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Are you a Young, Unemployed, Passionate Person? Take Control of Your Life.
Meet the New Yuppies. Young, unemployed, passionate people. People who have reached adulthood in very difficult economic times. People who send hundreds of CVs out without getting one interview. People who are expected to work for free in unskilled, dead-end … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Downsized & Outnumbered, Education, Entrepreneurship, Environment, ethics, Social Entrepreneurship, Social Media, Society, sustainability
Tagged blogging, business, Gaming, marketing, Politics, society
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Entrepreneurs: Stop Firefighting, Start Measuring Your Impact!
It’s what all the successful companies do. We all know we should be doing it, but let’s face it – measuring our impact is tedious, time-consuming and difficult. That’s why we only do it when we really have to: when … Continue reading
5 Key Themes from the Responsible Business Convention
1. Transparency = trust [social media leaves businesses with nowhere to hide] 2. Local. Local local local local local! [eg. Mary Portas’ British knicker lace shocker] 3. “The Innovator’s Dilemma”: big companies konw they need to innovate, and know they … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Entrepreneurship, Environment, ethics, Uncategorized
Tagged advertising, business, business intelligence, business metrics, business supply chain, clayton christensen, corporate responsibility, corporate sustainability, CSR, economy, Entrepreneurship, high street, innovator's dilemma, local business, marketing, mary portas, profit with purpose, responsible business, social media, sustainable economics, technology, transparency
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PROFIT WITH PURPOSE – THE GLOBAL BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY FOR UK PLC
Over the next ten years ‘Profit with Purpose’ businesses will dominate the growth market. In this essay published in the Reform thinktank’s new book ‘The Next Ten Years’, Pascale Scheurer takes a look at the innovators changing the world for … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Entrepreneurship, Environment, ethics, Uncategorized
Tagged B&Q, B-Corps, Bodyshop, business, Cooperative, corporate responsibility, corporate sustainability, CSR, Ethicals Business, FTSE4Good, Generation i, Generation We, Harvard Business Review, John Lewis, London 2012, London Olympics, M&S, olympics, profit with purpose, reform, responsible business, Stanford, sustainability, UK Plc, UN, UN PRI, UN Year of Cooperatives
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Lean Startup – an Art or a Science?
Lean Startup Machine founder Eric Ries believes there is a science to starting a business. I’ve been trying out his Lean Startup methodology in action today on the cold streets of Camden town. It’s been a long, tough day. But … Continue reading
Five Great Reasons to do a ‘Lean Startup Machine’ Weekend Workshop
Ever get the feeling everyone else will be having more fun than you at the weekend? You might be stuck in the office working, while your friends are off doing what really matters to them: snowboarding, clubbing, pursuing a hot … Continue reading
I Believe in You. Here’s Why.
I believe in You. And I believe in We. Here’s my story (perhaps you’ll share yours too): In May this year I set up a Facebook page called EthicalStartups. I didn’t really know what I’d set it up for and … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Business, Education, Entrepreneurship, Environment, ethics, Globalisation, Impact Investing, Investment, IT, kindness, Parenting, Philosophy, Social Entrepreneurship, Social Media, sustainability, Uncategorized
Tagged architecture, big society, business, climate change, D.U.M.B, education, Entrepreneurship, Environment, ethical, ethical business, ethics, Facebook, Facebook fan pages, Globalisation, humanity, impact investing, inspire, Investment, IT, kindness, Parenting, philosophy, social entrepreneurship, social media, sustainability
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