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Part 13: A Social Entrepreneur Breaks the Rules

March 29, 2012

From successful advertising executive to social entrepreneur: Sina Trinkwalder founded "Manomama", Germany's first social business venture in the textile industry.

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She wanted to create jobs, and invested a million euros of her own money to do it. By doing so, Trinkwalder created prospects for many people in the traditional textile town of Augsburg - for seamstresses, weavers and shepherds. Joanna Gottschalk visited the social entrepreneur.