San Francisco Bay Area
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San Francisco Steps up Big for B Corps – Board of Supervisors President, David Chiu, Proposes Incentives for CA B Corps
San Francisco Board of Supervisors President and SF Mayoral Candidate, David Chiu, today held a press conference at the Hub SoMa and laid out his plan for San Francisco to become the beacon and capital of Social Entrepreneurialism, starting with a plan for the City to provide contract bid preferences to CA B Corps or Benefit Corporations. BetterWorld has stood by Supervisor Chiu through this process, which began at a Silicon Valley Leadership Group event a few months ago and culminating recently in a roundtable with Supervisor Chiu with many SF Access Economy and B Corps leaders, including Jeff Marcous of Dharma Merchant Services, Brian Back of Sustainable Industries, David Brodwin from the American Sustainable Business Council, Alex Michel from the 5M Project and others.... -
Silicon Valley Leadership Group � White House CTO
President Barack Obama said in his State of the Union address that the US needs to out-innovate, out-build, and out-educate the rest of the world. To that end, members of the administration have been traveling around the country to meet up with business leaders in roundtable discussions and learn how best to support them.... -
Investors' Circle Venture Forum in San Francisco
The BetterWorld Team was out at the Investors' Circle Spring Venture Fair and Forum in San Francisco yesterday and today. Investors' Circle is a network of over 150 angel investors, professional venture capitalists, foundations and family offices who are using private capital to promote the transition to a sustainable economy. Since 1992, Investors' Circle has facilitated the flow of over $145 million into more than 220 companies and small funds addressing social and environmental issues....
