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"I dismiss personal profit and focus exclusively on people and planet. That's what I call social busi..." — Muhammad Yunus

I dismiss personal profit and focus exclusively on people and planet. That's what I call social business: a nondividend company dedicated to solving human problems. You can go all the way, forgetting about personal profit, being single-minded about solving problems. The company makes profit, but profit stays with the company.
Muhammad Yunus
Muhammad Yunus Economist
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