TOMS Shoe Founder on Small Business and Charity
Description
TOMS Shoes founder Blake Mycoski wanted to help underprivileged children have access to shoes. Instead of starting a not-for-profit, Mycoski started a for-profit corporation that donated one pair of shoes for every one purchased. This ABC News report discusses the program with Mycoski, as well as his book, Start Something that Matters.
Runtime
6 min
Subjects
- Social structure (572)
- Marketing (459)
- Entrepreneurship (1731)
- Organizational behavior (169)
- Business ethics (382)
- Work and family (89)
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Date of Publication
[2013], c2011
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Films on Demand
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