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10 Problems. 10 Solutions. 10 Awards. Classy.

This post was originally produced for Forbes. You can download an audio podcast here or subscribe via iTunes. A lesson all successful entrepreneurs seem to learn quickly is that they must solve a...

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One Father’s Dementia Inspired A Social Enterprise To Protect Billions

This post was originally produced for Forbes. You can download an audio podcast here or subscribe via iTunes. Michael Trainer, 40, one of the founders of the successful Global Citizen events in Central...

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For This Family, The Bigger The Problem, The Bigger The Opportunity

This post was originally produced for Forbes. You can download an audio podcast here or subscribe via iTunes. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN estimates that “roughly one-third of the...

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Founded By A 4-Year-Old, This Nonprofit Is Her Incomparable Legacy

This post was originally produced for Forbes. You can download an audio podcast here or subscribe via iTunes. Alex Scott, the second child and only daughter among four children, must have been born...

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‘A Life Has Meaning And Purpose, No Matter The Age’

This post was originally produced for Forbes. You can download an audio podcast here or subscribe via iTunes. Meghan Waldron is 15 years old, runs track for her high school, plays in the school...

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How To Start Impact Investing With Just $50 And Five Minutes

This post was originally produced for Forbes. You can download an audio podcast here or subscribe via iTunes. Fifty bucks and five minutes will make you an impact investor. I did it. So can you. Swell...

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Impact Investor: You Don’t Have To Give Up Returns To Do Good

This post was originally produced for Forbes. You can download an audio podcast here or subscribe via iTunes. One of the most controversial topics in impact investing is whether it is possible or fair...

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Is It Ethical To Lend To Working People At A 200% Interest Rate?

This post was originally produced for Forbes. You can download an audio podcast here or subscribe via iTunes. We’re all familiar with payday lenders who are providing loans to people who can least...

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‘Wealth Building Isn’t Just For The Wealthy’

This post was originally produced for Forbes. You can download an audio podcast here or subscribe via iTunes. Jennifer Williams, a school teacher in Mississippi, has now paid off all nine of her payday...

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Global Health Challenges Offer Social Entrepreneurs Opportunity

This post was originally produced for Forbes. You can download an audio podcast here or subscribe via iTunes. “We have grown far too tolerant of businesses not acting in alignment with the public...

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Giving State Report Guides Better Philanthropy

Interview with Jacob Allen, the Managing Director of Cicero Social Impact. For nearly a year, Jacob Allen has been working on a comprehensive report about philanthropy in the State of Utah. While some...

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Let’s Actually FIX Our Air Pollution Problem

This is a guest post from James Westwater, Chair, Utah Valley Earth Forum At times, Utah cities along the Wasatch Front have the worst air pollution in the entire nation. Yes, we live in a bowl where...

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Changing Minds and Changing Lives: Connecting People with Disabilities with...

This is a guest post from Kris Foss, the Managing Director of Disability Solutions at Ability Beyond. One in five people in the United States have some type of disability and are facing challenges in...

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Recovered Quadriplegic Devotes Life To Serving Children

Interview with Karli Sue VerHoef, the Director of Sunshine Heroes Foundation. As a child, Karli Sue VerHoef was a quadriplegic. At the time, she was told she always would be. She came to appreciate...

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Young Chicago Filmmaker Aims Lens At Difficult Issues

Interview with Dontell Antonio, the Director of Composite Media. Dontello Antonio, 27, is a filmmaker who is bringing attention to taboo subjects, from drug abuse to sex trafficking in his new short...

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Why Diabetics Want Pockets in Their Knickers and Where to Get Them

Type 1 Diabetics, those who typically contract the disease as children and not as a result of a lack of diet or exercise, are entirely dependent upon insulin. Today’s insulin delivery and blood...

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New ‘Impact Security’ Could Revolutionize Philanthropy

This post was originally produced for Forbes. You can download an audio podcast here or subscribe via iTunes. Catarina Schwab, 43, and Lindsay Beck have set out to completely revolutionize...

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How Eckrich Used America’s Love of College Football to Honor and Benefit the...

This is a guest post by John Pauley, Smithfield Food’s Executive Vice President of Retail Sales, Packaged Meats Division Our country may have been split when the Alabama Crimson Tide faced the Georgia...

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3rd Generation Deaf Person Well Suited To Lead 1,000-Employee Nonprofit...

This post was originally produced for Forbes. You can download an audio podcast here or subscribe via iTunes or Google Play. Chris Soukup, 38, is a third-generation member of the deaf community. As a...

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Surviving polio & fighting the label of being called the “dead wood of...

Veteran Kenyan journalist, Mr. Wycliffe Muga has a conversation with Siddharth Chatterjee, UN’s Resident Coordinator in Kenya. Siddharth Chatterjee is the United Nations Resident Coordinator and the...

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