REL 0811 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Eye Bank, Aisle, Dave Eggers
22 Oct 2017
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A special report on the innovative business models social entrepreneurs are inventing. It used to be that if you wanted to make a difference, you joined a nonprofit. And if you wanted to make money, you launched a business. More nonprofits are being run like fast-growth start-ups. And more traditional companies are being built around social missions. In the pages that follow, we shine a light on this new universe of social entrepreneurship. First, we meet fred keller, the founder of cascade engineering, a million. Michigan plastics manufacturer, who recently turned his business into a b corporation, the highest standard for socially responsible businesses. Then we investigate five more business models and meet the entrepreneurs who have adopted them. As the founder and ceo of a west michigan plastics manufacturer employing a thousand people, fred keller lives by rules. There are those he must follow, passed down by big-letter entities such as osha, the dol, and the epa.
