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Business for Good: Ed Mitzen’s Approach to Hands-On Philanthropy
INSIDE PHILANTHROPY – When I first interviewed Ed Mitzen for IP last year, I was chasing several stories tied to the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre. I was struck by how this Albany, New York-area businessman had become so passionate about addressing an historical atrocity that, until recently, few Americans knew had even happened. But rather […]
View ArticleWe can’t rely on the government to solve our problems
FAST COMPANY – Nonprofit and private-sector leaders need to come together to drive economic mobility.
View ArticleBlind teen singer’s inspiring message; kid invents pesticide detector
NEWSNATION / WHIZ KIDS – 3M’s “Young Scientist” winner Sirish Subash… joins the show to explain the device he invented to detect pesticides.
View ArticleCapital Region philanthropic business organization expands nationwide
WNYT – Business For Good is expanding its philanthropy to the national level. The organization, founded by Ed and Lisa Mitzen, has also been rebranded the Business for Good Foundation.
View ArticleBusiness For Good to go national, promotes new executive director
ALBANY BUSINESS REVIEW – Business For Good is expanding its mission to a national level.
View ArticleIt Can’t Be Just About Making Money
ADAM MENDLER / LEADERSHIP TODAY – My conversation with Ed Mitzen, founder and CEO of Fingerpaint and co-founder of Business for Good
View ArticleDon’t wait for the state
FAST COMPANY – How stepping in and offering a hand-up can drive more impactful change in a community.
View ArticleAllie B’s Mac & Cheese available at Price Chopper, Market 32
TIMES UNION – Commercially made version of popular dish at Albany restaurant being sold in refrigerator case or hot and ready to eat
View ArticleAllie B’s Cozy Kitchen strikes deal for its prepared food to appear in 21 regional grocery stores
ALBANY BUSINESS REVIEW – Allie B’s Cozy Kitchen, an Albany-based soul food restaurant, is expanding with the sale of prepared food products in local grocery stores.
View ArticleCan $400 Million Rescue New York’s Run-Down Capital City?
NEW YORK TIMES – Gov. Kathy Hochul has proposed to earmark $400 million to revitalize the capital of New York, where poverty rates are high and the downtown is moribund.
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