E-Commerce Disruption
An excerpt from The Tao of Alibaba on the new digital frontier in developing economies
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Social Enterprise - Most Popular
Innovative ways that organizations are using and adapting business strategies to advance social and environmental well-being (more)
In Search of Inclusive Social Entrepreneurship
As the field of social entrepreneurship is engaged in finding solutions for social inequalities, it often falls short of creating opportunities for those who suffer most from those inequalities to become protagonists.
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The T-Rex and the Snowshoe Hare: What’s Next for Philanthropy in the 2020s
What an often-misunderstood part of Darwin’s theory of evolution can tell us about where philanthropy might be headed.
Why We Didn’t Fund Your Scaling Plan
A checklist to avoid common problems that funders have identified in evaluating applications.
SSIR’s 2022 Social Innovation Reading List
Highlights of this year’s book reviews and excerpts on topics including cities, the imagination, disruption, capitalism, and careers.
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Private Firms, Public Initiatives
An excerpt from The Right Privatization on why private entrepreneurs need capable governments.
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The Social Impact Investment Mirage
It’s time for funders to get real about what social entrepreneurs need to succeed.
Thinking and Acting Like a Platform Will Help Social Entrepreneurs Create Impact at Scale
Platform thinking pushes social entrepreneurs to leave the role of the problem solver in favor of being an enabler of changemakers who can solve problems locally.