Impact Makers CEO Michael Pirron is interviewed on Planet Good Radio after winning #2 place in the Business Week social enterprise contest

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May, 2009

National Competition: Impact Makers wins Business Week's Social Entrepreneurship Award

May, 2009

May, 2009

RichmondBizSense hightlights the Impact Makers business model. This is one of the best articles written about our social enterprise approach.

May, 2009

Work Magazine profiles the National exposure Impact Makers received on winning Business Week's Social Enterprise Award

March, 2009

Impact Makers featured in Richmond Magazine Click here to see story

Feburary, 2009

Darden Business School at UVA publishes business case on Impact Makers Purchase/Download Business Case

December, 2008

Press Release: Impact Makers Presents First Payment to Charitable Partner

December 21, 2008

Richmond Times Dispatch (excerpt): Foundation donates $60,510 to cancer center

Michael Pirron, chief executive officer and founder of Impact Makers Inc., donated $6,000 to Rx Partnership, a public-private partnership that provides prescription medication for uninsured Virginians.

Impact Makers, a Richmond-based information technology and management-consulting firm, will make monthly donations of at least $1,000 to Rx Partnership.

"By providing a sustainable recurring income to RxP, we are enabling them to focus on fulfilling their mission of providing services to the community, rather than spending valuable resources on fundraising efforts," Pirron said.

"We also give about 10 percent of our time to do pro bono consulting to help them focus on effective service delivery."

According to the Virginia Health Care Foundation, more than a quarter of uninsured Virginians go without needed medications because they cannot afford to pay for their prescriptions.

"Rx Partnership and the uninsured Virginians we serve will benefit greatly from Impact Makers' financial contribution, technical assistance and advisory services of Impact Makers' leadership and staff," said Andrew Wilson, Rx Partnership's board chairman.

"This innovative partnership will assist Rx Partnership in focusing more effectively on our mission to increase access to prescription medication for Virginia's uninsured."

August 1, 2008

Impact Makers receives national coverage in Campus Technology magazine

April 24, 2008

Impact Makers makes national news in Consulting Magazine

CEO Michael Pirron was interviewed by Consulting Magazine's e-zine describing Impact Makers' unique consulting model. 

April 18, 2008

CEO Michael Pirron featured speaker at Darden Business School (UVA) Healthcare Conference

CEO Michael Pirron was a featured speaker for the Healthcare Conference at Darden business school, where Impact Makers’ unique competitive social venture model was discussed in detail with attendees.

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Does it ever make sense, though, for a business to give all of its profit to charity?

Absolutely, say Michael Pirron and Ross Decker, who are out to shake up the traditional boundaries between for-profit and nonprofit ventures.

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September 5, 2007
Letter in Style Weekly: “Social Entrepreneurs” Should Be Applauded
C. Mason Gates responds to an article in Style Weekly ( "Nonprofit Margins,” News & Features, Aug. 22) which casts doubt on Impact Makers' business model.

I found the attempt to dress the business of Impact Makers in a cloak of drama and skepticism in poor taste (“Nonprofit Margins,” News & Features, Aug. 22). Though I’ve never had professional interaction with the organization, I’ve had the pleasure to meet Michael Pirron and found the business model that is apparently in question to be fascinating and noble. I applaud the efforts of him and his colleagues to explore socially conscious, for-profit ventures and partnerships.

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August 14, 2007
Doug Meacham posts his opinions about Impact Makers on his blog.

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Also see The Buzz Binn's follow up: http://www.livingstonbuzz.com

June 2007
News: Virginia Business features Impact Makers in "Firm’s aim is to give profits to charity."
by Heather B. Hayes
for Virginia Business

Michael Pirron had the dream that a lot of employees do: to spend his days doing work that makes a positive impact on society. But like most would-be philanthropists, he didn’t have the financial wherewithal to quit his day job and start a charitable foundation.

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June 12 2007
WORKMAGAZINE profiles some of Richmond's brightest innovators.
WORKMAGAZINE - Tuesday, June 12, 2007
Impact Makers Inc., launched last fall, has set out to prove the success of a new Greater Richmond business model. This includes giving away all profits to charity.

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April 2007
News: V Magazine for Women features Impact Makers in April V Pearls Online
The article on Impact Makers is the fifth article on V Magazine for Women's

April V Pearls page

April 2007
News: WORKMAGAZINE features Impact Makers in “Innovators” section
The second quarter issue of WORKMAGAZINE included an eloquent profile of Impact Makers in its section reserved for trendsetting businesses in Greater Richmond, “Innovators.” The profile also included a colorful photograph of Michael Pirron, C.E.O. and Founder, as well as Steve Wilson, Vice President of Sales and Co-Founder.

