Today we have gathered and when we look up the faces around us we see that the cycles of life continue. We have been given the duty to live in balance and harmony with each other and with all living things. So now let us bring our minds together as one as we give greetings and thanks to each other as People. Now our minds are one.
That’s the first stanza of the Thanksgiving Address of the Haudenosaunee Confederation (the Iroquois), or more accurately the Words That Come Before All Else. Here’s a link to one version of the rest of the address. I’ll be reading it aloud on Thanksgiving Day.
From the same neighborhood, here’s a story this week by Nina Roberts, about a couple in upstate New York who are quiet revolutionaries in the farming space. For less than the price of McDonald’s, members of the community get all of their meals, organic, fresh and local. And here’s a story about a free small business tool to help your company get to net zero.
On behalf of Times of E, I want to give thanks this year:
• For readers – entrepreneurs, influencers, and early-stage investors. My idea in launching Times of E, supported by my relationships with other media and throughout the investing and social change worlds, was to create a community and media outlet to look at business through the lens of impact, individuals and communities. Fifty years from now, we’ll be an alternative to the Wall Street Journal. We’re on our way. This year, more than 500,000 people have read our stories and been part of what we’re up to.
• Thanks to the Times of E team, which hung tough through a global pandemic that hit three weeks after we launched on Feb. 12, 2020: Elaine Pofeldt, Adam Schaffer, Shirly Piperno and Wujixian V. Rock.
• For our funders and early sponsors, most especially the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, and the Walton Family Foundation, YPO, MIT Legatum Center and Abigail Disney. We’re happy to have YouNoodle along as sponsor of our first event!
• For my co-author of The New Builders, Seth Levine, who helps in many ways.
• For our angel investor, Adrian Spratt. You can read his writing here.
Enjoy the day everybody!
Times of Entrepreneurship Stories of the Week
Reinventing the Business Model for Food Production, This Farm Offers An Organic Diet For A Single Low Price That’s Cheaper Than McDonald’s
An unconventional CSA farm lets members, who pay $85 a week, take all the meat, vegetables, dairy, grains and eggs they need for a week of eating.
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A North Carolina Entrepreneur Became An Ally to Local Gangs. Now He Employs 65 Active Members.
Serial entrepreneur George Taylor was shaken when he learned of a teenager killed in his town of Wilmington. So he decided to take an unconventional route to becoming part of the solution to rising tensions between gang members.
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Women Tell Researchers: Companies Should Stop Celebrating ‘Toxic Rockstars’
Most women of color are seeing little benefit from companies’ promises of embracing DE&I. One possible reason: Employers lack avenues for those in marginalized groups to speak up about the effects of abrasive colleagues who get a free pass for bad behavior because they’re talented.
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As People Search for Ethical Outdoor Clothing, Dimpora Is Finding A Niche
Coming out of one of Europe’s top schools, the brand makes membranes for waterproof clothes.
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You may have missed:
Small Businesses Up in Arms As Banks Increase Fees and Tighten Credit Entrepreneurs turn to credit unions and community banks, but financial giants still control much of the market. Read it here.
Problem Solved: A Free Small Business Tool to Help Your Company Get to Net Zero Emissions EU-based Normative is using funding from Google to offer a deal: Pledge to reduce emissions and get free access. Read it here.
To Get More Capital to Communities of Color, White Men in Finance Need to Cede Power Georgetown professor: State Street’s diversity goals should be lauded, not scapegoated. Read it here.
GEM Report uncovers possible ambition gap in women entrepreneurs More men are driven by the desire to create wealth, a sweeping global study finds. Read it here.
Mastercard Report: 20% of the World’s Businesses Closed for Good During the Pandemic Companies with an online presence or location in a residential marketplace fared best. Read it here.
