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3/15/2008 Source: The Sun Type: Online Article
Title: 初試犛牛芝士范萱蔚激讚鹹香!
如果真係要「做死一世牛」,我最想做西藏犛牛,先不要講外形獨特毛色靚,淨係居於世外桃源,吃的飼料天然純淨,已經足夠一眾地球人羨慕。再者,犛牛牛奶脂肪含量高,以其製造的芝士分外香濃美味,近日更被高級食品新店獨家引入,愛吃芝士的范萱蔚(Percy)試後激讚!
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3/8/2008 Source: 自由時報 Type: Newspaper
Title: 西藏創富濟貧 喬琬珊「牛」轉乾坤
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3/8/2008 Source: 自由時報 Type: Newspaper
Title: 創業兼濟貧 喬琬珊分享「犛牛經驗」
創業也可以濟貧!喬琬珊和蘇芷君兩位來自不同國度的女孩,因求學而認識,因志同道合一起創業,她們選擇到偏遠的中國青康藏高原,高價收購牧民犛牛的毛和奶加工,透過網路行銷到歐美等國,盈餘再投入社區建設,她們的創業精神,成為時下年輕人的表率。擔任ViD機構總裁的喬琬珊昨天應亞洲大學菁英中心邀請,在亞大和台中一中現身說法。喬琬珊說,企業如何對社會作出適當的貢獻已是受重視的議題,像2006年諾貝爾和平獎尤努斯創立的鄉村銀行,透過小額借款給貧民,幫他們創業,解決社會問題。
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3/1/2008 Source: That's Shanghai Type: Magazine
Title: Shokay invests in down and sustainable development

 
2/29/2008 Source: Ufood Type: Magazine
Title: 高档杂货店,独买牦牛芝士
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2/25/2008 Source: South China Morning Post Type: Newspaper
Title: Cordon Bleu's Yak Cheese, Not Quite Tibetan Style
Wan Chai's Sun Street cul de sac was the site of a reception for one of the best social enterprises in the city when Ventures in Development showed off its new responsible product on Thursday…[They] offered their guests a taste of yak cheese…and even convinced a fickle chef like Chez Patrick's Patrick GouBier to prepare canapes using the gamey dairy product.
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2/18/2008 Source:Radio Television Hong Kong Type: Online Radio
Title: Marie So & Fiona Foxon – Producers of fair tradeyak cheese and yak-down fibre products
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1/8/2008 Source: That's Shanghai Type: Magazine
Title: Shanghai's Most Covetable Hand Knits
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1/1/2008 Source: Timeout Beijing Type:Magazine
Title: Ethical Shopping
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1/8/2008 Source: Social Venture Group Newsletter (English) Type: Newsletter
Title: Social Enterprise Profile: Ventures in Development
Yet there is much more to this story than just yaks and tapping into a business opportunity. Shokay is part of a larger trend of social enterprises setting up shop in China, seeking to combine profits with measurable social impact....Yet if the direct intersection of business and a social agenda in a business model in China seems paradoxical, Carol and her team would like to prove the skeptics wrong.

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1/8/2008 Source: Social Venture Group Newsletter (Chinese) Type: Newsletter
Title: 社会企业略影: Ventures in Development
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