books

Elisa Birnbaum, Author of In the Business of Change: How Social Entrepreneurs are Disrupting Business as Usual

Top Twelve Popular Podcasts 2018, Elisa Birnbaum

December 14, 2018 Podcast

In the Business of Change features stories of changemakers who use the power of business to address society’s most pressing problems. Note: Between now and the end of the year, we’re counting down the top twelve popular podcast interviews of 2018. It is a people’s choice award, determined by the number of downloads. This interview originally aired on May 24, 2018. Elisa Birnbaum is the publisher and editor-in-chief of SEE Change Magazine, a digital publication of social entrepreneurship and social change. You may recall her interview from June 2017. Elisa has a new book out, In the Business of Change: How Social Entrepreneurs are Disrupting Business as Usual. The book…

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In the Business of Change, Elisa Birnbaum

Elisa Birnbaum, Author of “In the Business of Change: How Social Entrepreneurs are Disrupting Business as Usual”

May 24, 2018 Author, Podcast, SDG17 - Partnerships for the Goals

In the Business of Change features stories of changemakers who use the power of business to address society’s most pressing problems. Elisa Birnbaum is the publisher and editor-in-chief of SEE Change Magazine, a digital publication of social entrepreneurship and social change. You may recall her interview from June 2017. Elisa has a new book out, In the Business of Change: How Social Entrepreneurs are Disrupting Business as Usual. The book highlights how social entrepreneurs are using business savvy to create change in their communities. Elisa tells stories from a wide-range of sectors, including employment, food, art, education, and social justice. Each chapter focuses on lessons learned and measurable impact. The…

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The Magic of Tiny Business

How To Make a Living without Losing Yourself, with Sharon Rowe, The Magic of Tiny Business

April 9, 2018 Author, Podcast, Startup Life

The Magic of Tiny Business is now available for preorder. Sharon Rowe is a pioneer in social entrepreneurship. She launched her company, Eco-Bags Products, almost thirty years ago. Her company produces ECOBAGS, the original reusable bag. When the daughter of a friend approached Sharon looking for a book on how to launch a business, Sharon looked around and didn’t see what she wanted in the marketplace. Like any good entrepreneur, Sharon decided to fill that gap. The solution is her new book, The Magic of Tiny Business: You Don’t Have to Go Big to Make a Great Living. Sharon first told me about her book exactly one year ago when…

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Dorcas Cheng-Tozun, Author of Start, Love, Repeat

Balancing Entrepreneurship with Family and Self-Care, with Dorcas Cheng-Tozun, Inc. Contributor and Author of “Start, Love, Repeat”

November 6, 2017 Author, BIPOC Voices, Podcast, Startup Life, Women

Dorcas Cheng-Tozun is a columnist for Inc.com focusing on startup life at the intersection of marriage, family, and personal well-being. She is also the author of Start, Love, Repeat: How to Stay in Love with Your Entrepreneur in a Crazy Startup World. “We’re not fully acknowledging the reality of what it means to pursue a business,” Dorcas Cheng-Tozun begins. “There is so much excitement and goodness in it, and yet there is this other side to it that involves sacrifice and some measure of pain.” d.light is a global solar energy company, delivering affordable solar solutions. When Dorcas’ husband Ned co-founded d.light in 2005, Dorcas was immediately pulled into the…

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Tyler Gage, Author of Fully Alive: Using the Lessons of the Amazon to Live Your Mission in Business and Life

Live Your Mission, with Tyler Gage, Co-Founder of Runa, and Author of Fully Alive

November 6, 2017 Author, Podcast, SDG15 - Life on Land

Tyler Gage, Co-Founder of Runa, has a new book, Fully Alive: Using the Lessons of the Amazon to Live Your Mission in Business and Life.   Tyler Gage was first introduced to Guayusa in his college years, during a soul-searching trip to the Amazon. “I was struggling with anxiety and depression,” he explains. Gage experienced “existential anxiety,” even after achieving his life-long goal of being recruited to play soccer at Brown University. Feeling lost, out of place and like there were deeper parts of himself that he could not understand, Gage embarked on an adventure to the Peruvian forest. He spent time with indigenous elders. He participated in fasting rituals…

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popular social entrepreneurship books

Best Seller List: Popular Social Entrepreneurship Books

August 10, 2016 Startup Life

What are the most popular social entrepreneurship books? Here is a list of the books most frequently purchased by my readers. Let me explain. I am sometimes asked how I generate revenue from the podcast Social Entrepreneur. After all, unlike many podcasts, I do not have sponsors. That is on purpose.  I’d rather have you listen to the guests instead of listening to advertisements. Culture Shift Companies, the parent company that produces Social Entrepreneur, is funded through bootstrapping. We have several streams of income: Products and services such as the Culture Shift Learning Academy Consulting One-on-one Coaching Membership Mastermind Group Affiliate Programs Here is how the affiliate process works. I provide a…

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