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Coming May 2013: Media Lab at Hub LA

March 20th, 2013 – Posted by Hub LA
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Exciting News from Hub LA CEO and Co-Founder Elizabeth Stewart Our team and the growing community of members at Hub LA recognize the tremendous opportunity we have to bring together individuals and teams from two powerful communities dedicated to creating positive change: the social entrepreneur and start-up community; and the artistic, creative community. Because of the society-shaping power of these two groups, we are expanding Hub LA’s facilities to include a Media Lab scheduled to […] Read More


New Year, New Programming, New Membership: Launching Hub LA Workbench and Hub Accelerate

January 9th, 2013 – Posted by Elizabeth Stewart
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By Elizabeth Stewart CEO and Co-Founder, Hub Los Angeles As 2013 begins, I’m excited to watch the success and momentum building at Hub LA. Several members are ready to close seed rounds of funding, structure their social enterprises, build boards of exceptional advisers, create value for their first set of clients, and launch crowdfunding campaigns. Each step in moving from idea to execution is no small feat and is celebrated here, which is why we […] Read More


Part-Two - Blurred Lines and the Space in Between: The ProfitPlus Spectrum

December 3rd, 2012 – Posted by Elizabeth Stewart
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Part Two in a Two-part series by Hub LA Co-Founder and CEO Elizabeth Stewart. Read Part One here. Corporations have realized that the next generation of talent (and consumer) is looking for brands that straddle the chasm of making profit and doing good. Corporations that blend their legal responsibility to maximize profits for shareholders wherever possible (a legal requirement of the corporate structure) while giving back or at the very least accounting for their negative […] Read More


Blurred Lines and the Space in Between: The ProfitPlus Spectrum

November 30th, 2012 – Posted by Elizabeth Stewart
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Part One in a Two-Part series by Hub LA Co-Founder and CEO Elizabeth Stewart Three months before I completed my undergraduate degree, I sat in my career counselor’s office discussing what I’d like to do after graduation. “I’d like to get a job helping people; I want to make a positive difference in the world through my work,” I said. “You could work for a non-profit organization,” she replied. At that point I inquired how […] Read More


Flexible and Benefit…California’s Two New Golden Words.

July 25th, 2011 – Posted by Elizabeth Stewart
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By Shaheen Sheik of Esse Law If you’re like most social entrepreneurs, you’re tapped into the community.  And if you’re tapped in, you’ve likely heard that at the midnight deadline on October 10, Governor Brown signed into law two bills that affect our world of do-gooders:  AB 361 (The Benefit Corporation Legislation) and SB 201 (The Flexible Purpose Corporation).  Let’s call these two BenCorp and Flex Law, respectively.  The bird’s eye view: these two laws […] Read More