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Last week Bill Gates entered the digital publishing world by establishing the Gates Notes - an online evolution of his now annual January letter sharing his thoughts and learnings on the progress of the issues central to...

I did something a little nuts today. I have run a small niche publishing business since 2000, and I learned very quickly that when you print books on demand and sell them retail, you either lose nearly all your profit margin...

It’s been a number of years since we have seen any initiative lead by a power brand in the arena of corporate social responsibility. This Wednesday, Pepsi launches one of the biggest corporate social responsibility...

It’s the time of year when people are making resolutions to lose weight, better manage their finances, better manage their anger, and myriad other things...

We arrived just as the sun was setting over the rolling, snow-covered hills of southwestern Wisconsin, an auburn glow fading as the sun became masked by clouds rolling in from the west...

I love when I hear about marketing campaigns that have a double benefit — they are more effective than traditional campaigns and they are greener, too...

Whether you’ve been forced to take unpaid furloughs, reductions in pay (or increases in insurance premiums and out-of-pocket medical expenses) or find only one person in your household with a job instead of two, you’re...

A Vermont-based company called Brighter Planet seems to think the green consumer will just give away our opinions for the chance to win $200.  Since I just completed the survey, I’m going to go ahead and guess they’re...

When I first watched the video “Stand by Me” produced by Playing for Change a year ago, I was moved by the beauty of the music and the simplicity of the message.  Playing for Change wasn’t just a multimedia...

 In his book, Shop Class as Soulcraft: An Inquiry into the Value of Work, Mathew B. Crawford, tells how he discovered that he could not get a meaningful job with his advanced degree—a PhD in political philosophy from the...

The last time you went to the grocery store or the local Walmart, did you count the number of cleaners, soaps, and detergents that labeled themselves “green.” At Target last week while attempting to find the laundry detergent...

The large gathering at HUB Bay Area’s pre-launch gathering last night at the Brower Center in Berkeley was impressive. Within the short one hour window that I was there, I met someone from Global Issues Network – an...

It was a trifecta of inspiration for all social entrepreneurs this evening.   The founders from three bay area start-ups gathered in HUB’s first bay area home in front of a sold-out crowd to talk about their origins,...

Chip Rees is a  storyteller. With his firm Witness The Way We Live, he uses both audio, video and other forms of multi-media to help clients better understand their customers and share the stories of their lives for the...

This column highlights the top economic stories of the week.