Being a small business owner or social entrepreneur right now is . . . a lot. If you aren’t worried about how tariffs will impact your business, then you are probably worried about how federal small business programs will impact…
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Social entrepreneur, author, current chair of the Social Enterprise Alliance board, and long time friend and colleague of Vicki’s, David Gaines visits the Impact Out Loud podcast this month for a lively talk about all things social enterprise. In part…
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We know this time of year is one that is full of lists, and ... well ... we're giving you one more! Here's a short and sweet gift guide featuring a few small and social enterprise businesses we've worked with…
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Economic development consultant, home baker, and winner of the Great American Baking Show, Martin Sorge says it wasn’t that long ago that he wasn’t very good at baking. “I had always cooked and I was known for being the person…
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This is a humble brag blog. $6,210,000. That’s how much we’ve helped our clients access in capital for their social enterprises and nonprofit organizations. It sounds easy. Sometimes it is, most of the time it’s not. This funding has allowed…
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To change a system is to continue to tend to that system, and to constantly be asking what it needs and how you might serve to support its change. Let’s use the local food economy as a prime example. Here…
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Right now we are all feeling the squeeze of global supply chain constraints and uncertainty. However, we also know that through purchasing awareness and ethical consumption, we can be less affected by these external forces (and more prepared to deal…
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The Food Justice Residency Program at Santa Fe Art Institute has been going on for nearly a year bringing “together nearly 40 artists from more than 25 countries as well as across the United States to work with local individuals…
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I’m a foodie, a food economy nerd, a social justice food geek, so of course when I arrived at a lunch meeting at a locally owned, top local sourcing restaurant for a meeting today I had to declare “Happy National…
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