Entrepreneur Commons


	Entrepreneur Commons

fridemar

3-18-2009 9:48 PM

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creativecommons, entrepreneurcommons, openbusiness, poverty, smallgiants, socialbusiness, socialcommonwealth, wiserearth, yunus, yunusmohammad

fridemar says:

Googling for OpenBusiness, I found the Entrepreneur Commons top-listed. Two questions:

Is somebody here already active in this community?

Does somebody here know Muhammed Yunus or has read his book

"Creating a World without Poverty"

I am going to try to get his book via a public library.

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3-21-2009 9:53 AM

egoldstein

I wasn't familiar with this until i saw your clip. Very interesting...going to explore further.

3-21-2009 10:14 AM

Shagg

Thanks for the clip. Does anybody have a list of these "mojo companies"? I'd love to see this as a developing trend.

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