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Hacking for Good: Coders and Community Workers Unite in San Francisco

How can tech wiz kids help the poor? Build products with their needs in mind.

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Women Funding Women Opens the Door to Responsible Investing

A new impact investment fund targets women and lowers the financial burden of making responsible investments—a WIN-WIN.

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Micro-Bias: If You Want a Kiva Loan, It Helps to Be Pretty and Light-Skinned

Micro-lending sites like Kiva are an important development tool, but bias is affecting lending choices. Here's how to fix it.

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Fund It in the Crowd: Congress Moves Toward New Tools to Startups and Investors

The Senate has a plan to legalize crowdfunding for startups by making sure online fundraising platforms hold companies accountable.

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The B Corps that Make Social Impact a Priority Without Consumer Pressure

B Labs uses hard data to assess impact, rewarding results, not marketing. That's why so many B-2-B firms made the list.

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The Next Time You Cut Your Finger, Save a Life

One man's clever plan to expand the pool of bone marrow donors, and the upstart company bringing it to market.

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Can Anyone Make A 'Netflix for Baby Clothes' Work?

Collaborative consumption business models meet their test in the hyper-competitive baby clothing sector.

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Share Your WiFi, Earn Some Cash, Do Some Good

Can selling access to your personal WiFi bridge the digital divide?

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The Secret to Cheaper, Greener Local Beer

A Minnesota microbrewery has a secret ingredient that makes beer cheaper, cleaner, and more local.

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Groupon Green? How Sustainable Businesses Are Using Daily Deals

With millions of emails showcasing new products, daily deals could be a boon for green business. But it's not shaping up that way ... yet.

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Pay for Success: How a New Kind of Bond Could Save Taxpayer Money and Improve Social Services

The White House has big plans for a new idea to funnel private money into social work.

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Could a Banking Revolution Start with Neighbors Lending to Each Other? Peer-to-Peer Lenders Take Banks Out of the Credit Equation

Prosper wants to shake up the banking industry, and who profits from it, by helping you borrow from and lend to your neighbors.

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Talking Conscious Capitalism with the CEOs of TOMS and GOOD

Trying to understand the impact economy with GOOD CEO Ben Goldhirsh and TOMS Shoes CEO Blake Mycoskie.

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Meet The White House's Resident Social Entrepreneur

Jonathan Greenblatt has big plans for the White House Office of Social Innovation and Community Service. First up: Listening.