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Dec 23, 2024
Foundations / Articles
- CA RISE - A $25M California initiative providing capital ($100k-$500k grants) and technical assistance to employment social enterprises.
Jun 08, 2024
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May 10, 2023
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Apr 23, 2023
Fellowships / Articles
- Radical Partners - Miami-based social impact accelerator.
- Seaworthy Collective - Miami-based BlueTech entrepreneur support organization.
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Apr 07, 2023
Fellowships / Articles
- Echoing Green Fellowship - 18 month fellowship including possible funding.
- Miller Center Accelerator - Six month program, 4-6 hours a week. Geard towards senior leaders.
- MIT Solve's Global Challenges Program - Nine month program with funding available. Geared toward specific themes.
- Fast Forward Accelerator - Startup accelerator for nonprofit tech companies.
- 100x Impact Accelerator - 12 week program with 150k for social enterprises.
- Fashion for Good Accelerator - Nine month program to solve fashion sustainability problems.
- Social Enterprise Academy Accelerator - 20 week program to foster social enterprises. Up to 30k in funding available.
Dec 13, 2022
Courses 🎓 / Articles
- Becoming a Social Entrepreneur: Getting Started - By University Of Michigan.
May 26, 2022
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- The Elisabeth Bruyère School of Social Innovation - Canada's first school of social innovation.
Jun 02, 2021
Conferences / Articles
- Social Enterprise Summit - Annual social enterprise conference based in Hong Kong.
Mar 12, 2021
News 📰 / Finding Articles
- The Straits Times - Singapore based newspaper with articles about social enterprise.
Podcasts 🎧 / Articles
- The Tech Matters Podcast - Talking about social enterprise structure and interviewing folks running them. Hosted by social entreprenur and engineer Jim Fruchterman.
Sep 30, 2020
News 📰 / Finding Articles
- Pioneers Post - The Social Enterprise Magazine.
- Impact Boom - Social impact blog and podcast.
- Harvard Business Review - Articles tagged "social enterprise" are infrequent but high quality.
- Stanford Social Innovation Review - Great publication with many articles tagged social enterprise.
- The Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship - Content about the foundation's activities and opportunities.
- Medium - Content from all around about social enterprise and social entrepreneurship.
- Journal of Social Entrepreneurship - The academic journal for the topic.
Papers 📃 / Articles
- (1998) The Meaning of "Social Entrepreneurship" by J. Gregory Dees
- A short history of social entrepreneurship (and why the definition isn't agreed upon).
- (2004) The Legitimacy of Social Enterprise Raymond Dart
- A pragmatic discussion on why social enterprises, in relation to nonprofits, exist.
- (2008) Evolution of the social enterprise industry by the Institute for Social Entrepreneurs
- Less academic but a detailed history of events related to social enterprises.
- (2010) Conceptions of Social Enterprise and Social Entrepreneurship by Jacques Defourny
- Parallels between US and European Social Enterprises.
- (2014) Social Enterprise – A New Phenomenon in the Field of Economic and Social Welfare? by Leandro Sepulveda
- A history of social enterprises from a UK perspective.
Courses 🎓 / Articles
- Social Enterprise Program
- By Middlesex University Business School & Jindal Centre for Social Innovation + Entrepreneurship program.
- Free, three courses, nine weeks total.
- According to this paper, the courses were quite impactful and helped start many social enterprises.
- Several free courses such as: Introduction to Fundraising, Fundraising Strategies, and Setting Up a Nonprofit Board.
- Disciplined Approach to Social Entrepreneurship - By Curtin University.
- Social Entrepreneurship - By Wharton Business School. One course, approximately nine hours of work.
- Social Entrepreneurship Specialization - By Copenhagen Business School. Three courses to complete over four months.
- Offers free and paid courses to help individuals create social change.
Fellowships / Articles
- Year Here - One year social enterprise fellowship to build an organization based in London.
