Philanthropy
Kiva.org: Made to Stick
A look at how Kiva created a compelling model that hooked everyday donors into their social impact world.
Tag: Social Entrepreneurship
Social Entrepreneurship
Less What, More How: A Review of Nilofer Merchant’s The New How
A review of The New How: Creating Business Solutions through Collaborative Strategy , a book on how to create and implement high-impact strategies for social entrepreneurship.
Business
All Entrepreneurship Is Social
Let’s not overlook what traditional entrepreneurs contribute to society.
Podcast
Leadership
John Mackey - Conscious Business and Entrepreneurship
Social entrepreneurship requires conscious leadership, says Whole Foods CEO John Mackey in this University podcast. Delivering a talk sponsored by the Stanford Center for Social Innovation, Mackey issues a clarion call for nothing less than "conscious capitalism," arguing that business can indeed serve more than the almighty dollar. He discusses his own company's challenges in the social enterprise arena.
Podcast
Food
Paul Rice - Promoting Fair Trade as Social Entrepreneurship
Social entrepreneurship may be the most promising avenue for solving global problems, says Paul Rice, CEO of TransFair USA. In this audio lecture, sponsored by the Stanford Center for Social Innovation, Rice details his own work to establish Fair Trade. The movement has opened the U.S. market to more than 1.4 million small family farmers around the world who are now getting a fair price for their harvests and making dramatic gains in their living standards.
Podcast
Economic Development
Priya Haji - Creating a Social Enterprise
When Priya Haji put her mind to helping reduce global poverty, social entrepreneurship took a quantum leap. In this university podcast, sponsored by the Stanford Center for Social Innovation, the plucky founder of World of Good shares how she created a social enterprise that now empowers women in communities around the world by helping them sell their artisan goods in stores and online. She talks about strategies for using educated consumer choice and inspiring business competition to do good.
Social Entrepreneurship
10 Free Things Every New Social Entrepreneur Should Have
For all aspiring social entrepreneurs, a list of must-haves that are readily available.
Social Entrepreneurship
Three Social Entrepreneurs Sell Shares in Selves to Scale
Three young social entrepreneurs offer future income in exchange for support to scale.
Review
Social Innovations
Women Hold Both Sky and Solutions
Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide by Sheryl WuDunn and Nicholas Kristof
Podcast
Economic Development
Promoting Entrepreneurship at Home and Abroad - Hoover Conference
A critical aspect of international development and the restoration of the global economy involves fostering entrepreneurship. In this panel discussion at a conference convened by the Hoover Institute at Stanford, experts and entrepreneurs discuss what it takes to create social and educational environments in the United States and abroad that support innovation and the entrepreneurial spirit. They consider what opportunities the world crisis has opened up for major transformations in every sector of the economy.