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Social entrepreneurship not a one-note approach
Cincinnati.com
Contrary to popular belief, social entrepreneurship does not equal nonprofit organizations. While social entrepreneurship may occur within and through 501(c) 3 organizations, the legal entity is not the primary criterion for social entrepreneurial ...

Neal: Sharing a new way to do business
Asheville Citizen-Times
“Legal Strategies for Social Enterprise & Sustainable Economies: A workshop for communities, leaders, and practitioners” will be held 1:30-4:30 pm Wednesday in the Haynes Conference Center on the Enka campus of Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community ...

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The Express Tribune
Stress laid on social entrepreneurship to help poor
The Express Tribune
By Kazim Alam AFP is a global non-profit venture capital fund that uses entrepreneurial approaches to address problems of water, healthcare, housing, agriculture, energy and education by raising philanthropic capital and investing in social enterprises ...
Encouragement of social entrepreneurship stressedBusiness Recorder (blog)

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RT @cosmicjulie: Screw Business as usual - thank you! @richardbranson - leading business thinking towards #socent #cosmicuk http://t.co/51ScjItB

SGentrepreneurs (press release)
Singapore's Teamie wins Startup Arena competition, and a US$10000 check
SGentrepreneurs (press release)
Coming in third is Start Now, a social enterprise that has launched a free-to-use platform that makes it easier for NGOs to find volunteers and vice-versa. What I like about Start Now is the comprehensiveness of their platform — NGOs have tools to ...

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Could the low-power-chip design that's used in your iPhone someday show up inside the chips built by Intel-rival Advanced Micro Devices? Definitely maybe. Or as AMD's brand new Chief Technology Officer Mark Papermaster put it to us: "The answer is not no."

Microsoft's Windows Phone OS is often criticized for lagging far behind iOS and Android. But on Thursday, a leaked description of Microsoft's next big mobile OS, Windows Phone 8, came to light, revealing how the operating system will improve. But can it really compete? We handicap Apollo against iOS 5 and Android 4.

Given the recent controversy over sugar, one might look to artificial sweeteners for an easy alternative to thorny scientific and ethical questions. But to anyone seeking pastel-packaged reassurance that regulators won't ever need to pry donuts from their cold, dead and pudgy fingers, science offers only more uncertainty.

Today Motorola issued a fail alert of epic proportions: From October to December 2011, 100 out of 6,200 refurbished Xooms sold from Woot.com may contain the previous owner's personal data.

Nothing illustrates the web's growing influence on filmmakers more effectively than Me @the Zoo, a feature-length documentary that premiered at this year's Sundance Film Festival.

The FBI investigates how activists linked to Anonymous obtained a recording of a phone call between US and UK police on their operations against hacking.

In a resurgent space-themed fashion shoot, supermodel Natalia Semanova mingles with real-life cosmonauts in Star City, the home of Russia's space training program. We interview the spread's photographer, Arthur Elgort, for the back story.

The Chevy Sonic, a 40-mpg, sub-$20K subcompact, has got the price point, performance and spunk necessary to stand out in a perennially crowded category.

Steve Appleton, the Chairman and CEO of memory and semiconductor manufacturer and one of the giants of the industry, died on Friday in a solo plane crash in Boise, Idaho. He was 51.

Salesforce.com Makes U-Turn on Analytics Pricing
Enterprise Apps Today
"As a social enterprise, it's essential we listen to our customers and what they expect around continuous innovation and enhancements on their existing products," Hu said. "We welcome your feedback." Bucketing. This feature will let users group data ...

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