Social Entrepreneurship

A report in the New York Times from a week or two ago tells the interesting story of how Wal-Mart is trying to coexist with local, mom and pop shops by offering them space within its stores. Will i... read more of this post, ...  

The Social Entrepreneurship blog published its list of the top moments in social entrepreneurship of the decade. Some of the highlights: US Launches Office of Social Innovation Cadbury's Shift To All-Fair-Trade Chocolate Teach For America's 2009 Recruitment Class Numbers (including applications from a full 11% of graduating Ivy League seniors) Kiva.org Founded Allowing the Public to Make Microloans to Third World Entrepreneurs Muhammad...  

My final list of the year, and this is the big one: the top moments in social entrepreneurship of the decade. As any list, this is subjective, and reflects my biases. That said, I've tried to look across a pretty wide scope of happenings and chose key moments that reflected larger movements and shifts that have shaped the field. As you'll see, and following the pattern of this blog, I haven't defined the field strictly, and have included...  

NYU Advances Study in Social EntrepreneurshipTonicSocial entrepreneurship is the new black. Those who want to turn their business acumen and ...  

Almost 800 posts in, 2009 is coming to an end. As part of my year end coverage, I decided to go back and look at which of my posts were the most popular in terms of views. Admittedly, the internet is a fickle place where one Digg hit can elevate content far beyond other pieces. Still, I think the list pretty accurately captures the diversity of interest that characterizes this community, as well as the strong desire among social innovation...  

758_ Change Your City: Social Entrepreneurship Meet this 39 year old dynamo; Peter Kellner, CEO, JD who has turned around 320 companies primarily in South America, and created in excess of 80,000 jobs at $2.5 billion. Peter Kellner was featured...  

So Where’s the Proof Social Entrepreneurship Works? | Philanthropy Central: "In fact, there’s a good deal of compelling evidence—beyond default references to Muhammad Yunus and microfinance—that social entrepreneurs are producing results at scale.Notice my language here. I’ve intentionally coupled “results” and “scale” rather than using the ubiquitous “going to scale” phrase, which suggests, to  

After a four-year hiatus, the Joshua Venture Group re-launched at the end of June and is back with a new executive director, Lisa Lepson. Lepson was the guest speaker at the first Jumpstart Innovation Forum, which took place at The Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles on Nov. 19, part of a national tour, one part of which is to inform the community of an upcoming social entrepreneurial fellowship.  

I am planning to attend. You? If you are asking who Peter Kellner is, here's your answer from the ACG Web page: Tuesday, December 1st, 2009 Monthly Luncheon - Speaker: Peter Kellner, Co-Founder & Managing Director, Uhuru Capital Management 11:30 AM - 1:15 PM Peter Kellner, named Young Global Leader...  

10/28/09 - Indian entrepreneur Gururaj Deshpande, spoke to the University of Rhode Island community about his entrepreneurial efforts toward promoting public ventures across India, at last nights 2009 Honors Colloquium. According to Deshpande, social entrepreneurship isn't much different from regular entrepreneurship in the sense the objective is to make the world a better place.  

The Sauder School of Business at the University of British Columbia in Canada runs a Social Entrepreneurship 101 (SE 101): Africa program to teach aspiring entrepreneurs how to turn their ideas into actionable business plans. In Part 2 of this three-part blog, Kirby Leong of the BusinessObjects Community, shares what he learned from participating since 2008 in the SE 101 program.  

Read the latest social entrepreneurship news, articles, and information at Change.org. Includes social entrepreneurship nonprofits and resources on social enterprise, venture philanthropy, social venture capital, blended value, and much more.  

Center for Urban Entrepreneurship & Economic Development presents at Global ...News from RutgersThe Conference brought together business and organization scholars in a discussion of social entrepreneurship theory and practice and offered various ...  

TreehuggerTop Stories from Tonic: Reynolds Scholars, Kaczmerak Smile Train, Oliver: TED ...Treehugger"NYU Advances Study in Social Entrepreneurship," discusses how undergrads and graduates can apply for the Catherine B. Reynolds Fellowship to fund their ...  

Lyndsay Wehrum and the children of CambodiaUnion College AthleticsThe Minerva Fellows return to Union for the month of May to assist Professor Hal Friend in the Economics Department teach the Social Entrepreneurship class ...