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• Fair Trade Venture Takes Top Global Social Venture Competition Prize.

  - 2005-04-21

  Byline: Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley BERKELEY, Calif., April 21 AScribe Newswire -- World of Good, a venture that promotes employment through fair trade with disadvantaged communities in developing countries while also working to support fair labor practices and encourage local economic development...

  Tags: entrepreneurial, Entrepreneurship, Goldman Sachs Group Inc., London Business School, team, University of California at Berkeley

• International Student Teams Propose New Business Ideas With Social Bottom Line in Global Social Venture Competition.

  - 2005-04-01

  Byline: Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley BERKELEY, Calif., April 1 AScribe Newswire -- Nine teams of MBA students planning social enterprises that range from applying nanotechnology to solar power systems in developing countries to training low-income urban youth to conduct market research on...

  Tags: Columbia, entrepreneurial, Entrepreneurship, Haas, London Business School, team, University of California at Berkeley

• International Student Teams Propose New Business Ideas With Social Bottom Line in Global Social Venture Competition.

  - 2005-03-28

  Byline: Pending BERKELEY, Calif., March 28 AScribe Newswire -- Nine MBA teams planning social enterprises -- ranging from applying nanotechnology to solar power systems in developing countries to training low-income urban youth to conduct market research on their peer groups -- will compete ...

  Tags: entrepreneurial, Entrepreneurship, Goldman Sachs Group Inc., London Business School, team, University of California at Berkeley

• Global Social Venture Competition Selects International Winners to Launch Businesses Beyond Pure Profit; Judges Impressed by Social Ventures Focusing on Educational, Environmental, Urban Regeneration Issues.

  - 2004-04-22

  Byline: Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley BERKELEY, Calif., April 22 AScribe Newswire -- Four winning social ventures from the US and Europe took the top awards at the Global Social Venture Competition held at London Business School on April 16, 2004. The winners...

  Tags: Columbia, entrepreneurial, Entrepreneurship, Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Haas, London Business School, team, University of California at Berkeley

• Global Social Venture Competition Finalists Create Business Value Beyond Pure Profit; Competition Sees Record Participation From Business Schools Around the World.

  - 2004-03-16

  Byline: Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley BERKELEY, Calif., March 16 AScribe Newswire -- A record number of 129 business school teams from around the world strive to create businesses that incorporate both financial and social bottom lines in the 2004 Global Social Venture...

  Tags: Columbia, entrepreneurial, Entrepreneurship, Haas, London Business School, University of California at Berkeley

• Social Venture Competition Expands Globally With London Partnership.

  - 2003-09-24

  Byline: Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley BERKELEY, Calif., Sept. 24 AScribe Newswire -- One of America's fastest-growing business plan competitions and most innovative business school partnerships in pursuit of social value is expanding its international reach. The renamed Global Social Venture Competition,...

  Tags: entrepreneurial, Entrepreneurship, FINANCE, Goldman Sachs Group Inc., London Business School, partnership, University of California at Berkeley