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March 16, 2007
Impact Makers Takes Part in VCU Grad School Discussion Panel
Michael Pirron, CEO and Founder of Impact Makers, was one of four panelists of entrepreneurs taking part in a discussion March 16 for a class of students in the Executive Master of Science Degree in Information Systems at Virginia Commonwealth University.

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February 25, 2007
News: WTVR-TV 6 (CBS) interviews Impact Makers live in the studio
Lee Mahaffey, anchor of the WTVR-TV 6 (CBS) news show, This Weekend, spoke to President and Co-Founder Steve Wilson and Public Relations Manager Kevin Dumville about Impact Makers on live TV, February 25.

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February 15, 2007
News: Henrico Citizen spotlights Impact Makers in a cover story, "Making An Impact"
Patty Kruszewski, Managing Editor of the Henrico Citizen, highlights Impact Makers as well as Steve Wilson, President and Co-Founder, in a cover story. The story stemmed from a series of presentations that Steve gave to 120 high school students at a forum, Justice Makers in
our Community, held at the Center for Humanities at Hermitage High School, January 31. 

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January 31, 2007
Impact Makers takes part in Henrico County high school forum, "Justice Makers in Our Community"
Steve Wilson, president of Impact Makers, was one of four guest speakers at a forum held January 31, 2007, at Hermitage High School's Center for the Humanities in Richmond, Va. Read more and see photos.

Read the Center for the Humanities news brief

January 29, 2007
"We Give All Our Profits Away," New Firm to Tell Students How and Why
On Wednesday, January 31, at 7 p.m., the president and co-founder of Richmond-based Impact Makers, Steve Wilson, will take part in a panel discussion with students and other business leaders at Hermitage High School titled: Justice Makers in our Community.

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January 28, 2007
Impact Makers Elects Board Members to Top Posts
The Board of Directors for Impact Makers today elected two members to top posts on the Board at its first meeting for the start-up consulting firm.

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January 24, 2007
A Start-up Consulting Firm Gives Its Profits Away
Impact Makers is revolutionizing the way business does business. This not-for-profit consulting firm competes in the for-profit marketplace and provides high-quality professional services. But it's different from the competition in one critical way - it gives all its profits to charity.

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January 2007
Richmond non-profit features Impact Makers in its quarterly newsletter

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November 30, 2006
Impact Makers gives commencement speech to graduates of ITT Technical Institute
Steve Wilson, President and Co-Founder of Impact Makers, gave the commencement speech to graduates of ITT Technical Institute today at the Holiday Inn Kroger Center Select on Midlothian Turnpike.

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November 28 , 2006
News: Impact Makers featured in Richmond.com
"Social Profit(less)teers: Local IT consulting firm Impact Makers trys a different approach on the industry by donating all its profits."
Impact Makers appears in the news again -- this time in Richmond.com. Writer Kent Jennings Brockwell provides background and history of the founding and business workings of Impact Makers -- a new social entrepreneurship business model for a socially concious business world.

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November 22 , 2006 and November 29, 2006
News: Impact Makers featured in Style Weekly
When Impact Makers CEO Michael Pirron and President Steve Wilson presented Impact Makers' concept and partnership to Safe Harbor's Board of Directors on November 16, 2006 Style Weekly reporter, Scott Bass, was on hand to cover the event. An article appears in this week's Style Weekly (November 22, 2006) on the presentation as well as on Impact Makers' founders and on its social entrepreneurial business model.

Read full story and Letter to the Editor featured on the web site on November 29, 2006

November 16, 2006
News: Impact Makers presents second partner donation to Safe Harbor
Impact Makers CEO Michael Pirron and President Steve Wilson presented Impact Makers' concept and partnership to Safe Harbor's Board of Directors on November 16, 2006. We also presented the second donation check to Safe Harbor Battered Women's Shelter and commitedt to continue monthly donations through 2007. Style Weekly reporter Scott Bass was on hand to cover the event.

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October 13, 2006
News: Impact Makers presents first partner donation to Safe Harbor
Impact Makers CEO Michael Pirron and President Steve Wilson presented the first partner donation check to Safe Harbor Battered Women's Shelter on October 13, 2006. We plan to continue monthly donations through 2007. We have also been invited to present the Impact Makers' concept and partnership to Safe Harbor's Board of Directors on November 16th.

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October 2, 2006
News Release: Impact Makers announces entry into professional services market with new business model
Impact Makers announced today that they have entered the professional services consulting market with plans to prove a new business model for the industry in Richmond. The social entrepreneurship model, or public-private partnership, will have a powerful impact on the community it supports.

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October 2006
RABE Newletter: Impact Makers makes a splash at RABE
"Congrats to member Michael Pirron on starting a new breed of consulting firm - Impact Makers."

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