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Aaron Hurst is an American entrepreneur and author of two books on business, management and social innovation. He is the CEO of Imperative, a technology platform, and the founder and an advisor of the Taproot Foundation.

Early life and career
Hurst was born April 9, 1974 in Aspen, Colorado. He graduated from the University of Michigan. After working in Silicon Valley in the early 1990s, Hurst founded the Taproot Foundation in 2001, which donates $15 billion in probono services annually. In 2008, Taproot, partnered with the White House to launch the national Billion+Change campaign.

In 2013, Hurst left Taproot to found the start-up Imperative, which launched 2014.

Hurst is a regular blogger for the Huffington Post, Stanford Social Innovation Review and LinkedIn. In 2012, Hurst became a LinkedIn influencer, sharing his insights on management, work and social innovation. He is also a member of The NonProfit Times Power and Influence Top 50.

Books

 * 1) Mommy and Daddy Do It Pro Bono
 * 2) The Purpose Economy: How Your Desire for Impact, Personal Growth and Community Is Changing the The World

His articles on business and technology have appeared in The New York Times, Fast Company, Success.com and Entrepreneur.com''.

Media

 * Will Future Economy Be Driven By Purpose or Money (Marketplace, April 2014)
 * School Has Become Like a Factory ("BloombergTV", April 2014)
 * Most People Want to See Silicon Valley Fail ("BloombergTV", April 2014)
 * On the Purpose Economy ("CBC The Lang & O'Leary Exchange", April 2014)

Books

 * Mommy and Daddy Do It Pro Bono (2009) ISBN 0-6152-6839-0
 * The Purpose Economy: How Your Desire for Impact, Personal Growth and Community Is Changing the The World (2014) ISBN 1-9374-9829-8

Articles

 * Being ‘Good’ Isn’t the Only Way to Go (New York Times, April 2014)
 * Welcome to the Purpose Economy (Fast Company, March 2014)
 * Have a Job You Love, Thank Your Mother (Washington Post, May 2014)