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Diana KantorJuly 11th, 2014

5 Tips for Sharing Your Story

With the Start Something Challenge in full swing, participants are tirelessly sharing their videos and boosting their views. But there is more to a business than just a product or service. When explaining your business to others, you may feel inclined to only say what the company is, when at the heart of that business is a person. And that person has a story to tell.

So here are 5 great tips for telling the best story of all…yours!

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Tatyerra SpurlockMay 30th, 2014

5 Questions with Alfa Demmellash

Alfa Demmellash co-founded Rising Tide Capital in May 2004. As Chief Executive Officer, she oversees strategic growth, programmatic innovation and stakeholder engagement at Rising Tide Capital. She graduated cum laude from Harvard University with a degree in Government. Alfa is the recipient of Honorary Doctorates from St. Peter’s University and New Jersey City University and has won numerous awards for her work as a leading social entrepreneur. 1) Who inspires you? My grandfather! At

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Rising Tide CapitalMay 8th, 2014

Rising Tide Capital COO Alex Forrester Honored as One of 20 Most Important Young Philanthropists

May 8, 2014 — On Tuesday night Alex Forrester, co-founder and chief operations officer of Jersey City-based non-profit Rising Tide Capital, was recognized as one of the New York Observer’s most important young philanthropists. Twenty honorees were celebrated by more than 100 guests at a cocktail event hosted at the W hotel in Union Square. “It is a tremendous honor to have Rising Tide Capital recognized for its work along with such

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Esther FraserApril 24th, 2014

3 Tips to be a Great RTC Volunteer at Rising Tide Capital

With a little practice and planning, volunteers can make sure that they maximize the value of their time working with an entrepreneur. I thought it would be helpful if I illustrated some best practices of our all-star volunteers through a hypothetical example set during one of our business pitch workshops.

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Esther FraserMarch 8th, 2014

A Few Thoughts on International Women’s Day

I’ve always been an idealist. It’s difficult for me to see what I think of as symptoms of deep-seated problems in our society, and feel powerless to make a difference. This is why when I worked as a teacher in my native Trinidad and Tobago, and in the Juvenile Justice System in the United States, I felt drained and depressed. It was as if I was putting the tiniest band aid over some of society’s most gaping wounds. And it was painful for me to be part of systems that seemed to leave many vulnerable people, most of them women, behind.

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