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The Next Greeneration of Entrepreneurs and Change Agents

October 22, 2009 by Max Gladwell with 342 views

You don’t necessarily need an expensive MBA or a degree in environmental sciences to learn about social and environmental responsibility. In fact, many could learn from school children armed with about $17. One of my favorite quotes I was lucky enough to hear in person. It was imparted by one of my favorite people — David Attenborough,... [read more]

Social Entrepreneurs = Entrepreneurs

June 9, 2009 by Steve King with 138 views

Social Entrepreneurship Revisited is a fascinating article in the Stanford Social Innovation Review. It describes research on social entrepreneurs by NYU professor Paul Light. What really jumped out at me about this article is the description of social entrepreneurs is almost exactly the same as most descriptions of ... [read more]

Social Ventures Need to Have Market Relevance

April 22, 2008 by Jeff Cornwall with 111 views

Social entrepreneur Sam Davidson was offered the following advice from one of the founders of a fair trade coffee venture called Higher Ground located in Alabama: It would be moronic to push an issue in the marketplace if you couldn't be competitive with it. Even social ventures need to understand the fundamentals of good business... [read more]

Lots of Recent Press On Social Entrepreneurship

April 21, 2008 by Steve King with 137 views

Lots of recent coverage of social entrepreneurship in the media.  Yahoo finance has an article called Introducing Social Entrepreneurship that covers the activites of Echoing Green, a social venture capital firm that funds and supports non-profits and social service organizations.  New York Time Op-Ed contributor David Brooks... [read more]

Doing Too Well by Doing Good

March 25, 2008 by Steve King with 144 views

Ethos Water is a bottled water company owned by Starbucks.  Their water is sold at Starbucks and other retail locations.  For every bottle sold, Ethos donates five cents to a fund that provides clean water to children in developing nations.  Because of this mission, Ethos considers itself an "ethical brand."  I... [read more]

The Economy of Integrity

March 21, 2008 by Steve King with 146 views

Interesting post on the Global Strategy Institutes blog on the role of social entrepreneuship.  The post is about Starbuck's owned Ethos Water.  Ethos makes bottled water that is sold in Starbucks and other retail locations.  For every bottle sold, Starbucks donates five cents to a Starbucks run fund that provides clean... [read more]

Social Entrepreneur versus Non-profit

February 25, 2008 by Jeff Cornwall with 56 views

Sam Davidson offered a good distinction at his blog between the traditional non-profit and the emerging social ventures that do not choose to take the non-profit route. For the first time, students can focus on what it means to build a business that is focused on multiple bottom lines, focusing on serving the community while running... [read more]

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