Not for Profit Only (Kauffman ID8)

In Advice, Conscious, Fledglings, Interviews/Articles, Seattle
November 1, 2013
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Kauffman ID8 Nation highlights Seattle as the center of social entrepreneurship. A city full of companies and organizations that believe they can do well by doing good. With mentoring and financial support from older entrepreneurs Seattle’s younger entrepreneurs are discovering a new way of doing business. Learn how social entrepreneurs are making a living saving the world.

 

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12January

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10November

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In Conscious
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26October

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