social entrepreneurship Archives

How Startups Can Achieve B Corp Status (and Why it’s Important)

The idea of starting and running a business for any reason other than profit may seem counterintuitive to some. But a growing number of businesses around the world are turning that idea on its head,...

byJames Chin Moody

April 22, 2021

WJR Business Beat with Jeff Sloan: Consider the Legal Entity Known as a B Corp for Your New Business (Episode 201)

Are you looking to start a business with a social mission? If so, creating a B corp might be the right fit! By harnessing the power of business, B corporations use profits and growth as...

byStartupNation

March 30, 2021

Embrace Your Bold Ideas: 3 Tips for Securing Investment During the Pandemic

Entrepreneurs are still the future of the economy. Entrepreneurs push innovation forward and find ways to solve the unique problems presented by COVID-19. Encouraging entrepreneurship requires investment capital and acquiring capital means investors must be...

byFord Seeman

August 26, 2020

Brand Advocacy: Can Brands Drive Social Movements?

The following excerpt is adapted from “Brands on a Mission.” Dr. Myriam Sidibe, author of "Brands on A Mission," is one of the world's leading experts on how brands can meaningfully adopt social causes to...

byDr. Myriam Sidibe

July 21, 2020

Why a Certified B Corporation is the Secret to a Sustainable Business

In 2019, the Business Roundtable issued an open letter called “Statement on the Purpose of a Corporation,” in which 181 CEOs signed the letter, stating that they pledged to lead their companies to the benefit...

byMyCorporation

July 20, 2020

BIGGBY Coffee Co-Founder Shares His Company’s Journey to Conscious Capitalism

The purpose of starting a business is not to make a profit. The purpose of starting a business is to find profitable solutions to the problems of people and the planet. Conscious capitalism takes Milton...

byMichael McFall

July 13, 2020

Detroit Startup Week 2020: The Final Recap

Any entrepreneur hoping to start or grow a business could do worse than review the wealth of tips, lessons, encouragements, and examples offered last week during Detroit Startup Week. StartupNation · Detroit Startup Week 2020:...

byJohn Gallagher

June 29, 2020

Detroit Startup Week: Thursday Recap

If Detroit Startup Week is demonstrating anything, it’s that the startup world is adapting to the new normal created by the coronavirus lockdowns. As they say in the theater, the show must go on, and...

byJohn Gallagher

June 25, 2020

Detroit Startup Week feat. John Henry and Chris Lambert

This episode of StartupNation Radio is sponsored by DBusiness, Siren PR and Dell Small Business This week, we took StartupNation Radio on the road! In honor of Detroit Startup Week, we livestreamed 16 interviews within...

byStartupNation

June 22, 2019

How Combat Flip Flops Used its Brand Story to Become Bigger Than its Products – And How You Can Do The Same

As a brand strategist, I am someone who is obsessed with startup innovation, the power of design, enhanced customer experiences and brand-building as a whole. Yet last year, I started to stumble across more and...

byFabian Geyrhalter

April 18, 2018

6 Ways to Profit With a Purpose as an Entrepreneur

Doing well is hard enough for most entrepreneurs. How on earth are they supposed to make their business a force for good, too? Six altruistic members of The Oracles share how you can make the world a...

byThe Oracles

January 31, 2018

Choosing Your Best Pathway to Purpose Through Entrepreneurship

The following is excerpted from "This Is How We Rise: Reach Your Highest Potential, Empower Women, Lead Change in the World" by Claudia Chan. Copyright © 2017. Available from Da Capo Lifelong Books, an imprint of...

byClaudia Chan

November 7, 2017

Starting Up Later in Life: Q&A with Leading Authority on Encore Entrepreneurship

With life spans increasing, the person who retires at 65 may have several decades of life ahead of them. Instead of spending that time on a golf course or an endless vacation, many older Americans...

bySusan Johnston Taylor

October 18, 2017

Global Impact: Social Entrepreneurship Companies

Blake Mycoskie visited Argentina in 2006 and saw children walking in the streets outside Buenos Aires without shoes. He was inspired to take action after learning how shoes are an effective way to combat disease....

byBrian Neese

May 3, 2017