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Common Good Enterprise: New Term for an Emerging Sector

More businesses are building healthy communities, living wages and sustainable products into their corporate DNA. And more civil society organizations are embracing business values. There is a new sector emerging, one that blurs the lines between for-profit and not-for-profit worlds. New language is needed to define this emerging trend. Continue reading

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“The Benefit Corporation: A New Corporate Structure in the Commonwealth of Virginia”

On October 5, 2011 Amy Kincaid (ChangeMatters) jointly presented with R. Carter Scott (Durette Crump) in a briefing, “The Benefit Corporation: A New Corporate Structure in the Commonwealth of Virginia.” This special discussion– hosted by Brian Baker, director of the SBDC … Continue reading

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Don’t Ever Stop Bootstrapping: Saluting All Entrepreneurs

Keep entrepreneurial motives throughout the longevity of your organizations, while balancing drive and enthusiasm with a clear focus on goals, resources, and relationships throughout startup and beyond. Continue reading

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