Rediscovering Ethical Finance at Yale

| June 17, 2013 | Comments (0)
Rediscovering Ethical Finance at Yale

Perhaps no one is better suited to a deep and searching investigation of the absence of ethics in finance, than Yale Research Professor and grandson of Wall Street reformer, President Teddy Roosevelt, Theodore Roosevelt Malloch. Like his ancestors before him (including distant cousin FDR), Malloch is passionate about bringing back honor and integrity to a profession that has lost its moral compass over the last three decades. He seems to have also inherited some of the vast courage of conviction and commitment to justice well-known in his family tree.

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Small Business Funding Workshop!

| May 25, 2013 | Comments (0)
Small Business Funding Workshop!

It used to be that small businesses and sole entrepreneurs had to access cash by maxing out their high interest credit cards and signing their souls (and property) away on the dotted line. Well, not anymore!

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FUN, Food & Fair Trade Events in May

| May 22, 2013 | Comments (0)
FUN, Food & Fair Trade Events in May

The best socially good, locally sourced, fair trade, sustainable food and fashion events in NYC this memorial day weekend through the end of May, as well as workshops & classes designed for local entrepreneurs.

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To Eat Or Not to Eat Eggs!

| April 29, 2013 | Comments (0)
To Eat Or Not to Eat Eggs!

America is hooked on eggs. We use a lot of them in our favorite foods from pancakes to bagels, to cupcakes and cookies. Many of our egg-happy foods are borrowed from the French: soufflés, quiches, omelettes, remoulades, mayonnaise – just to name a few! Yet increasingly, reports of the egg distributing industry reveal the ghastly treatment of mother hens, toxic chemicals in the processing, and generally unhealthy care and feeding of the chickens that lay these ungolden eggs! The entire eggy mess makes the egg one of the more unhealthy foods we can eat, not just for our hearts, but for our souls too!

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Crafting the Big Picture With ETSY

| April 26, 2013 | Comments (0)
Crafting the Big Picture With ETSY

Etsy (Italian for “oh, yes!”): That wonderful, whimsical online marketplace for crafty sole entrepreneurs is branching out. My recent experience attending an innovative and uniquely structured conference: “Hello Etsy: Reimagine the Marketplace” showed me that Etsy is nothing less than a market force.

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Delaware B Corps May Be Approved Soon

| April 22, 2013 | Comments (0)
Delaware B Corps May Be Approved Soon

Welcome to the New Economy! B Corps are wonderful companies that care about people, the environment, the community and economic justice for all! Delaware is the newest state to join the B Corp brigade!

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Tribeca Hacks at the Center for Social Innovation!

| April 22, 2013 | Comments (0)
Tribeca Hacks at the Center for Social Innovation!

The Tribeca Film Institute, best known for its annual film festival, wants to teach filmmakers how to code. Starting last December, Tribeca is launched the Tribeca Hacks, a nationwide series of hackathons designed to get content creators with varying levels of coding experience to quickly wireframe,

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Social Capital Gets Social!

| April 19, 2013 | Comments (0)
Social Capital Gets Social!

At a recent soiree complete with locally sourced wine and healthy treats, Bard College’s MBA in Sustainability Director, Eban Goodstein and social entrepreneurship expert, Diana Ayton-Shenker teamed up to discuss the landscape of raising capital for social enterprises.

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Your Money or Your Life? New York Movie Premier!

| April 17, 2013 | Comments (0)
Your Money or Your Life? New York Movie Premier!

MONEY and LIFE tells a new story of money, but more broadly it tells a new story of humanity. It transcends blame and judgment, yet highlights the real precariousness of the current monetary system. It reminds us to consider cooperation and win-win solutions as the new normal. With a touch of humor and a lot of heart, this film addresses a matter that concerns us all.

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NYC Green Festival Opens Friday, April 19!

| April 16, 2013 | Comments (0)
NYC Green Festival Opens Friday, April 19!

Good Business New York (GoodB) is invited again this year to attend the upcoming Green Festival at the Javits Center on Manhattan’s far west side. We will be taking our team to the events this weekend and reporting back to GoodB readers all the news that fit to print- on our sustainable solar hosted site that is!

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BlocPower: Powering up the Neighborhood

| February 28, 2013 | Comments (0)
BlocPower: Powering up the Neighborhood

Donnel Baird, an Echoing Green “Black Male Achievement” Fellow has launched BlocPower an innovative social venture based in New York City to bring low cost renewable energy to low income urban areas. BlocPower aggregates groups of consumers–like Groupon–to negotiate energy savings, pricing discounts, and community hiring quotas with renewable and energy efficiency firms.

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Reimagining the Marketplace!

| February 27, 2013 | Comments (0)
Reimagining the Marketplace!

Etsy, our friends at the World’s Biggest Online Marketplace for Craftspeople, is having its first American conference on the new economy this March 22-24, 2013. The GoodB Team will be there filming the events and interviewing key speakers and participants. Our founder Monika Mitchell will be presenting a workshop with Locavesting author, Amy Cortese on Community Capital. Tickets are $85 and going fast! Get $10 off by mentioning the code GoodB-Etsy!

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