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Month: December 2013

Colombian Social Entrepreneur Hopes to Shake and Change the World

Young at 24, Juan David Aristizabal Ospina is a social entrepreneur who founded Buena Nota, a platform that…

A Creative Journey of Understanding from a Social Entrepreneur

Russell James, a famed fashion photographer, started Nomad Two Worlds (N2W), an idea that stemmed…

Ubben Lecture Series to Feature TOMS Shoes Founder

Founder and chief shoe giver of TOMS Shoes, Blake Mycoskie, is set to come to the…

DC High School Senior is Recognized As Top Young Entrepreneur of America

Steve Mariotti, Founder of Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship, writes about Dagim, a high school senior recognized as…

NYC’s First-Ever Conference for Social Impact

A group of social entrepreneurs are gearing up to run the first-ever New York City…

Remembering Greg Dees, Social Entrepreneurship Education Pioneer

J. Gregory Dees, an internationally acclaimed Professor of the Practice of Social Entrepreneurship and co-founder of…

A £11.5 Million Fund to Develop Northeast England’s Social Investment

Established by Big Society Capital and the Northern Rock Foundation, the North East Social Investment Company is…

Youths in the Middle East Address Unemployment By Creating New Businesses

Youths in the Middle East deal with the world’s social problems such as high youth…

The Financial Services Sector: What it Means for Impact Investing

A recruiting trends report by Michigan State University’s (MSU) Collegiate Employment Research Institute discovers that the financial services…

Google Awards Kiva $3 Million for Global Impact Initiative

Kiva, the leading online “microfinance” for good that enables individuals lend as little as $25 to…

Lauren Bush Lauren on FEED Projects and World Hunger

The granddaughter of President George H.W. Bush, Lauren Bush Lauren, she launched the FEED Projects back in…

St. Frank: Mastering the Art of Social and of Enterprise

Cristina Bryant, St. Frank Founder and CEO, excels in the art of social and of enterprise. St. Frank…

Digbeth: The New Social Enterprise Quarter

Digbeth in Birmingham, England has been appointed as the new social enterprise quarter. Social enterprises are…

Cornwall as First-Ever Rural Social Enterprise Zone

Cornwall, England has been christened as the first-ever rural social enterprise zone. Minister for Civil Society…

Social Enterprises as Travel Attractions in Nepal

Nepal’s Hidden Journeys has been offering travelers a glimpse of of how Nepali social entrepreneurs operate. Hidden…

Social Incubator Villgro Invests on Three New Social Enterprises

India-based social enterprise incubator Villgro has recently funded three social enterprise start-ups: OneBreath, Ecozen Solutions and…

The Social Investment Tax Relief

The proposed Social Investment Tax Relief (SITR) has UK civil society and social organizations stirred up this…

DIGDEEP Brings Clean Water to Many American Homes

DIGDEEP Water, a human rights organization founded by  international human rights lawyer George McGraw, designs water access projects.…

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