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The Golden Rule of Business

Do business with others as you would have them do business with you.As it is said — this is the whole of the Law; the rest is commentary.‘Do unto others’ is the sum total of every inspiring word every written or spoken about ...READ»

JackTheDonkey.com is growing up nicely

something like this will go out in the first newsletter (to those who signed up for Jack's newsletter...I'm not a fan of spam) you can also read the blog posting here to make 1.1 cents for the charities on Jack: http://www.jackthedonkey.com/JackDonkeyBlog_MTk=.htmlREAD»

Ivan Glickman

Echoing Green: Leveraging Skills Based Business Volunteers for Social Enterprises

"Echoing Green deeply relies on the content expertise of its volunteers and supporters," according to Cheryl Dorsey, President of Echoing Green. Since 1987, Echoing Green has helped to launch 471 new social enterprises, including ...READ»

Ivan Glickman

The 6 Characteristics of the Most Creative Social Entrepreneurs

Fast Company has been recognizing and listing the Most Creative People in Business and various other categories.  Spending my career with social entrepreneurs, I’d like to describe these magical people who are doing so much for ...READ»

Darius Weems

Pimping His Ride--and the Push to Cure a Fatal Disease

How a roadtrip for 12 buddies turned into a movie and a nationwide campaign to raise money for the battle against Duchenne muscular dystrophy.READ»

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A Colorado Kid Brings Education--and Hope--to Young Refugees in Uganda

How a Colorado student helps young people in a refugee camp create their own opportunitiesREAD»

Ivan Glickman

Exploding the Business Models of Nonprofits

“We got it that cities that rely on old-line manufacturing have to change or die.  That for-profit business models have to change or collapse.  Now, it’s time to explode the business models of nonprofits in order to adapt to ...READ»

Dambisa Moyo

Bono, Beware: Dambisa Moyo on Aid, Microfinance, and the Problem of Celebs in Africa

The Zambian economist and author of the new book "Dead Aid" explains her beef with the U2 frontman, her love for the Chinese, and her high hopes for her home continent.READ»

Questions for Dambisa Moyo

Tweeting Fast Company readers take on the Zambian economist and author of the book "Dead Aid", who talks about making chocolate, fighting AIDS, and her friend Chris HughesREAD»

Dev Patel

Slumdog Springboard: Marketing on the Back of the Oscar-Winning Movie

The morning after the Oscars, a full-page ad appeared in The New York Times. It had a photo of the Mumbai cityspace and a "Who Wants To Be a Millionaire?" gameboard. "Why do millions of people die from treatable ...READ»

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At Skoll, Biz Dean Roger Martin Inspires Social Entrepreneurs to Find a Better Way

Roger Martin has come clean: Barack Obama made him cry. In his remarks during the plenary opening of the Skoll World Forum on Social Entrepreneurship at Oxford University, the dean of the University of Toronto's Rotman School of ...READ»

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Avon Calling: Could Beauty Be a Path Out of Poverty?

"No! No! No!" Oxford business professor Linda Scott does not use Avon products. In fact, she says with a smile, "One of the worst things that ever happened to me is that a friend of mine started selling Avon." ...READ»

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Ideo Redesigns the Icebreaker

One of my least favorite activities of all time is the icebreaker. You know how it goes: Throw together a bunch of people--six, eight, more than two is too many--and force them to tell each other something silly, secret, anything that ...READ»

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Skoll World Forum

At this social-enterprise summit, you'll see that doing good is, well, doing good. Entrepreneurs, donors, and thinkers will meet at the Saïd Business School (SBS) to mull market-driven tactics for saving the world. A biz school ...READ»

Alison Des Forges

RIP Alison Des Forges

The Human Rights Watch activist, who died in the Buffalo plane crash, was controversial, but she cared: About Rwanda, about rights, about life.READ»

Michelle Rhee

Obama and McCain Fight Over A Woman

As the two presidential candidates fight over vouchers and charters in their third debate, DC Schools Chancellor Michelle Rhee gets a shout-out. Where was she? "Asleep," she says. But she dismisses any talk of her becoming the next Secretary of Education as "ridiculous."READ»

Fair Trade: Why Settle For Monetary Success?

Why have one bottom line when you can have three successful bottom lines? Understanding the business models that achieve a triple bottom line for elevating people and profit while deminishing their impact on the plant is helping many ornagizations do good while doing well.READ»

Socially Responsible Business Tip: Green Web Hosting

Did you know there are several Green web site hosting companies who use solar or wind power to generate all the power needed to host your web site or blog? We know that reliance on fossil fuels requires destructive drilling, ...READ»

Social Responsibility: Charity Hijacked

Is charity social responsibility? After years helping businesses become more profitable, I've found myself waist deep in helping businesses get onboard the social responsibility bandwagon. Too often, I find when I meet with ...READ»

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