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Latest — 09 Jun 2026

Stop The Steal

This issue is brought to you by the letter C. (Anyone else remember Sesame Street’s special way of using a few engaging seconds to teach the alphabet?) Our letter C is, lamentably, a little different than Sesame Street’s. Educational, yes – but not near as enriching. Though our letter

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How a Teacher's Challenge Led Me to a Movement Now 20 Years Strong

Godspeed: good fortune; success (used as a wish to a person starting on a journey, a new venture, etc.) Fifteen years ago this summer, my son’s grade schoolteacher, Lisa Fisher, collared me after a school event and said, “Russ Stoddard, you have got to become a B Corp!” Apparently,

B Corp or Benefit Corporation? Here's the Difference (and Why It Matters)

Godspeed: good fortune; success (used as a wish to a person starting on a journey, a new venture, etc.) Welcome back to the world of work – hope you enjoyed your long weekend. Last week, I wrote about public benefit corporations that aren’t distributing their benefit reports to the public.

Are Public Benefit Corporations Hiding From The Public – On Purpose?

Godspeed: good fortune; success (used as a wish to a person starting on a journey, a new venture, etc.) I had to laugh. Midway through my annual quest to locate benefit reports published by high-profile public benefit corporations (PBCs), I queried my friend (friend?) Claude the chatbot from Anthropic,

A Mighty Rebrand

Godspeed: good fortune; success (used as a wish to a person starting on a journey, a new venture, etc.) An interview with Kim Allchurch-Flick of Mighty Measure I've known Kim Allchurch-Flick for a long time. We co-presented at a B Local gathering in Portland, Oregon,

Gone Fishin'

I boogied down to the Bahamas this week to vagabond around and chase some bonefish across the flats of Deadman's Cay with some buddies and a few Kaliks, so...I'll be seeing you all again next week in your inboxes with a new issue of the

While You Were Distracted, They Came For The Forest Service

Godspeed: good fortune; success (used as a wish to a person starting on a journey, a new venture, etc.) If you think you smell something burning in advance of this year’s wildfire season, it might just be Smokey the Bear’s fur. You may not have noticed the news

My Impact Report

It’s impact report season. 📢 One of the requirements for being a public benefit corporation is publishing an annual benefit report – that’s the formal name for the document, though many refer to them as impact reports. This impact report details the results of your company to create a public

My City of Rainbows

Godspeed: good fortune; success (used as a wish to a person starting on a journey, a new venture, etc.) I am so proud of my city. Oops. I should capitalize that. City. As in, City of Boise, our municipal government. Since the world is crowded with news and non-news,

The Poetry of Money

Godspeed: good fortune; success (used as a wish to a person starting on a journey, a new venture, etc.). April, as the poet T.S. Eliot would say, is the cruellest month. Yes, two L's in cruellest. At least by British standards. It's also National Poetry