Tag: Business and Society
Goizueta’s Grounds for Empowerment partners with Nicaragua’s Vega Coffee
Grounds for Empowerment -- a Social Enterprise @ Goizueta initiative -- is partnering with Nicaragua’s Vega Coffee to provide even more economic opportunities for women coffee specialty coffee farmers.
Social Impact Panel sheds light on ‘blind spots’ in entrepreneurial playing...
What may seem like the golden age of entrepreneurship, Ross Baird, president of Village Capital and author of “The Innovation Blind Spot,” says otherwise.
Nicaragua farmers highlight second annual GFE Community Forum
At this year’s second annual Grounds for Empowerment Community Forum attendees had the opportunity to experience something unique.
Four GFE farmers, Ivania Calderón, Alexa Marin,...
Start:ME seeking entrepreneurs for 2018 program
The Start:ME Accelerator is currently recruiting promising entrepreneurs in and around Clarkston, East Lake, and the Southside through November 6th for its 2018 programs.
Peter Roberts discusses startup accelerators in emerging markets
Professor of Organization & Management and Academic Director of Social Enterprise @ Goizueta Peter Roberts talks about how startup accelerators have become more popular in emerging markets in the Harvard Business Review.
James hosts 2017 First Day Town Hall event
Erika James, John H. Harland Dean of Emory University's Goizueta Business School, delivered her annual Town Hall address Wednesday afternoon to a capacity crowd of faculty, staff and students. James, who is entering her fourth academic year leading the school, took the opportunity to detail success stories from the past calendar year and inspire action as the school nears its centennial celebration.
Longhofer examines business, climate change
Climate change.
The UN international treaty on climate change dominated the headlines in 2017.
President Trump caused consternation for some, celebration for others, when in May...
Goizueta’s TTC finds cost of specialty coffee lowest in South
Recent observations from Goizueta's Transparent Trade Coffee project found the cost to purchase a pound of specialty coffee is lowest in the South. The project also suggests that coffee is the most expensive out West.
Social Enterprise’s Transparent Trade Coffee launches ongoing editorial series
Academic Director of Social Enterprise Peter Roberts and the Transparent Trade Coffee team have launched a new column series in Daily Coffee News exploring transparency in specialty coffee markets.
Start:ME’s Grow with the Flow startup gaining popularity
Grow with the Flow founders and entrepreneurs Reggie and Roger Ramos begin to grow business with help of Start:ME program.
Babysitting startup connects Emory students with local families
A mobile app created by Goizueta students connects Emory students to the surrounding community through babysitting services, giving students and parents the ability to...
Start:ME announces $60K in peer-selected loans for small businesses
Twenty-nine promising micro-entrepreneurs in the Clarkston and East Lake communities completed an extensive mentoring and business training program offered through the Start:Micro-Entrepreneur Accelerator Program (Start:ME).
