With Governor Jack Markell welcoming the first companies to register as Delaware benefit corporations, we celebrate a new freedom to build businesses with a higher purpose than simply maximizing profit... [A] large and increasing number of people want to support a better way to do business -- better for our workers, better for our communities, better for our environment...Delaware is the 19th state (plus D.C.) to enact benefit corporation legislation, but the most important state for businesses that seek access to venture capital, private equity, and public capital markets. The path is now clear to scale business as a force for good...There are already more than 10,000 businesses certified, registered, or using [the free B Impact Assessment] tool [to compare and improve social and environmental performance]. Determine the right path for your company and join us in creating a better way to do business.