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Put a Face to the Name: Getting to Know our Global, Social, and Sustainable Entrepreneurs

Posted on February 19, 2014 by College of Business, Colorado State University

For anyone who reads this blog regularly, you know that it largely revolves around students in our Global Social and Sustainable Enterprise MBA program, which trains entrepreneurs to solve social and environmental challenges. As a graduate of the program myself, … Continue reading →

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Keeping It Simple: Building the Wild Gym Company

Posted on May 30, 2013 by College of Business, Colorado State University

5/30/13 – Stories From the Field: This guest post is written by David Hunt, a student in the Global Social and Sustainable Enterprise MBA program at Colorado State University, and co-founder of the Wild Gym Company™, which has “created an … Continue reading →

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Social Enterprise Stories From the Field 2013

Posted on May 23, 2013 by College of Business, Colorado State University

It’s that time of the year again, when our offices on Colorado State University’s campus clear out, but the real work begins in the field.  Students in our Global Social and Sustainable Enterprise MBA program spend six to ten weeks … Continue reading →

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Building Momentum – How YOU Can Help MamaCarts

Posted on May 1, 2013 by College of Business, Colorado State University

5/1/13 – This is an excerpt from an entry originally posted on MamaCarts’ blog on April 30.  It is reposted here as a follow-up to an earlier post where we introduced our followers to this fabulous social enterprise.  MamaCart’s mission is to create food … Continue reading →

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Getting Started with a Little Help from the 3 Fs: Friends, Family, and Fools

Posted on April 25, 2013 by College of Business, Colorado State University

In Entrepreneurship courses, the concept of “bootstrapping” is typically referred to as the first phase of funding for a new venture, where the entrepreneur covers the costs themselves.  And as I watch dozens of entrepreneurs starting their first ventures, bootstrapping … Continue reading →

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Introducing MamaCarts: The Complete, Clean, and Delicious Way to Solve Urban Food Insecurity

Posted on April 2, 2013 by College of Business, Colorado State University

4/2/2013 – This guest post is written by Rachael Miller, (GSSE MBA ’12 and RPCV Benin ’06-‘08), about her new endeavor to solve urban food insecurity. She and three classmates graduated last year, but continue to build profitable ventures that … Continue reading →

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Tear Down This Wall – Redefining “Sustainable Ventures”

Posted on April 24, 2012 by College of Business, Colorado State University

Warning: When dealing with legacy business thinkers, use the term “sustainable” at your peril. Those of us interested in social and environmental outcomes of our ventures are often regarded as operating in a cute, special little world where the normal … Continue reading →

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