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So why do so many fail? It has to do with how many people you have in your social circles, writes Adam Clark Estes at Gizmodo.
"Our brains are evolution, and our ancestors lived in small groups," he writes.
"So they didn't need to communicate with hundreds of people and didn't get this skill."
In other words, you may have thousands of "friends" on Facebook, but how many of them do you really know? "But running a business implies communication with many more people," Estes writes.
If a company loses the competition, its rivals understand their clients better.
"We don't have a lot of 'brain slots' for business partners, customers, subordinates, and investors," Estes writes.
"And this biases our worldview to an extent.
Who needs your product, and why? Six years ago, I, like many other founders, focused on my product from the opposite perspective from which my customers were...
Selected Grant News Headlines
For two days in March, music fans gathered in Phoenix's Steele Indian School Park for the McDowell Mountain Music Festival, which featured electronic dance music (EDM), R&B, and indie rock.
But...more
When it comes to fundraising, not much is known about corporate donors.
But when it comes to targeting them, not much is known about corporate donors at all.
That's according to UHY Advisors'...more
Foundation: Rockefeller Foundation, Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation 
The University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff is honoring five people for their "extensive community involvement, philanthropic endeavors, and exemplary service to the community," per a release.
The...more
"I was working in corporate America for one of the world's largest retail companies, and it was challenging and wonderful in many ways.
But I was finding my truest fulfillment on Saturday...more
If you're looking for a way to give back to your community, FirstBank has just the thing for you.
The bank's Charitable Foundation is holding its first-ever Better Giving for Greater Impact...more
It's a sign of the times: A real estate research firm has been bought by a private equity firm in a deal that values the company at more than $1 billion.
The New York Times reports on GRESB's...more
"The climate time-bomb is ticking.
We need to seize the opportunity to invest in credible innovations that can contribute to reaching our global targets," UN Secretary-General Ant ? nio Guterres...more
Matt Damon and Gary White are putting their money where their mouth is.
The two are co-founder and CEO of WaterEquity, a nonprofit that aims to improve access to safe water and sanitation around...more
Repsol, Spain's largest oil and gas company, is under fire from environmental groups for "greenwashing" its fuelsmeaning using palm oil instead of natural gasand is now facing a lawsuit from another...more
The Toronto Stock Exchange kicked off its new social, environmental, and economic justice-focused exchange this week with the debut of SVX Impact Index, a first-of-its-kind database that tracks the...more
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Why People Buy from Social Enterprises?
The Guardian has compiled a list of responses to its latest open thread, and has announced the winner of the social enterprise gift hamper packed with presents.
