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An Entrepreneur That CARES....

Thu, 06 Sep 2007 16:38:44 -0400

An Entrepreneur Who Cares Jeff Skoll earned his wealth as the first president of eBay. Now, he looks for ways that business can change the world for the better

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Jeff Skoll thinks ~~- and cares -~~ big. He caught the entrepreneurial bug long before 1995, the year he earned his MBA at Stanford University Graduate School of Business and became the first president of eBay, the online-auction site. This was after he had already la...

WHAT RETHOS.COM HAS BEEN UP TO

Thu, 06 Sep 2007 11:37:12 -0400

Hey… just thought that I would share some exciting news with the rethos fam….

Rethos.com was invited to join the 60th annual DPI/NGO conference, at the UN (United Nations) in New york, welcoming over 2000 non profits. (google the event to learn more about it :) )

This year’s focus was on global warming….an awesome opportunity and a wonderful way to increase our knowledge on an issue that is now being discussed more so than in the past.

A great organization that I have researched and come to love is Green Peac...

"Facebook Generation- Will Social Networks Change the Nature of Philanthropy"

Sun, 02 Sep 2007 21:39:23 -0400

Facebook Generation Will Social Networks Change the Nature of Philanthropy? By Tom Watson, 6/13/2007 A few weeks ago, my daughter and I started a bank and now we make loans to businesses all over the world. Now, before you speculate on my family wealth or means – and my place among the banking titans – consider that we started this little lending institution of ours with $250. And keep in mind that our “bank” is really one of thousands, that we meet with other owners online, and that they don’t appear to be captains of finance (from what I can tell by their...