Depaul Industries
King - Portland:
Scaling What Works: Partnering with PSU’s Impact Entrepreneurs
Jul 27, 2012 |
We’re very excited to partner with Portland State University (PSU)’s Impact Entrepreneurs , the #1 small MBA program in the World by the Aspen Institute’s Beyond Grey Pinstripes report for preparing MBAs for social and environmental stewardship. Impact Entrepreneurs will help develop replication materials for DePaul in order to document our ‘special sauce’ and allow other organizations to leverage and scale our market-driven model of employing people with disabilities.
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