Tackling Heropreneurship
Why we need to move from “the social entrepreneur” to social impact.
Why we need to move from “the social entrepreneur” to social impact.
Until recently, both foundations and venture capital firms were wary of directing resources toward education technology startups. Here’s how “blended capital” is expanding the ed-tech field.
RSPN and Nesta teach lessons about achieving social impact in the Global South and North.
More poor households benefit when the private and social sectors work together to build better environments for inclusive business.
How impact investors, commercial investors, and social enterprises can take advantage of Series B financing and create greater impact.
Social entrepreneurship is attracting growing amounts of talent, money, and attention, but along with its increasing popularity has come less certainty about what exactly a social entrepreneur is and does.
By working closely with the clients and consumers, design thinking allows high-impact solutions to social problems to bubble up from below rather than being imposed from the top.
Fair Trade-certified coffee is growing in sales, but strict certification requirements are resulting in uneven economic advantages for coffee growers and lower quality coffee for consumers.
Social entrepreneurship and social enterprise have become popular and positive rallying points for those trying to improve the world, but social innovation is a better vehicle for understanding and creating social change in all of its manifestations.
Understanding these six important differences will both facilitate better conversations and help channel funds appropriately.