Meet the New Breed of Entrepreneur8 women create 5 businesses whose products serve a social goal: helping women to success. |
URL: http://www.womenentrepreneur.com/2009/06/meet-the-new-breed-of-entrepreneur.html
Successful entrepreneurs incorporate philanthropy into their business. But some businesses are philanthropic by their very nature. They are founded to provide jobs for the economically disadvantaged--while producing a product people are happy to pay for.
This is the new breed of social entrepreneur. They're making a difference among disadvantage communities and earning a living at the same time. They produce everything from hair accessories and cookies to designer rugs, all while helping women worldwide pull themselves up by their bootstraps.
WomenEntrepreneur.com interviewed the founders of five such ventures. Their stories are inspiring and enlightening --a shaft of light amid the gloom and doom of today's recession.
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