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Social Entrepreneurship Takes Off
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The Most Promising Social Entrepreneurs
We asked readers to vote for businesses that are trying to make money and to bring about societal change. Here are the winners -
Making a Profit and a Difference
As the economy reels, enterprising individuals who apply business practices to solving societal problems are gaining support from public and private sectors -
America's Most Promising Social Entrepreneurs
Meet the entrepreneurs behind 25 trailblazing companies that aim to turn a profit while tackling social ills -
More 'Patient Capital' for Social Ventures
An increasing number of venture investors are hunting for small companies that could yield social benefits as well as high profits -
Social Entrepreneurship: Resources for 'Patient' Capital
Here's a sampler of organizations and funds that back social entrepreneurs seeking debt and equity financing -
Do-Gooders Who Spread the Dough
Greyston Bakery, which provides job opportunities for the "unemployable" gives 100% of its profits to the Greyston Foundation, which supports numerous community development projects in Yonkers, N.Y. -
For Love or Money
Is forming a nonprofit the way to solve social ills, or is it more efficient for business to do it?
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