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How To Create A CSR Program For Your Small Business

From Rohit Bhargava: There is a relatively fancy term given to the work that many large organizations do to combat many types of social causes. Corporate Social Responsibility—or CSR—is an umbrella...

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How Social Responsibility Fosters Business Success

From Guy Kawasaki: Simon Mainwaring is the founder of We First, a social branding consultancy that helps companies, non-profits, and consumer groups build a better world through changes to the practice...

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Pay It Forward: The Business Case For Serving On A Nonprofit Board

From Vincent Hyman: Delivered by FedEx. Americans are generous people. From Meals on Wheels to blood drives to charity fun runs, we do a lot of volunteering. These short-term gifts of time are great....

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5 Tips For Running Successful Cause Marketing Campaigns

From Zachary Sniderman: Businesses love cause marketing, and the belief is that supporting a good cause translates into stronger sales. The Cause Marketing Forum has some pretty convincing numbers: In...

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How To Hitch Your Business To A Cause

From Susan Kuchinskas: Products from soup to nuts will be sporting pink ribbons in October. They're supporting breast cancer research, and the Pink Ribbon campaign is one of the most visible...

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9 Questions: Jonathan Klein, Getty Images

From Tara Fuller: Before entering the world of photography, Jonathan Klein was a leader in the media industry working for Hambros Bank Limited. But when he paired with Mark Getty in 1993, his life...

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Trendsetter: TOMS Founder Blake Mycoskie On Starting A Movement

From Katie Morell: Look up the word ‘hipster’ in the dictionary and I’m sure you will find my sister’s smiling face staring right back at you. About 10 years my junior, my sister listens to a wide...

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Boost Your Holiday Business By Thinking Local

From Rieva Lesonsky: Whether you own a restaurant, retail store or service business, if you’re hoping to compete with big chains during the holiday shopping season, one of the keys to success is “think...

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8 Easy Ways To Green Your Small Business

From Kentin Waits: For businesses, going green not only helps the environment, it can boost the bottom line, too. Organizations that make a company-wide commitment to more environmentally-friendly...

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Finally: A Reason To Feel Good About Overeating

From Suzanne Sataline: Most everyone wants to give money to charity, but they also want to reward themselves, too. And if a little spaghetti carbonara and a nice bottle of Chianti sounds like a good...

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Small Business Snapshot: Bailout Details And Opportunities For SBOs

From Tara Fuller: Today’s roundup starts with an introduction to Fuse Corps, an organization that helps entrepreneurs use their skills to do social good, and includes pieces on the latest bailout...

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3 Successful Small Business Cause Marketing Campaigns

From Stacey Politi: In 2010, the fourth annual goodpurpose study conducted by Edelman, showed that “86% of global consumers believe that business needs to place at least equal weight on society’s...

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Are You a Social Entrepreneur?

From Melinda Emerson: If your business is fueled by the drive to improve the lives of others, you're not just a business owner—you’re a social entrepreneur. According to the Guardian, there are 40...

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5 Ideas for Creative Advertising Through Sponsorship

From Jacob Harper: We like giving to others because it makes us feel good. As business owners though, we know our own personal altruism won't keep the doors open. Times are tough. Why spend if you’re...

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A Chocolatier Sweetens the Deal for Communities

From Susan Kuchinskas: Shawn Askinosie's 19 years as a criminal defense attorney weren't enough. He wanted to keep doing all the things he loved about his work—investigating, interacting with people,...

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Getting Access to Capital and Reaching Socially Conscious Investors

From MSNBC's Your Business: Business Answers: Rieva Lesonsky, CEO of Grow Biz Media, a company that specializes in covering small business and entrepreneurship and Barry Moltz, a small business...

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Handing Off a Startup, Post-Graduation

From Kim Bhasin: Sometimes entrepreneurial ideas are found in the most unlikely places. That's what happened to Jeff Savio founder of Keep It Warm, a "socially responsible" company that sells and...

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Give Back Without Going Broke

From Angela Stringfellow: For many small businesses the desire to give back is strong. But, despite their best intentions, not all small businesses make enough profit to give generous donations to the...

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Running Hugh Jackman's Coffee Company

From Suzanne Sataline: Hugh Jackman is an actor, a dancer and an awards host. (Heck, he’s even Wolverine!) So why did he help start Laughing Man, a small coffee and tea company in the crowded,...

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A Non-Profit Idea Becomes a For-Profit With a Heart

From Donna Fenn: When Kirsten Dickerson and Sophia Lin first started Raven + Lilly in 2009, they were convinced that their venture, which sells fair trade, eco-friendly jewelry and accessories made by...

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