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The Social Impact Investment Mirage

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Kahi is the CEO and founder of Eat Offbeat, a refugee-driven food company that delivers meals conceived and prepared by refugees. We pitched at numerous events sponsored by big brands who gain free marketing exposure from social impact “ambassadors” for their brands. Manal Kahi told us she had a similar experience.

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Newsletter: Lessons from NPR's Fact-Checking of Water.org's Super Bowl Ad

Selfish Giving

Her social enterprise Shea Yeleen markets and distributes high quality skincare products, while providing living wages to cooperative members in Northern Ghana. The line of shea butter products is being distributed through retailers such as Whole Foods, MGM Resorts and Amazon. Cause Marketing 1. The goal this year is $5 million.

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The Robin Hood Interviews: Selling Soap and Good Causes

Nonprofit Marketing Blog

I was marketing laundry detergent, cat food, dog food, kids’ cereals, whatever,” he recalls. This was the first time public broadcasting had hired an advertising agency to build audience. He teaches in the MBA program and has created and leads the Global Social Enterprise Initiative at the School.