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       Andrew Wolk, founder and CEO of Root Cause and senior lecturer in social entrepreneurship at MIT, writes on social entrepreneurship and government. This blog features highlights from the Small Business Administration’s 2007 Report to the President and the follow-up paper co-published with the Aspen Institute “Advancing Social Entrepreneurship: Recommendations for Policy Makers and Government Agencies.” Learn more at www.publicinnovators.com.
       
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