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Hub Stories: Mercy Corps’ Development Officer Challenges Changemakers to Examine our Giving Habits

[Name]: Mary Tam
[Areas of Expertise]: Fundraising, Community Development, International Relief

[Memory Lane]: 
While interning in Kyrgyzstan, I learned about some of the logistical challenges of doing programming abroad. If you’re doing cash distribution, you can’t just acquire the money…

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Slow Money Entrepreneur Showcase

Twelve Food and Farming Projects to Present at the First Regional Slow Money Entrepreneur Showcase on June 12th
Sunday, June 12, 2011, 12:00-4:00 p.m.
Conference Center at Fort Mason, San Francisco, CA 94123
Registration now open: Slow Money Northern California…

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Hub Ventures Snapshot: rippleQ

The Customer discovery catharsis
There is a sublime moment of clairvoyance when an early stage entrepreneur realizes that his approach to starting a new high-growth venture has been wrong.  Namely when he comes to understand that he is not building…

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Hub Stories: Brothers from Mississippi Venture into Mobile Technology for Human Rights

[Name]: Kohl S Gill and Jake Astin Smith
[Sector Tags/Areas of Expertise]: Mobile Applications, Tech for change, Labor Rights, Human Rights, International Development
[Memory Lane] 
“The conference we’re at today is called ‘Advancing the New Machine: How do we use…

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ImpactU, Summer @the HUB

This summer, Impact Corps and the Hub San Francisco are partnering to provide an opportunity for the next generation of talent to pursue their interests within the impact sector.  Impact-U is a three month weekend membership that provides current graduate…

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Happy Anniversary Hub San Francisco!!

Happy Anniversary Hubbers!!
Well folks, it’s been an intense and exciting 12 months, but we made it through the first year. When we opened our doors on May 17, 2010, we had no idea what we were in for. On…

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Meet Sexy Salad Chef Mia Perachiotti!

Who’s making Sexy Salad on Hub SoMa’s 1st Year Anniversary?  Mia Perachiotti!  Haha!  You might have thought Hub Staff huh?  Well, next time my friends, next time!
Mia Perachiotti is a Holistic Nutrition and Wellness Coach who specializes in helping…

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SOCAP11 ASKS: Money + Meaning = ?

socap11 is here and wants to know: 

That question is: What does Money + Meaning = ? SOCAP11 will be held Sept 6th – 9th at Fort Mason in San Francisco to continue helping build the social capital market. However,…

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Hub Co-Design | Inspiration Steps

Here we are again!

Last Saturday we drove our truck to get material to build a new lounge area in the current Hub SoMa kitchen.
In Rome, we have the famous “Spanish Steps” so why not have our own “Inspiration…

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Hub Co-Design | Warming the atmosphere!

Buongiorno Hubbers!

In case you haven’t noticed, last week we put orange gels around the fluorescent light bulbs that are close to the Host desk.…