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Month: September 2013

Social Entrepreneur Started Passport Life, Inspired By Song

Brooklyn-native, social entrepreneur Kenji Summers founded Passport Life to assist under-resourced youth get passports, travel,…

An Entrepreneurial Approach to Philanthropy

Eli Broad, American billionaire, entrepreneur and philanthropist,  prefers the company of creative types. He describes his…

Social Enterprise Empowers Lives with Innovative Infant Products

Embrace Innovations, a prize-winning social enterprise, seeks to help millions of vulnerable infants get equal…

Passion is the Essential Social Entrepreneurial Trait

Sean Meenan, a NYC restaurateur, investor, philanthropist, developer and environmentalist,  is now harboring the benefits…

Social Enterprise Brings Light and Hope in Rural Africa

Social enterprise, Solar Sister, is a woman-centered organization that provides women access to employment while…

Old Skool Cafe: A Social Enterprise that Cooks More Than Soul Food

Teresa Goines, the founder of social enterprise Old Skool Cafe in San Francisco and running…

Corbin Hill Farm Provides Fresh Produce to NYC Neighborhoods that Need it Most

New York City-based Corbin Hill Farm is a social enterprise that serves to address the…

Solid Rain: Drought-Defying Powder

Solid Rain, a powder that transforms water into gel, is invented by Mexican chemical engineer…

Taking your social enterprise global

Take Divine Chocolate Limited managing director Sophi Tranchell’s word for it. She gives her six…

Social Enterprise Serves Breaducation to Positively Impact Lives

Hot Bread Kitchen, established by international design agency Pentagram and spearheaded by partner Abbott Miller,…

Crowdfunding: Changing the Game of Corporate Philanthropy

Crowdfunding gathers community members, nonprofits, social enterprises and private foundations to subsidize projects and programs…

World’s First Philanthropic Coffee Roaster is in Laos

A coffee house will not only help Laos’ surrounding impoverished communities, but will also serve…

How a Sprinkling of Perfume Can Promote Peace

Perfume company, Histoires des parfums, recently launched its ‘Make Perfume Not War’ limited edition that…

Toilet Paper That Builds Toilets

Who Gives A Crap, a social enterprise that produces a new brand of toilet paper,…

Social enterprise: what does it mean, and where does it come from?

What does “social enterprise” mean? A social enterprise is classified as an organization with a…

Can Cleaning Up Plastic Pollution Be A Path Out Of Poverty?

The Plastic Bank, an organization that promotes the “social plastic” concept, turns plastic litter into…

Food-Focused Social Enterprises

OnexOne Co-Founder and Diesel CEO Joey Adler points out the importance of food security as…

An entrepreneur who turned a town around

  Pam Dorr, a social entrepreneur, transformed life around in her town, thanks to her…

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