7 Ways to Green Your Business
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Could This Man Mine the Moon?
Entrepreneurial lunar dreams. Plus, working out-of-the-office goes mainstream, LivingSocial's investment boost, and the rest of the day's news. Read more
After You Close a Deal
Selling a business can be a surreal experience. For Honest Tea founder Seth Goldman, it involved an investor call, a gong, and Erin Brockovich. Read more
How to Build Sustainability Into Your Supply Chain
Sourcing and transporting goods can be the most overlooked—and inefficient—parts of how a business is structured. Here's how to examine and improve the e... Read more
IPOs Aren't the Only Way to Access Capital
Seth Goldman reports from the Treasury Department's conference on access to capital. Read more
Obama's Privacy Bill of Rights
How the White House wants to protect Americans from intrusive data gathering. Plus, Mexico City's first innovation center, and the rest of the day's news. Read more
Uniting Students in Sustainable Microfinance
University of Pennsylvania freshman Charlie Javice seeks to create a microfinance platform with the potential to reach—and educate—thousands of students. Read more
Why We Need Social Entrepreneurship in the Middle East
Underneath the political and economic discontent in the Mideast right now is also profound social unrest. The case for how new social enterprises could contr... Read more
Ownership Matters
Honest Tea co-founder Seth Goldman updates readers on the ownership situation at his company, which was acquired by Coca-Cola. Read more
A Fair-Trade Valentine
A look at companies that are making chocolate and doing good Read more
Organic Industry Fuming Over Obama Ruling
New government rules allow farmers to use genetically modified alfalfa, which has many in the organic food industry concerned about their trade. Read more
How to Obtain Fair Trade Certification
Interested in adding a social mission to your business, or simply finding importable goods farmed and manufactured with an eye toward environmental and econo... Read more
10 Tips for Becoming USDA Certified as Organic
Want your natural product to bear the USDA's organic seal of approval? We've talked to the experts to get their best tips for going officially organic. Read more
A New Generation at Seventh Generation?
Jeffrey Hollender's ouster at Seventh Generation serves as a cautionary tale for today's ambitious green entrepreneurs. Read more
Majora Carter Gets Down to Business
Two years after leaving her nonprofit, Sustainable South Bronx, the expert on urban greening and sustainability talks about founders' syndrome, funding a mis... Read more
How to Encourage Your Customers to Do Good
Looking to build community support, respect from your customers, and favor in the marketplace? Try nurturing some generosity. Read more
Getting Green Products on More Retail Shelves
Big retailers tend to be afraid of start-ups that make eco-friendly products.Here's a proposal on how to change that mindset. Read more
The Romance of Good Deeds
Meg Cadoux Hirshberg explains why building a business with a strong social mission can also be great for your marriage. Read more
Bringing Power to the Poor
Dave Melton, co-founder of Sacred Power, is on a mission to bring electricity to the poverty-stricken Navajo reservation. Read more
Aveda's Founder Goes Organic
Aveda founder Horst Rechelbacher is getting back to his roots with a new line of beauty products from his company Intelligent Nutrients. Read more
Civic Duty to SeeClickFix
Ben Berkowitz, founder of SeeClickFix, wanted to make it easier to be a good citizen. Read more
Bobby Flam Stands Strong
Bobby Flam, the owner of Jumbo’s Restaurant in Miami, continues to help others even as he tries to keep his business going. Read more
Leaving a Legacy
Robbie Vitrano is making a lasting impression on the city of New Orleans through his company Trumpet and other ventures. Read more
The Way I Work: Daniel Lubetzky of Kind
When Daniel Lubetzky isn't coming up with quirky marketing campaigns for Kind snack bars, he is managing a nonprofit that works for peace in the Middle East. Read more
Doing Company Community Service Abroad
Here's how Better World Books sends employees abroad to help its nonprofit partners. The experience combines social entrepreneurship with team building. Read more
The World's Most Unreasonable Entrepreneurs
The founders of the Unreasonable Institute in Boulder, Colorado, are fostering intense camaraderie among entrepreneurs who hope to solve the world's problems. Read more
Mission and Money: A Dangerous Mix
Are so-called hybrid organizations such as B Corporations and Low-Profit Limited Liability Companies (or L3Cs) good models for social entrepreneurs? Read more
Exit Strategies for Social Entrepreneurs
When your business has a heartfelt social mission, the concept of "selling out" takes on a whole different meaning. Read more
Marketing: The Dark Art for Social Entrepreneurs?
Should the marketers at the Susan G. Komen for the Cure leverage their tremendous skills to raise awareness about heart disease, which is six times more like... Read more
Creating a New Asset Class for Social Entrepreneurs
Participants at this year's SoCap conference talk about creating a new asset class for do-gooders. Read more
At Clinton Global Initiative, Social Entrepreneurs Weigh Tradeoffs
A debate between two founding fathers of microfinance electrified the sixth annual Clinton Global Initiative in New York City. Read more
Why Greenpeace Isn't Facebook's Friend
Each day, Inc .'s reporters scour the Web for the most important and interesting news to entrepreneurs. Here's what we found today: ... Read more
Responding in a Time of Need
When disaster struck in Haiti, entrepreneur Jean Orelien rushed to assist his homeland. Read more
How to Incorporate Philanthropy Into Your Business
Giving back can creates advantages in the for-profit world. Read more
Taking the Buffett-Gates Pledge
A young entrepreneur joins Bill Gates and Warren Buffett in making a promise to donate his life earnings to charity by the time he dies. Read more
