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Thankyou Social Entrepreneur Grateful for Victorian Young Australian of the Year Title

Daniel Flynn, 25, Managing Director and Co-Founder of Thankyou, has received the title of Victorian Young…

3 Top Tips for Social Enterprises Gearing for Transformational Change

The first annual Changemakers Festival, coordinated by the Australian Centre for Social Innovation, has collected…

Harvard Students Use Business for Social Good

Harvard’s Social Innovation Collaborative is preparing for its 2013 Igniting Innovation Summit on Social Entrepreneurship. The Summit is…

Goldman Sachs Launches $250 Million Social Impact Fund

Goldman Sachs, the leading global investment banking and management firm, embarked on a $250 million Social…

Social Enterprises Can Help Spread Prosperity in Haiti

Post-2010 earthquake, Haiti is still a recovering Caribbean country despite the billions in funds that have been…

Crowdfunding Success is More Than Just Raking Cash

According to Danae Ringelmann, co-founder of the popular San Francisco-based crowdfunding platform Indiegogo, says that crowdfunding…

Social Enterprise Version 2.0

Midsize businesses are tapping into the social business market because large companies do not need the…

Social Entrepreneurs, Which Comes First? Social Mission or Business Goals?

For social entrepreneurs, what comes first? Business or mission? Some social entrepreneurs, like GoldieBlox founder and CEO…

Knowing When Good Is Not Good Enough

An article co-authored by 1995 Echoing Green Fellow Katya Smyth reflects on the  piece “When Good Is Not…

Key to Successful Social Entrepreneurs: MENTORS

Liam Black, co-founder of Wavelength, writes how collaboration and embracing mentoring are ways to make social entrepreneurs successful.…

Sustainable Principles for an Innovating Nigeria

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) released the Nigerian Sustainable Banking Principles, an agreement signed…

Stepping Stones Charity Bags Social Enterprise Award

Stepping Stones, a UK-registered nonprofit, was awarded as champions in the ‘Education, Jobs and Training’ category…

Philanthropy Shaping A New Miami

Many people, organizations and businesses in Miami are actively committed to philanthropy. As Javier Alberto…

Social Enterprise Fenugreen Distributes ‘Miracle Paper’ Inspired by Grandma

Kavita Shukla founded Fenugreen, a social enterprise established at addressing global food supply spoilage with a…

Hello Sunday Morning Combats Binge Drinking Culture

Operating as a social enterprise, Hello Sunday Morning, helps to curb the binge drinking culture…

New Age of Philanthropy: #GivingTuesday

A part of a series produced by The Huffington Post in celebration of #GivingTuesday, which…

How is Philanthropy Getting Nerdier?

SiMPACT ponders on the importance of data in philanthropy after an  episode of the This American Life (#503 –…

New UK Research Body to Drive Progress in Social Investment

The government-backed Social Investment Research Council is newly formed to hatch practical insights into social investment market…

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