- Acumen Academy Fellowship - One year fellowship with the goal of equipping individuals with the tools to tackle issues in their communities.
Tools 🔨 / Articles
- GuideStar - Reporting on U.S. nonprofit companies.
- ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer - Easily access any U.S. nonprofit's tax documents.
- Social Bearing - Useful to determine how popular/active any Twitter account is.
Videos 📽 / Articles
- Social Entrepreneurs: Pioneering Social Change - Skoll Foundation video about social entrepreneurs.
- Muhammad Yunus's Nobel Prize Speech - Yunus built Grameen Bank, the poster child for social enterprises.
- Social Enterprise 101 - Quick and easy overview oof social enterprise.
- How social entrepreneurship will change the world - Inspiring TEDx talk by Erica Wenger about social enterprises.
Online / Articles
- Facebook
- Social Entrepreneurs - 2k members many posts each day.
- Quora
- Social Entrepreneurship - 375k followers, great for asking questions.
- United States Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship (USASBE).
- Social Entrepreneurship - Focused on social entrepreneurship education.
Conferences / Articles
- Skoll World Forum - Large annual conference for Skull Foundation.
- Harvard Social Enterprise Conference - Student run annual social enterprise conference.
- Indiana University Social Entrepreneurship Conference - Two day conference focused on social entrepreneurship research.
Finding Local Communities / Articles
- SEA Chapters - Groups all over US focused on social enterprises.
- Meetup - Popular group meeting site.
- Eventbrite - Easy site for discovering events near you.
Networks / Articles
- senco (social enterprise network of central ontario) - Canada group promoting social enterprises.
- Social Enterprise Alliance - US social enterprise advocates.
- enactus - Worldwide organization fostering student social entrepreneurs.
- Buy Good. Feel Good. - North American expo dedicated to brands that are changing the world.
- SocialVentures - Ohio nonprofit to advocate for, develop, and fund businesses that solve social problems.
Foundations / Articles
- Skoll Foundation - Large foundation investing in social entrepreneurs.
- Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship - Advocates for social entrepreneurss on a global level.
- The Audacious Project - A TED project funding social entrepreneurs and nonprofits.
Consultants / Articles
- CSED - Canada based nonprofit helping develop, launch, and grow social enterprises.
- Common Good Solutions - Canada based B-corp helping governments, community organizations and entrepreneurs.
Authors / Articles
- Susan Davis - Co-authored books on on social enterprise and highly active in community.
- David Bornstein - Wrote several popular books on social entrepreneurship.
Social Entrepreneurs / Articles
- Muhammad Yunus - Nobel Prize winner, founder of Grameen Bank, considered father of social enterprise.
Twitter Accounts 🐦 / Articles
- Ken Banks - Founder of Kiwanja.
- Tech Jobs for Good - Posts about tech jobs with social impact.
- Centre for Social Innovation Toronto - A coworking space, community, and launchpad for people who are changing the world.
Miscellaneous / Articles
- WorldShapers - An abundance of resources related to social entrepreneurship education.
- Benefit Corporation - A type of for-profit corporate entity, authorized by 35 U.S. states.
- B Corp Certification - Certificate issued for existing for profit organizations demonstrating social responsibility.
Aug 16, 2020
News 📰 / Finding Articles
- Galileo Impact Stories | YouTube | Kickstarter | Website
- A small but growing organization dedicated to covering impact investing. Content is often Russia oriented and not always directly about social enterprises but much of the content is relative. Here is a video summarizing their work in 2019.
News 📰 / Articles
- State of Social Entrepreneurship 2020 - Overview of SE in 2020 by Echoing Green.
Todo / Articles
- Read these books and articles before adding them:
- An Army of Problem Solvers by Shaun Loney
- Introduction to Social Entrepreneurship by Teresa Chahine
- Educating at Scale for Sustainable Development and Social Enterprise Growth by Sara Calvo
May 01, 2020
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Apr 26, 2020
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Apr 22, 2020
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