The Social Impact Investment Mirage
It’s time for funders to get real about what social entrepreneurs need to succeed.
It’s time for funders to get real about what social entrepreneurs need to succeed.
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.
Understanding these six important differences will both facilitate better conversations and help channel funds appropriately.
Community-focused entrepreneurs are using innovative business models and technology to make renewable energy and a healthy environment accessible to everyone.
How businesses can transform procurement practices to strengthen farmer livelihoods and improve environmental impacts.
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.