Social enterprise is the future–let Russ Stoddard be your guide.

At a time when corporations are experiencing a global crisis in consumer trust, author Russ Stoddard chronicles a revolution in business with the release of his new book, Rise Up—How to Build a Socially Conscious Business.

A special, early edition edition of Rise Up is now available for purchase at www.russstoddard.com. The book, which is being published by Elevate Publishing, will be released nationally in September 2017.

Rise Up—How to Build a Socially Conscious Business—provides social entrepreneurs with a helpful guide and sets the stage for a powerful business trend where companies create profit for stakeholders through products, services, and business models that create social impact and public benefit alongside a financial return.

With people increasingly disillusioned with business as usual, Stoddard charts a course for a new breed of socially conscious companies that is changing how consumers shop, where employees work, and the way the world does business.

"Russ Stoddard is a master storyteller and in Rise Up he has used those skills to create a handbook for all those who know that the businesses that do best are those businesses that do good," said Andrei Cherny, CEO & Co-Founder of Aspiration.

With more than 25 years running a Certified B Corporation that has always had social responsibility at its core, Stoddard offers insights and guidance on how to create a socially conscious business, as well as encouraging words for social entrepreneurs of every generation.

“Whether you are an aspiring entrepreneur, an employee, or a consumer (yup – basically anyone), this book is for you,” said Kate Williams, CEO, 1% for the Planet.

About the Author

Russ Stoddard began his career as a river guide before entering the corporate world where he has become recognized as an expert working at the confluence of business and social responsibility.

He is the founder and president of Oliver Russell, a public benefit corporation that builds brands for purpose-driven companies whose products, services, or business models benefit society.

Stoddard is also a leader in the certified B Corporation community, a new classification of companies that use the power of business to solve social and environmental issues. He co-founded the Social Good Network, has started five nonprofits, and serves as advisor to social enterprise startups.

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Oliver Russell

Oliver Russell

Oliver Russell, a Boise-based brand-marketing firm founded in 1991, builds brands for purpose-driven companies and causes. The company counts Hewlett-Packard, Allegro Coffee/Whole Foods Market, and Mountain Health Co-op among its clients. It is a certified B Corporation, part of a growing movement of companies that believe in using the power of business to help solve social and environmental issues.

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