Mycoskie

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Mycoskie is the surname of Blake Mycoskie, the American entrepreneur best known as the founder of TOMS Shoes and pioneer of the “One for One” social entrepreneurship model.

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instanceOf human
appearedIn business and lifestyle media outlets
associatedWith conscious capitalism NERFINISHED
impact-driven business
awardReceived CFDA Accessory Designer of the Year (for TOMS) NERFINISHED
Secretary of State’s Award for Corporate Excellence (for TOMS) NERFINISHED
basedIn California, United States
surface form: California
businessFocus combining profit with social impact
countryOfBirth United States of America
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1976-08-26
educatedAt Southern Methodist University NERFINISHED
familyName Mycoskie NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork social enterprise
social entrepreneurship
founded TOMS NERFINISHED
TOMS Shoes NERFINISHED
genre business literature
givenName Blake NERFINISHED
hasBusinessModel social enterprise with embedded giving
hasInspired socially conscious consumerism movement
hasPhilanthropicFocus improving access to shoes for children in need
social impact investing
hasRoleIn popularizing one-for-one giving in retail
hasSocialEntrepreneurshipModel buy-one-give-one shoe donation model
hasWebsite https://www.toms.com
influenced adoption of one-for-one models in other companies
knownFor founding TOMS Shoes
pioneering the One for One business model
languageSpoken English
name Blake Mycoskie NERFINISHED
nationality American
notableAchievement scaled TOMS into a global footwear brand
notableIdea One for One model NERFINISHED
notableWork Start Something That Matters NERFINISHED
TOMS Shoes NERFINISHED
occupation businessperson
entrepreneur
philanthropist
placeOfBirth Arlington, Texas NERFINISHED
positionHeld Chief Shoe Giver at TOMS
residence Los Angeles, California NERFINISHED
sexOrGender male
spouse Heather Lang (former spouse) NERFINISHED
stateOfBirth Texas NERFINISHED
subjectOf numerous interviews on social entrepreneurship

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