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Known as the founder of TOMS Shoes and as a contestant on The Amazing Race, Mycoskie uses his experience with TOMS, as well as interviews with leaders of non-profits and corporations, to convey valuable lessons about entrepreneurship, transparency of leadership, and living by one's values.
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Who drives transformation in society? How do they do it?
In this compelling book, strategy guru Roger L. Martin and Skoll Foundation President and CEO Sally R. Osberg describe how social entrepreneurs target systems that exist in a stable but unjust equilibrium and transform them into entirely new, superior, and sustainable equilibria. All of these leaders -- call them disrupters, visionaries, or changemakers -- develop, build, and scale their solutions...
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When Mark Rampolla filled a notebook with potential startup ideas, his wife asked him some tough questions. What about this idea is exciting, beyond the possibility of a profit? How will it fit into a life that makes you and your family happy? How will it change the world?
Eventually, Mark found his great idea: coconut water. He had seen the developing world use coconut water, but this valuable resource was being discarded in the U.S. While taking...
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Despite enormous investments of time and money, are we making a dent on the social and environmental challenges of our time? What if we could exponentially increase our impact? Around the world, a new generation is looking beyond greater profits, for meaningful purpose. But, unlike business, few social interventions have achieved significant impact at scale. Inspired by the modern innovation practices, popularized by bestseller The Lean Startup, that...
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Muhammad Yunus, the practical visionary who pioneered microcredit and won the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize, has developed a new dimension for capitalism which he calls "social business." By harnessing the energy of profit-making to the objective of fulfilling human needs, social business creates self-supporting, viable commercial enterprises that generate economic growth even as they produce goods and services that make the world a better place. Here, Yunus...
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When Daniel Lubetzky started KIND Healthy Snacks in 2004, he aimed to defy the conventional wisdom that snack bars could never be both tasty and healthy, convenient and wholesome. A decade later, the transformative power of the company's "AND" philosophy has resulted in an astonishing record of achievement. KIND has become the fastest-growing purveyor of healthy snacks in the country. Meanwhile, the KIND Movement -- the company's social mission to...
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"The name of the elite, women-only coworking space stretches across the wall behind the check-in desk: THE HERD, the H-E-R always in purple. In-the-know New Yorkers crawl over each other to apply for membership to this community that prides itself on mentorship and empowerment. Among the hopefuls is Katie Bradley, who's just returned from the Midwest after a stint of book research blew up in her face. Luckily, Katie has an 'in', thanks to her sister...
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"The students at Lizzie's high school are notoriously terrible at breakups. Forget awkward conversations -- they're dumping each other via text. Inspired by the terrible breakups around her, sixteen-year-old Lizzie, strapped for cash and itching to go on the school's band trip to NYC, teams up with her best friend, Willa, to create a genius business: personalized gift baskets -- breakup baskets -- sent from dumper to dumpee. The Goodbye Girls operate...
12) Diagnóstico del Espíritu Emprendedor y la actitud ante el emprendimiento de los jóvenes preunive
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El espíritu emprendedor es un ingrediente ineludible para reconducir la economía hacia sendas de crecimiento sostenido y competitivo. A pesar del potencial de crecimiento económico y de mejora del bienestar social e individual que el emprendimiento trae teóricamente consigo, el ciudadano medio sigue sufriendo amplias y profundas carencias en espíritu emprendedor y en alfabetización económico-financiera-directivo-empresarial, que dejan caer...
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Les technologies de la communication évoluent constamment pour suivre l'époque. Les applications de messagerie sont énormes en ce moment. Dépasser complètement les médias sociaux en devenant le principal moyen de communication en ligne.
Lorsque la plupart des entrepreneurs débutent, ils aiment lire des articles sur «comment tuer avec votre première application», «créer l'application de plusieurs milliards de dollars» et la plupart des...
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This book examines the complexities of mothers who are entrepreneurs in different parts of the world. This uniqueness and contribution to the area of women's entrepreneurship presents many challenges. One must historicize context; focus on socio-political realms and on lived realities. All challenging endeavours, when focusing on mothering and entrepreneurship, in different global contexts. What of the workers in these contexts? More specifically...
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Las tecnologías de la comunicación avanzan constatemente para adaptarse a los tiempos. Las apps de mensajes son algo enorme ahora. Han superado completamente a las redes sociales al convertirse en nuestra forma primaria de comunicación.
Cuando la mayoría de los empresarios inician, les gusta leer artículos sobre "cómo arrasar con tu primer app," "contruyendo la app de mil millones de dólares" y muchos libros relacionados a este tema. Están...
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Amid increasing demand for systematically collected statistics on asset ownership and control, the absence of standard guidelines and methods has constrained the collection and production of basic data. To fill this methodological gap, the Asian Development Bank, in collaboration with development partners, supports the efforts initiated under the global initiative Evidence and Data for Gender Equality, which aims to standardize methods of data collection...
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Close the Deal & Suddenly Grow Rich is the ONLY sales book that reveals exactly WHEN to close the deal using the power of a B.R.A.N.D to transform sales results within 24 hours. Being homeless many times as a child after Marco Robinson's mum left his father when he was just two years old because of immense debt, he knows what it's like to sleep on park benches, be bullied from school to school, etc. Close the Dea & Suddenly Grow Richl is a true rags-to-riches...
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Have you ever thought about what your life may be like as you grow older, and what technology will be available to you at that time?
In The AgeTech Revolution, Keren Etkin takes you on a journey to explore what the intersection of tech and aging looks like today. This book explores the changing face of aging in the 21st century, through the lens of the fast-paced digital transformation our society is going through. It goes into challenges of...
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The Money Is on Clubhouse and You Should Be Too
The hottest app on the planet isn't just a place to hang out. This innovative platform offers entrepreneurs, executives, and professionals, unparalleled access to a network of people who are willing and able to help you achieve your goals.
But, just showing up on Clubhouse isn't enough.
If you want to leverage this social media platform for your professional success, you need to show up with a plan.
Now...
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100 Under $100: One Hundred Tools for Empowering Global Women is a comprehensive look at effective, low-cost solutions for helping women in the Global South out of poverty. Most books on this subject focus on one problem and one solution; author Betsy Teutsch instead spreads her net wide, sharing one hundred successful, proven paths out of poverty in eleven different sectors-including tech, public health, law, finance, and more-in a visually striking...
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