Tag: business
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Public Benefit Corps: The Future of “Green” Business?
The first ever public benefit corporation appeared in 2017 with an Initial Public Offering. It was Laureate Education, the largest degree-granting higher education institution in the world. Today there are over three thousand public benefit corporations (PBCs), accounting for .01% of American businesses. However, they aren’t all brand new. Existing companies can become PBCs if…
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Energizing a Continent
In my last post I mentioned non-profit and for-profit business ventures around the world with a mission to improve society and the environment. It would be naïve to say that the driving force in business is to benefit others. So what is driving entrepreneurs to Africa? An article recently featured in The New Yorker called “The Race to Solar-Power Africa” says…
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Echoing Green
Echoing Green is a non-profit organization that provides support to entrepreneurs with solutions to social issues worldwide. Once an entrepreneur presents their idea, they are granted 90 thousand dollars to start their business. Financial advisers and other professionals support each business as they take off with their innovations. I chose to cover three such innovations…
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