William James Foundation 2009-10 Competition Full Plan Round
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United Tables
United Tables is a new mutually beneficial partnership between loyal patrons and their favorite local restaurants through a mobile app that features custom bonus offers.
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Company. Social Hall.
The affordable restaurant that gives you the power to nourish your lifestyle and community... everyday! Discount meal plans offer healthy food to weekly members and our social networking infrastructure empowers them to give back to their community.
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Vort Port International
Vort Port International is a social venture nonprofit organization empowering developing communities by building local enterprises building and distributing affordable technologies including biodigesters, bioalgae flashlights, and water purifiers.
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Bia-Teuk Renewables, Ltd.
Providing rural Cambodians with power and clean water by converting rice husks into electricity and utilizing the ashes to filter the local water supply.
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BizWiz, LLC
BizWiz, LLC aims to bring greater efficiency in the microfinance industry by empowering micro-entrepreneurs to take charge of their business performance and records through technology they already own and use.
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Novo Dulces
Gourmet baked goods social enterprise that fuses Latino traditions with American favorites.
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Nuru Light
We created the Nuru Light to replace the use of expensive, polluting, and dangerous kerosene in rural households. Charged by the world's first commercially available pedal generator, our light is the most affordable and efficient light in the world.
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Passiv Structures, LLC
Passiv Structures, LLC is a triple bottom line company that uses patented technologies to design and build cost competitive low energy & carbon (LEC) and zero energy & carbon (ZEC) buildings in all sectors of the US building industry.
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PowerMundo
This business will improve people's lives and conserve nature by connecting millions of people in developing countries to market driven, affordable, appropriate technology.
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Prosperity Candle
Partnering with women entrepreneurs in distressed places, where the international private sector is unable or unwilling to invest. Pursuing a model of shared prosperity with scalable enterprises linked to local and global markets.