Oregon university students pitch ways to make money so they can help an Oregon community

Teams of Oregon university students pitched their best ideas Monday for how they would run an enterprise that would generate a pile of money — not to get them rich or reward investors, but to do good in a needy Oregon community.

Oregon Social Business Challenge https://secure.ous.edu/socialbusiness/

By Betsy Hammond, The Oregonian

Full Story: http://www.oregonlive.com/education/index.ssf/2012/10/oregon_university_students_pit.html

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Social Business Challenge aims to showcase the best of Oregon’s higher education

A first-ever event next Monday will feature Muhammad Yunus, Nobel Peace Prize recipient and leading thinker on micro-lending, in a bid to show average Oregonians that state higher education is making the world a better place.

Yunus, a leading thinker on social business — the practice of using business to help solve social problems — agreed to waive his typical $125,000 speaking fee if 1,000 Oregonians would get in the same room to learn more about social entrepreneurship.

Bridget Burns, chief of staff for the Oregon University System, took him up on that offer.

By Christina Williams

Full Story: http://www.sustainablebusinessoregon.com/articles/2012/09/social-business-challenge-aims-to.html?page=all