Search for the hashtag #socent and you'll find wide-ranging interest in social entrepreneurship on Twitter. Here's a roundup of a few thought-provoking tweets from the last week: Social media news blog Mashable (@mashable) informed us about this brash new website that had flown ...
All around us, people are working on innovative solutions to pressing social problems. Often, though, those stories can be difficult to track down. Which is why we’re regularly scouring the Web to highlight who’s solving what and how.
Yesterday I wrote a post about the "creativity crisis" recently reported by Newsweek. Over the past 20 years, American children have steadily lost ground on a long-standing creativity assessment that's strongly associated with entrepreneurship and invention. This is a serious problem. I've spent ...
If you're interested in children, education, social innovation, or, for that matter, the future of America, Newsweek's recent cover story on the "creativity crisis" by Po Bronson and Ashley Merryman is a must read. It makes a powerful argument that our system of ...
Kim Scheinberg has a habit she can't seem to kick: investing in social entrepreneurs who have business ideas to change the world. The problem is she doesn't enjoy haggling over percentage points when she's dealing with start-up entrepreneurs who are desperate for cash ...
Search for the hashtag #socent and you'll find wide-ranging interest in social entrepreneurship on Twitter. Here's a roundup of a few thought-provoking tweets from the last week: Google (@google) announced this week that it's purchasing 20 years’ worth of wind energy to power ...
Everywhere, people are working on innovative solutions to pressing social problems. Often, though, those stories can be difficult to track down. Which is why we’re scouring the Web to bring you weekly links highlighting who’s solving what and how. Soap Operas for... Global ...
Elmira Bayrasli and her colleagues are always on the lookout for the up-and-coming Bill Gateses and Steve Jobses of developing countries. She handles policy and outreach for Endeavor, a New York-based organization that supports high-impact for-profit entrepreneurs in emerging markets—the enterprising men and ...
Who made the shirt you're wearing? Were the cloth cutters or seamstresses treated fairly? Did the factory comply with reasonable environmental standards? If you have no clue, then check out the work of Alice Tepper Marlin. She believes we all have a right ...
Summer. For some kids, it means freedom, swimming, endless days and lasting memories; sadly, for many it can also mean falling far behind at school. Researchers call it "summer learning loss," and while it touches students at all grade and income levels, its ...