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Inspiration Deficit Disorder: The No-Pill Prescription to End High Stress and Low Energy
Do you feel stuck? Do you lack the time to regularly renew yourself and enjoy your interests? Are you relying on caffeine, anti-depressants or...
Ten Hero Kids Voted Most Huggable, Each Awarded $10,000
Ten youth judged as this year's Huggable Heroes were honored today for their volunteer efforts at making the world a better place -- in...
Muslim Woman Defies Odds to Build Power Company in Afghanistan
Masooma Habibi remembers her hands bleeding after weaving carpets with her mother in Iran when she was 5. Now she is part of a...
Invest in Microloans: Aid the Poor and Earn 3-6 Percent Interest
For two years now, rock-bottom interest rates have meant nominal returns for savers holding extra cash. But, those who want to do some...
Top Social Entrepreneur Moments of Decade
The Social Entrepreneurship blog published its list of the top moments in social entrepreneurship of the decade. Some of the highlights:
US Launches Office of...
Good News for Small Business Around the World
More countries than ever are slashing red tape around starting new businesses, according to the World Bank’s Doing Business Report, which tracks how easy...
Scholarship Program for Young Offenders Reaps Dividends
Derek was 16 when he landed in a juvenile detention facility after "getting mixed up with the wrong crowd". Today he's 24, finishing his...
What a Dog Taught Me About Personal Growth
My mom’s neighbor had shoulder surgery so she agreed to babysit Buddy, her neighbor’s heavy set and short legged terrier. I offered to...
Community Banks are Growing
A new survey of 743 community banks found that more than half saw an increase in deposits as a result of new customers....
Building a Bridge to Save Lives
The Nithi River used to claim as many as 50 lives each year near the Kenyan villages of Kajuki and Mutino. But a...
Turning Crack Dealers Into Chief Executives
A prison project in Houston is helping to turn criminals into legitimate businessmen.
Four years ago Catherine Rohr was a venture capitalist on...
Jewish-Arab Website, Lend for Peace, Lets You Aid Palestinian Women Businesses
Two Jews and two Palestinians in the U.S. launched a website on Thursday that allows you to make a small loan directly to...
Company Gives More Than Half Its Profits to Charity
What’s in a name? When it comes to the California-based office products firm, Give Something Back, almost everything. GSB gives back more than half...
Buffett, Google Invest In Prolific Renewable You’ve Never Heard Of
Geothermal energy may be the most prolific renewable fuel source that most people have never heard of. Although the supply is virtually limitless, the...
Making Business Decisions Zenfully: Intuition and the Human Touch
We have been trained at University business schools, by books, and experts to make decisions using strategy, tactics, and technique rather than our own...
Buddha in the Board Room
It is said that “an entrepreneur creates a business, while a zentrepreneur creates a business AND a life”. Running a business for positive social...
The Charity That Announced It Had Raised Enough
"Has a charity ever announced that it had enough money?" Kiva.org did. Their website, which allows visitors to fund start-up ventures for women...
Visionaries Take on Life, Evil, and the Universe at TED Conference
Acclaimed thinkers and doers are gathering on the picturesque California coast to candidly discuss evil, beauty, the future and how to save humanity. The...
UN Backs Small-Scale Farmers in Madagascar
The United Nations International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) announced it will spend more than $30 million to help farmers and other rural residents...
Poor Earn Income From Trees – Without Felling Them
Entrepreneurs don't grow on trees, but with a little help from the U.N., poor families around the world are starting their own small...