Review: Third Sector Development
Nonprofits are still sorely needed in the US.
Social Enterprise Innovative ways that organizations are using and adapting business strategies to advance social and environmental well-being
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Lessons for becoming the best can translate from companies to social organizations.
Review: How to Change the World
Key social innovators have succeeded against all odds –– and with little financial muscle.
Bettering Beantown
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John Sage - Social Enterprise, Fair Trade and Coffee
Combining idealism with a genuine love of business, John Sage cofounded the social enterprise company Pura Vida, one of the largest distributors of fair trade organic coffee in the world. In this University podcast, he discusses his mission to improve the lives of people in coffee-growing regions. Sage explains how Pura Vida works at the intersection of the for-profit and nonprofit sectors, showing how the two can be blended to generate both revenues and social good.
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