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Here's our quick read on the top tweets, news, and buzz circulating in the field of social entrepreneurship and changemaking this week. What's got you talking?

• Big week for the 2011 Echoing Green Finalists!  They made it through an intense weekend of interviews, pitches, and judges’ panels. We kicked everything off with our Big Bold Benefit, with George Stephanopolous, Dave Hodgson, our Board Chair, and more than 400 of our closest friends. Check out the pictures and see the Finalists in action: http://ht.ly/4QGpO

• Books, books, and more books! Last week we shared top books for social entrepreneurs from the 2011 Echoing Green Finalists, Change.org, Acumen Fund, and Social Edge. Now, we’ve added your favorites to the list. Definitely a go-to list if you’re looking for some good summer reading: http://ht.ly/4QGeN

• You’ve got a great idea. You’re thinking big impact. Now you’ve got to think insurance. What?! Yes, being a business own means that sometimes you’ve got to get practical. Eight insurance coverages—from liability to directors and officers—every entrepreneur needs to look into: http://ht.ly/4NkzE

• Entrepreneurs usually start on pretty slim budgets—many times not taking any salaries themselves until they have a sustainable model. But, you need to great talent, passionate, nose-to-the-grindstone people to get you there. A helpful case study from Dowser on how to recruit top talent when you can’t pay top dollar: http://ht.ly/4Mkoh

• Moving beyond the limits we think we have. There’s nothing like an inspiring TED Talk to start your week off right:
  http://ht.ly/4MCZk

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