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Online Fashion Store Focussed on Muslim Fashion Donates Profit to Enabling Orphans

by Iyas A
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This online store selling women’s Muslim fashion not only donates profit to help empower local orphans, but has also taken some under its wing to coach in starting their own business. CLICK HERE TO SEE ORIGINAL ARTICLE

Accelerating Startups Under Blockade

by Iyas A
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Gaza is under siege. As a result, it now has the highest unemployment population in the world. With its infrastructure in tatters from Israeli bombardment, it’s an unlikely place to see a technology accelerator. But maybe that’s what’s needed to give some economic hope. CLICK HERE TO SEE ORIGINAL ARTICLE

Let them eat bugs: US startup sees future of sustainable food in creepy crawlies

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Black soldier fly larvae is a more sustainable animal-feed than the more common wild-caught fish. Grubbly Farm has made bugs its business. CLICK HERE TO SEE ORIGINAL ARTICLE

Entrepreneurs Need More than Passion and Point Solutions to address social issues

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Entrepreneurs looking to solve social issues are great at coming up with ideas and passion. But to take root, they need to adopt a more systems-thinking approach. CLICK HERE TO SEE ORIGINAL ARTICLE

Unreasonable Lab Virginia Supports 8 Entrepreneurs with Mission-driven Startups

by Iyas A
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Unreasonable Lab Virginia is creating a class to supports 8 mission-driven startups. Taking them through a business validation process, the goal is by the end to have them prepared for the real world with validated tests and a viable plan. This is a model that should be everywhere. CLICK HERE TO SEE ORIGINAL ARTICLE

Turn CO2 Into A Sustainable Replacement For Palm Oil

by Iyas A
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Making money by recycling CO2 into cheaper synthetic Palm Oil while saving trees. What’s not to love about this innovation from Kiverdi (http://www.kiverdi.com/), based on a 1960s astronaut experiment? Their process uses less land, can produce in hours rather than waiting for trees to grow, is cheaper, and can be made to order and scale. Early days, but I hope they get their business model right. CLICK HERE TO SEE ORIGINAL ARTICLE

Chobani’s Incubator Seeks Purpose-Driven Food Startups

by Iyas A
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Chobani is a fantastic food success story, growing to $10Bn in a decade. Now it’s created an incubator for mission-driven food startups – natural affordable food. Perfect mission alignment. CLICK HERE TO SEE ORIGINAL ARTICLE

Digital Healthcare Startup Curofy is an Online Community for Doctors

by Iyas A
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Great to see an app for doctors to share knowledge and diagnoses coming out of India. No spam, no ads, just a doctors’ community helping each other. CLICK HERE TO SEE ORIGINAL ARTICLE

Mines For Good – Support Drones to Clear Mines

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Drones kill, right? Wrong. These ones by Mine Kafon clear mines in 3 steps. Map an area in 3D, run metal detectors over it, then place detonators to explode the mines. Support them on Kickstarter. 20x faster than current methods. CLICK HERE TO SEE ORIGINAL ARTICLE

Outerknown Sets New Bar for Supply Chain Transparency

by Iyas A
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The fashion industry is not renowned for ethical and responsible sourcing. So great to see a startup go completely transparent with its supply chain, and enhance it with real stories. CLICK HERE TO SEE ORIGINAL ARTICLE