B-Corps & SPC’s: The Path to Certification!
In the past, I’ve explained the difference between being B-Corp certified and forming a business entity...
Continue ReadingEquity Crowdfunding in Washington: The New Frontier in Venture Capital?
By Amy W. Riedel As many of you may know, Washington State’s governor, Jay Inslee, signed...
Continue ReadingMake a Stand, a Washington State Social Purpose Corporation, Rings Opening Bell for Twitter Stock Exchange and Raises Questions about “Hybrid” Entities
In honor of her use of social media to funnel more than $100,000 to nonprofits combating...
Continue ReadingWhy Business Can be Good at Solving Social Problems
Business is a tool, its how you use that tool that matters. Michael Porter, the Harvard...
Continue ReadingThe Health of Hybrid Entities: How many benefit corporations and social purpose corporations are out there? A comparison and data analysis on the SPC’s relative success.
Last month, over at SocentLaw, I came across an interesting blog post by Haskell Murray explaining...
Continue Reading"The Way We Think About Charity is Dead Wrong" by Dan Pallotta
Many people have a misconception about fundraising costs and charitable giving. Too many donors ask to...
Continue ReadingKickstarter and Scam Artists
The concept of crowdfunding is very intriguing to me. The idea that a young company could...
Continue ReadingThe Recipe for Social Entrepreneurship – Love of Jojo’s Sriracha Sauce
In our day-to-day practice at Apex Law, we are lucky enough to come into contact with...
Continue ReadingSalesforce.com relinquishes Trademark application for “Social Enterprise”; What you Can Do to Protect a Phrase that Defines a Movement.
Language matters. Language is how we communicate, frame problems and seek their solutions, and otherwise interact...
Continue ReadingSocial Entrepreneurship Articles and an Event for the Week of Sept. 9, 2012
I’ve recently come across a couple of interesting articles that I felt were worth sharing...
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