Businesses don’t make money, they make stuff like potpourri, peanuts and pillow cases. Why is it then that in the traditional definition of a business, they exist for the sole purpose of maximizing shareholder value, i.e. profits? After the University of...
Last week, I was fortunate enough to be present at an event put on by the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Social Entrepreneurship Institute. The panel was informative and though-provoking. Perspectives were diverse, ranging from the corporate social...
A new crowdfunding platform called Lucky Ant launched this month. Their goal is to give small businesses the opportunity to raise capital in a disruptive way. Small businesses are often times strapped for cash and limited to the methods in which they can raise...
We live in a world of exponentially increasing connections. We are all miraculously connected to one another in this giant circle and we as consumers are starting to care about this connection more and more. We want to buy from brands and companies that we feel...
In 2004, Scott Harrison decided to make a change. It was an adjustment of grand proportions. In fact, there was nothing small about it. He crossed an ocean to change his life as well as thousands, maybe even millions of others’. In 2004, Scott left the streets of New...
