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Inspiring Entrepreneurs: What Netflix CEO Reed Hastings has learned in his business career

The Next Web

The years I spent living abroad, in Swaziland for a couple of years, were certainly formative in terms of independence and being on my own. And it was at that company that you proposed to the board, several times actually, to fire you as the CEO because you just didn’t feel confident enough for the job. I was just in shock!

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The Many Ways to Say I Love You With A Donation To A Charity

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

You can purchase a gift or card that provides AIDS grants in Ghana, Rwanda, and Swaziland. And if you happen to get a proposal or a ring and want to use your wedding to raise money for Charity, be sure to register at the I Do Foundation. And, don't just support Breast Cancer Research on special holidays, every Friday is PeaFund Friday.

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Creating Markets for Fair Trade Gifts: An Interview with Priya Haji of World of Good

Have Fun - Do Good

The logic that we really proposed is that, well, what really matters, the one common input, is the time of the artisan who made it; and if the artisan took two hours to make it and you paid that person a dollar, that could be a very good price. It is a community where there are almost 75 percent HIV positive rates.

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