 2012 by Ryan Emmons. Waiakea Water produced the first fully degradable and recyclable plastic bottle.

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8 startups that leveraged products for social good, and where they’re headed in 2014

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Charity:water’s latest campaign for 2014 is focused around donating to the people of Malawi, Africa. Content partnerships (with media sites such as Upworthy) are largely responsible for charity:water’s brand awareness. A video released on December 23 garnered 4K YouTube views in just three hours.

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37 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Businesses

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A split second after deciding to open my own business, I also knew I wanted to be a not-just-for-profit and achieved this in April this year with anywhere from 50c to $5 being donated from every sale to Microloan Foundation Australia who empowe r women in Malawi with small business loans. 34) A Desire to Bring Fun & Magic.

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Small Business Spotlight of the Week: CorpsAfrica

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They are currently working in Morocco and Malawi, but hope to expand to all 54 African nations. Instead of sending volunteers from countries that have little understanding of the real issues, CorpsAfrica is about empowering locals with the resources to come up with practical answers. You can access their donation page here.