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Why We Filed (and No, There’s Not Really Anything in It For Us)
…if by “anything,” you mean something financial or tangible. A few weeks ago, I facilitated a panel response to the ChangeMatters report on the first wave of benefit corporations in the country and implementation of the first benefit corporation and LLC … Continue reading
Books and Reading List for Social Enterprise Business Writing
I’m co-teaching an undergraduate English class at University of Maryland—professional writing for social entrepreneurship. My colleague and I are putting together a list of optional readings that could help students and communicators in innovative nonprofits and socially-responsible and green businesses. … Continue reading
What is the Value in Social Value Creation?
Guest post by Ryan Steinbach During the first 2 weeks of January I traveled to Thailand to study social entrepreneurship and social enterprise, through the Smith School’s Office of Global Programs at the University of Maryland. The experience was flat … Continue reading
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Why a report on Maryland’s Benefit Corporations?
Seems like not a week goes by without someone asking me: How many benefit corporations are there? What kinds of businesses do it and why? I can answer only anecdotally, in my opinion, and in my own experience as a … Continue reading
Looking back: Gov. O’Malley on Maryland Benefit Corporations
As we go into a briefing and participatory meeting of colleagues about the evolution of social enterprise and socially-responsible business, let’s take a momentary step back. Here is a link to a quick video of Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley speaking … Continue reading