It was also a time when young thinkers and activists enjoyed a sense of social mission.
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Now it has increasingly become a social mission used as a way to generate money.
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But she also has a social mission to expand access to healthcare in India.
It was built to accomplish a social mission - to make the world more open and connected.
What have you done lately, critic, to start a business, strengthen a brand, or empower a social mission?
Paul, who has experience in social entrepreneurship, also sees SideCar as a company that has a social mission.
Mr. SANDAHL: Nobody would argue with the social mission in providing affordable housing.
Internally, a strong brand drives cohesion and helps an organization build the capacity and skills to implement its social mission.
If you want to protect the social mission of your business, talk to your attorney about becoming a Benefit Corporation.
Not really, says Myriam Sidibe, the Global Social Mission Director at Unilever-Lifebuoy.
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The vast amount of capital and media attention directed towards microfinance organizations as of late is raising eyebrows among those concerned with its social mission.
Some even pursue a social mission as part of their business.
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Companies that seek the talent and innovation in this next generation of workers will be pressed to find the social mission that will drive them.
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As Farm Shop expands, Madison has realized it needs a corporate form that better protects the social mission while facilitating the commercial scalability of the network.
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Through the monthly workshops the Pipeline Fellowship holds, three things about social enterprises have become clear to Nothmann that go beyond the social mission they are trying to tackle.
Some of the largest life insurers, seeing the trend, are concerned about a failure to meet what some consider the industry's social mission to ensure that families have life coverage.
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In many cases, games with a particular educational or social mission have tended instead to go the reverse route, starting with the message and then building a game around it.
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But in the real world of imperfect answers and imperfect people, far too often the unfortunate truth is that in leaving success behind, they leave success in their social mission behind too.
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Although the deal was small, it is significant in that it was the first acquisition made by a real-estate company owned and operated by nonprofits and illustrates how organizations with a social mission can use the for-profit structure to advance their goals.
Any social mission will be best served by a leadership that understands that there is a direct and palpable correlation between the character of those who are leading, the culture that is influenced and shaped by this character, and the quality of the service that is rendered.
You know, the kind of inclusive that a company puts in its Corporate Social Responsibility Mission when it wants to appear as if it is an inclusive company that socially conscious people should continue doing business with.
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Although Citizens United freed them from regulation by the Federal Election Commission, the IRS may withhold tax-exempt status if they engage in too much political activity, or if such activity is not germane to the ostensible social-welfare mission.
But they are even more empowered and captivated with our core purpose and group mission of social impact.
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While countless social entrepreneurs are establishing and managing mission-based organizations around the globe, droves of social INTRApreneurs are staying put in their companies and delivering business results that score high on financial, social and environmental metrics.
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The Super Bowl Host Committee partnered with social media analytics company HootSuite and online marketing firm FSC Interactive to create the NASA Mission Control Center of social media.
That should return Social Security to its original mission of providing a safety net.
So, the mission of such social entreprises are to solve problems, and not to make money.
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Microfinance is unique from mainstream finance in that it has a double bottom line mission: both social performance and financial performance metrics are measured.
That statistic is courtesy of Brandon Ramsey, CEO of a startup called Fanhood, which is on a mission to disrupt social casino and sports-betting.
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Social entrepreneurs are on a mission to solve problems plaguing society, but such altruistic efforts do not force these ventures into becoming profitless charities by default.
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