You Don’t Have to Go to College to Succeed. Really?
By Ben Thurman In 1997’s big hit, Good Will Hunting, Will Hunting scoffed, “You wasted $150,000 on an education you coulda got for a buck fifty in late charges at…
Encore Careers: Never too Late to Make Impact
We speak with noted author Marci Alboher about her latest book titled The Encore Career Handbook: How to Make a Living and a Different in the Second Half of Life, which looks…
A Second Life For the World: Encore Entrepeneurs
By Lindsay Hebert Last week, Encore.org announced this year’s Purpose Prize winners, five social innovators over the age of 60 who will receive $100,000 for their contributions to society….
Starbucks: Digital Innovation And Creating Jobs?
Adam Brotman serves as Chief Digital Officer at Starbucks and attended the UN Social Innovation Summit recently. He speaks to Dowser about Starbucks’ Create Jobs campaign and how…
Clique provides more secure online dating through social networks
For young city-dwellers, dating is a social problem: infinite complications (limited time and money, instable or constantly-changing social circles) add stress and frustration to the already-daunting process of searching for…
An Unlikely Obstacle to Girls’ Education: Improving Hygiene Around the World
There’s been a slow but steady push in recent years to improve girls’ access to education in developing countries. But while education has tremendous implications for gender equality and economic…
First person: Entrepreneurs on early lessons in the field — Keyne and Kirsten Monson of Elevita
Keyne and Kirsten Monson founded Elevita in May 2010 to help artisans in developing countries find a greater world market for their products. Dowser: What’s something concrete and tangible you’ve…
Harvard’s Julie Battilana Takes the Pulse of the Social Entrepreneurship Movement
A duo of researchers at the Harvard Business School recently set out to investigate movers in the field of social entrepreneurship beyond the big names who attract the most attention. Their…
First Person: Jennifer Chan of Exhibit Change on Early Lessons as an Entrepreneur
Jennifer Chan founded Exhibit Change to encourage impact through design thinking and to promote community building. The organization serves as a think tank for people to share ideas and designs,…
Amy Clark of Ashoka on 2011 and What’s to Come in the Year Ahead
This is the 2st part of our Year in Review Series, in which we reconnect with our group of experts about the trends they forecasted for social entrepreneurship in 2011…
Weekly Roundup: Global Entrepreneurship Week, Mobile Banking and OWS
Global Entrepreneurship Week Invokes the Startup Spirit “New firms are indeed the greatest source of new wealth for struggling economies and a powerful weapon against poverty.” – Jonathan Ortmans, president…
Encore Entrepreneurs: Founders of a Certain Age Kickstart Social Impact Business
Our sputtering economy needs workers with more of that entrepreneurial spirit. Think tank Civic Ventures suggests they might come from an unexpected demographic: workers who are approaching middle age or…
Skillshare’s Michael Karnjanaprakorn on Risk-Taking
In our risk-taking series, Tulane University and Ashoka U students Katie Smalley and Laura White shed light on the value of risk-taking. By interviewing social innovators about bold steps they’ve…
End Malaria: Michael Stanier on publishing, impact and the possibility virus
It’s sometimes a stretch to see how buying a product can solve a cause, but with his new book End Malaria: Bold Innovation, Limitless Generosity, and the Opportunity to Save…
Reflections and questions following Opportunity Collaboration
Attending Opportunity Collaboration last week with 300 other amazing advocates was like drinking from a fire hose of social entrepreneurship. The people were stunning in their commitment, diversity, and quality…
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