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The 10 Best Social Enterprises of 2009

By: Fast Company StaffTue Nov 25, 2008 at 5:00 AM

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We have found them: Nine bold and timely ideas that wow us -- and that have earned these organizations a place alongside Enterprise Community Partners on our honor roll of 2009 Social Enterprises of the Year. Will all of these notions work in the long run and on a grand scale? Perhaps not. But they represent the kind of innovative thinking that can transform lives and change our world.

Do Something: An IPO

Mercy Corps: The Bank of Banks

The Academy for Urban School Leadership: A Teacher-Training Residency

DataDyne: EpiSurveyor

Civic Ventures: Silicon Valley Encore Initiative

The Institute for OneWorld Health: Not-for-profit Drugmaking

The Acumen Fund: Pulse

Husk Power Systems: Rice-Fired Electricity

Hopelab: Video Games for Health

Enterprise Community Partners

Slideshow: The Social Enterprises of the Year

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Ethonomics, The Institute for OneWorld Health, social enterprises of the year, Enterprise Community Partners, Do Something, Husk Power Systems, Mercy Corps, Civic Ventures, The Academy for Urban School Leadership, The Acumen Fund, DataDyne, Hopelab, Enterprise Community Partners, Mercy Corps, Bank of Banks, Academy for Urban School Leadership, Acumen Fund

From Issue 131 | December 2008

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October 30, 2009 at 11:19am by Rose Manandhar

Thats a great list you have. 2009 has been a recession year but these has risen up. Cuz of their innovative thinking.
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