[Lecture by Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield]
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Lecture featuring Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield, the founders of Ben & Jerry's ice cream. They discuss their history together and how the company first established itself and grew to what it is today. Covered are their original business plans, stumbling blocks they faced and their solutions to those problems, and how they redefined the idea of business as a force for change. At the end is a presentation video, speech, and pledge from their "Stamp Stampede" campaign against big corporations' involvement in politics.
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University of North Texas. College of Music. April 9, 2015.
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- Barr, Kelli R. Vice Chair, Distingushed Lecture Series Committee
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University of North Texas
Place of Publication: Denton, Texas
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- Main Title: [Lecture by Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield]
- Series Title: The UNT Distinguished Lecture Series
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Lecture featuring Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield, the founders of Ben & Jerry's ice cream. They discuss their history together and how the company first established itself and grew to what it is today. Covered are their original business plans, stumbling blocks they faced and their solutions to those problems, and how they redefined the idea of business as a force for change. At the end is a presentation video, speech, and pledge from their "Stamp Stampede" campaign against big corporations' involvement in politics.
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1 recording (1 hr., 7 min., 39 sec.) : sd., col. ; digital
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Ben Cohen holds up UNT's Eagle Claw at 32:13-32:14.
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University of North Texas. College of Music. [Lecture by Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield], video, April 9, 2015; Denton, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc505256/: accessed May 27, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.