Social Entrepreneur

The Road to Africa 2022

Andrea Coleman | Posted 05.15.2012

Andrea Coleman

How will Africa look in 2022 if we do not enable the whole population to deploy its abundance of home-grown innovation? What will happen if women and men are not able to engage in the development of the continent by innovation, or by any other means?

Becoming the Sustainabilitity We Seek

Rich Tafel | Posted 04.16.2012

Rich Tafel

It is time for the nonprofit sector to change the rules that change the world. It must become the sustainability it seeks from others. Until there's a shift from scarcity to sustainability, we will never drain the swamp.

Heroic vs. Homegrown Entrepreneurs?

Tanyella Evans | Posted 04.11.2012

Tanyella Evans

We have become intoxicated with "heroic entrepreneurs" that have set a course to the moon, but I believe that groups focused at the community level are just as deserving of our attention.

Jesuit Social Entrepreneurship

Thane Kreiner | Posted 04.09.2012

Thane Kreiner

Our mission at the Center is to help more social entrepreneurs help more people. Last year, we launched a GSBI Network among the network of Jesuit institutions of higher learning around the world -- all with a common mission to create a more just, humane, and sustainable world.

Helping Social Entrepreneurs Succeed: Lessons From 10 Years of the GSBI

Thane Kreiner | Posted 04.06.2012

Thane Kreiner

Social impact is much more challenging to measure than financial results, so we use a combination of metrics to gauge our success in helping social entrepreneurs build sustainable and scalable enterprises.

Funding Innovation for Skoll Social Entrepreneurs

Jim Fruchterman | Posted 04.04.2012

Jim Fruchterman

The constant theme is raising money for our social enterprises. But not just any money -- we talk about the most difficult money to raise: the unrestricted funding that is the lifeblood for a social entrepreneur.

What We Can Learn From Girl Scout Cookies

Buck Goldstein | Posted 05.14.2012

Buck Goldstein

How do you scale a social enterprise in a sustainable manner? The unlikely answer to the question is found in Girl Scout cookies, or more specifically, in the scaling strategy used by Girl Scouts nationwide to sell over 200 million boxes annually and generate over $700 million.

The "Less Talk... More Action" Empowerment Tour Comes to Detroit

Ryan Mack | Posted 01.30.2012

Ryan Mack

I want to personally thank Dr. West and Tavis Smiley for bringing their "Poverty Tour" to my hometown of Detroit, Mich. in the first week of August 20...

Huge Number Of Baby Boomers Want To Create Nonprofits, Social Change: Study

Posted 01.09.2012

It's not just idealistic 20-somethings working toward social change anymore; it's also idealistic 60-somethings. A recent study shows that approxim...

The I Love You Project

Caroline Dowd-Higgins | Posted 01.02.2012

Caroline Dowd-Higgins

The Beatles created history with their hit "All You Need is Love" in 1967 and social entrepreneur, Alyson Schacherer thinks the message is still relevant today.

From Good for Good

Tamsin Smith | Posted 11.09.2011

Tamsin Smith

My fellow panelists and I have been challenged to illustrate "What Good Looks Like" with three examples of innovative solutions from non-profits, foundations, or social enterprises.

Making Social Enterprise Work: A Funder's Perspective

Paul Lamb | Posted 11.07.2011

Paul Lamb

There are many other lessons to be learned and shared when it comes to supporting the launch and growth of community-based social enterprises in the nonprofit sector.

How We Can Help Students' Social Innovation Have Real World Impact

Akhtar Badshah | Posted 09.13.2011

Akhtar Badshah

Wednesday in New York student teams from over 70 countries celebrated the winners of the 2011 Imagine Cup - a competition that challenges students to ...

How Social Media Drives Social Entrepreneuring

Naveen Jain | Posted 08.10.2011

Naveen Jain

Social entrepreneurship is getting a boost from social media as global consumers voice their concerns about the problems of our world on platforms like Facebook and Twitter.

Business and Poverty Alleviation, Meeting of the Minds

Saul Garlick | Posted 08.08.2011

Saul Garlick

I just got off the phone with Topher Wilkins, COO of Opportunity Collaboration. I always enjoy catching up with him and Jonathan Lewis, the event's fo...

How to Launch a Social Enterprise

Saul Garlick | Posted 07.05.2011

Saul Garlick

My social enterprise has gone through many changes and iterations over the years and would better be described as having evolved. At some point in time, it did get started. How does one start?

Social Entrepreneurship: A Currency for Change

Gary A. Officer | Posted 05.30.2011

Gary A. Officer

At Oxford University this week Jeff Skoll (first employee and President of EBay) will use his wealth as a catalyst for bringing together social entrepreneurs from around the world to meet and exchange ideas.

Tough Times? Do Some Good.

Josh Tetrick | Posted 05.25.2011

Josh Tetrick

Get to work -- our planet has suffered long enough waiting for the best of you.

The Power Of The Crowd: Social Entrepreneurs Tap Community Donations For Good

Josh Tetrick | Posted 05.25.2011

Josh Tetrick

For many social entrepreneurs, "tapping the crowd" is just what they've been waiting for.

More Business School Students Turn Toward A Degree In Doing Good

Posted 05.25.2011

Business school students today may not have their eyes set on big bonuses quite like their predecessors. Studies show that they're turning their fin...

Social Entrepreneurs and Change in Dubai

Hisham Wyne | Posted 05.25.2011

Hisham Wyne

How is it that Coke can sell 1.5 billion servings daily and dispense to far flung areas that NGOs, Quangos and aid agencies have difficulty reaching? Coke's distribution takes advantage of local entrepreneurs.

Social Entrepreneur Builds More Than 1,800 Playgrounds

Posted 05.25.2011

For nearly 15 years, social entrepreneur Darell Hammond has found one American statistic inexcusable: well over half of children in this country don't...

Dream Jobs To Go: Funding America's Micro Entrepreneur

Alexia Parks | Posted 05.25.2011

Alexia Parks

As the world grows "flat," as people in developing countries become better educated, as jobs become more competitive worldwide, and...as China becomes...

2010 Social Enterprise Summit and World Forum Scoop

Halle Tecco | Posted 11.17.2011

Halle Tecco

Last month, Kylie Eastley and Tristan Pollack won a contest to attend the 2010 Social Enterprise Conference and Summit. Below are their reflections o...

Bold Changes, Great Leaders, Big Movements

Ambassador Swanee Hunt and Adria D. Goodson | Posted 05.25.2011

Ambassador Swanee Hunt and Adria D. Goodson

Our country is facing a glut of complex problems that no single politician, political party, or other organization can solve in a lasting way, without help. For shifts of this magnitude, we need social movements and compelling leaders.