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...around it." In Drayton's view, there is no difference between those who use their skills in business and those who use them in the pursuit of social goals. More and more people agree. As economic, social and political pressures blur the boundaries between the for-profit and not-for-profit worlds, a new breed of do-gooder is emerging, one that uses techniques and tools honed in the workplace to tackle social problems. In most cases, they start small. But taken together, they are changing the way nonprofit enterprises are conceived and run and bringing a new dynamism...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Getting Better At Doing Good | 2/21/2000 | See Source »

...help you if a hurricane blows down your factory but not if it's 6[degrees] warmer this winter and your revenue drops,'" Clemmons says. The deregulation of the energy industry in 1995 meant that a new category of highly weather-sensitive businesses was suddenly forced to make a profit and became very interested in a product that could protect it from weather risks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Weathering The Business Climate | 2/21/2000 | See Source »

...also said the Coop did not have profit-making motives in mind...

Author: By Jonathan F. Taylor, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Students Organize Drive To Save Bow | 2/18/2000 | See Source »

going to go. I also understand the Coop's fiscal responsibility to its members, however. Remember, the Coop is not a for-profit company," Dearing wrote...

Author: By Jonathan F. Taylor, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Students Organize Drive To Save Bow | 2/18/2000 | See Source »

...Short, gorgeous bisexual feminist w/hips like a truck, seeks similar for talking, thrifting, wheat pasting, obsessive emailing, drinkin' and china pattern shopping. Must be happily trapped in non-profit ghetto, emotionally available and so small it hurts. No biphobic lesbians, boy crazy bis or diva trainees. Blood curdling sarcasm also completely unacceptable. Quakerism a plus...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How the '70s Changed America | 2/18/2000 | See Source »

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