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Start Some Good: The Blog: This Week in Social Entrepreneurship

I’m so excited by the newest addition to the StartSomeGood Blog: This Week in Social Entrepreneurship. Each Friday we’ll post the latest news, great resources, inspiration and more in the world of social innovation. Check out the first edition below:

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In our “This Week in Social Entrepreneurship” series, each Friday we will feature the top stories in Social Entrepreneurship for the week that we find to be noteworthy, novel, and thought-provoking. What are your favorite stories this week in Social Entrepreneurship? Let’s start a discussion!

Ventureneer is a great resource for someone starting or owning a nonprofit or social business. This week, Ventureneer features a list of the 25 Best Social Media for Social Good Blogs. These are must-reads for socially driven businesses that are looking to implement social media strategies.

Are you looking to “Work on Purpose”? In this article on Social Impact Jobs, Echoing Green discusses a recent survey it put together in conjunction with Idealist that found many nonprofit managers are expecting to hire for new positions this coming year. The article also features some social impact job openings.

Environmental Leader published 12 Ways to Turn Green Intentions into Green Actions. This article gives practical tips on how green businesses can turn the green intentions of consumers that are stuck in the middle (not environmental activists but also not anti-green) into green actions.

Fast Company featured three of the standout winners of the Powering Economic Opportunity: Create a World That Works Competition, hosted by the eBay Foundation and Ashoka Changemakers. The challenge asked participants to come up with “the world’s most innovative market-based solutions that create economic opportunity and generate employment for disadvantaged populations.”