Social Entrepreneurship

What is Social Entrepreneurship?

Social entrepreneurship is

* about applying practical, innovative and sustainable approaches to benefit society in general, with an emphasis on those who are marginalized and poor.

* a term that captures a unique approach to economic and social problems, an approach that cuts across sectors and disciplines.

* grounded in certain values and processes that are common to each social entrepreneur, independent of whether his/ her area of focus has been education, health, welfare reform, human rights, workers' rights, environment, economic development, agriculture, etc., or whether the organizations they set up are non-profit or for-profit entities.

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Loans that change lives

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See this at: kiva.org| Added on 11/07/07

Make a loan to an entrepreneur in the developing world for as little as $25. Kiva is the world's first online lending platform connecting online lenders to entrepreneurs across the globe.

Highlights: We let you loan to the working poor --- Kiva lets you connect with and loan money to unique small businesses in the developing world. By choosing a business on Kiva.org, you can "sponsor a business" and help the world's working poor make great strides towards economic independence....

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EcoLogic Finance

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See this at: ecologicfinance.org| Added on 11/13/06

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EcoLogic Finance is a nonprofit offering affordable financial services to community-based businesses operating in environmentally sensitive areas of Latin America and select countries of Africa and Asia.

Targeting the rural credit market, EcoLogic Finance provides loan capital to support low-income communities whose business activities foster environmental conservation and grassroots economic development. Founded in late 1999, EcoLogic Finance manages a portfolio of $25,000 to $500,000 loans to small- and medium-sized enterprises that do not meet traditional requirements to access loans from local financial institutions. Target sectors include agroforestry (shade-grown and sustainable agriculture), wild-harvested products, certified wood, sustainable fisheries, and ecotourism.

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Fusing Local and Global Impact

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See this at: socialfusion.org| Added on 11/16/06

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Social Fusion is an incubator for entrepreneurs to grow for-profit and nonprofit businesses that produce sustainable social and environmental impact.

Social Fusion’s strength lies in focusing on three pillars critical to catalyzing and supporting business based social change. Social Fusion builds the networks that enable leading social entrepreneurs to build their enterprises within a collaborative community of innovation. We extend peer and industry knowledge through technology, and by translating learning into services and products that enable social ventures to more efficiently grow their businesses.

Social Fusion works to bridge investment and sustainable philanthropy by providing select social ventures with the capital access required to reach scale.

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How to Change the World

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See this at: howtochangetheworld....| Added on 11/16/06

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HOW TO CHANGE THE WORLD tells the stories of people around the globe who are solving many of the world's most intractable problems. Full of hope and energy, exciting solutions and compelling characters, this book shows how a growing wave of "social entrepreneurs"- individuals with initiative, creativity, savvy and determination- are reshaping the world for the better. These individuals -- from doctors to lawyers, from engineers to journalists -- are successfully demonstrating that one person with a powerful idea and the drive to succeed can bring positive changes to the lives of thousands or even millions.

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Social Edge: Connecting and Empowering Social Entrepreneurs

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See this at: socialedge.org| Added on 01/07/07

A provocative online community designed to empower social entrepreneurs and their philanthropic and nonprofit partners.

Highlights: No spam, no solicitations, nothing you don't want. Just the facts about social entrepreneurship.

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The Skoll Foundation

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See this at: skollfoundation.org| Added on 11/19/06

The Skoll Foundations mission is to advance systemic change to benefit communities around the world by investing in, connecting and celebrating social entrepreneurs.

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What is a Social Entrepreneur?

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See this at: schwabfound.org| Added on 11/16/06

A pragmatic visionary who achieves large scale, systemic and sustainable social change through a new invention, a different approach, a more rigorous application of known technologies or strategies, or a combination of these. * Combines the... See more

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*A pragmatic visionary who achieves large scale, systemic and sustainable social change through a new invention, a different approach, a more rigorous application of known technologies or strategies, or a combination of these. *Combines the characteristics represented by Richard Branson and Mother Teresa.

From the Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship

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ASHOKA CELEBRATING 25 YEARS

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See this at: ashoka.org.za| Added on 11/16/06

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Bill Drayton, a former McKinsey & Co. consultant and assistant administrator at the Environmental Protection Agency, founded Ashoka in 1980 to develop the profession of social entrepreneurship. Like any entrepreneur, a social entrepreneur creates pattern-changing ideas that lead to transformative change. They are born with the same characteristics of the business entrepreneur – creativity, innovative thinking, and determination, but apply those abilities for social change rather than economic profit.

Ashoka seeks out social entrepreneurs around the world, and like a venture capital firm invests in them with start-up capital, allowing them to apply themselves fully to their innovations. In addition to funding, Ashoka provides a series of value-added, targeted services to help those ideas take hold and be transmitted through out the world. These social entrepreneurs, named Ashoka Fellows, become part of a global fellowship of like minded peers, providing them with moral and professional support. In addition, the global connection helps social entrepreneurs spread their ideas beyond the national and regional boundaries of the idea’s origin.

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Social Venture Network

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See this at: svn.org| Added on 11/14/06

The Social Venture Network (SVN) transforms the way the world does business by leveraging its members' collective strengths of leadership, knowledge and enterprise for a more just and sustainable economy.

Highlights: Founded in 1987 by some of the nation's most visionary leaders in socially responsible entrepreneurship and investment, Social Venture Network (SVN) is a nonprofit network committed to building a just and sustainable world through business. SVN's mission is to inspire a community of...

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