So you’ve got the next Great Idea to solve a social or environmental problem; or the beginnings of the next Great Idea -- where do you go from here? How do you manifest your idea into something tangible, an organization, enterprise or product? ...
For many people, opening a savings account isn’t simply a rite of passage. In fact, about 30 million people are unbanked or under-banked according to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. Instead, people are relying on predatory institutions for money, like payday lenders or ...
While most of us have experienced the agony of getting up the nerve to ask our boss for a raise, perhaps we haven't considered the large-scale effects of asking, or not asking, for increased pay: How many people are underpaid as a result? GetRaised ...
Kevin Jones is perhaps best known as one of the fathers of SOCAP, a series of annual events dedicated to the flow of capital to social enterprises. SOCAP 2010, which took place last fall, saw the largest gathering yet of people and organizations ...
As the Senior Vice President at Echoing Green, Lara Galinsky supports the next generation of social entrepreneurs. She is the co-author of Echoing Green's book Be Bold, which illustrates how people create careers with impact. Echoing Green is gearing up to release its ...
Search for the hashtag #socent and you’ll find wide-ranging interest in social entrepreneurship on Twitter. Here’s a roundup of a few interesting tweets from the last week: What’s next for sustainable businesses in 2011? Verdantix, a London-based firm, produced a list of predictions ...
In the giving season, choosing where to donate can be difficult; the staggering number of important organization and causes is overwhelming, and where you put your money is as important as how much you give. Giving What We Can keeps careful tabs on ...
Given the grim news in lending and home financing in recent months, it would appear that little can be done to stem the tide of foreclosures sweeping the nation. Nationally, some 4 million homeowners are facing foreclosure this year and another 11 million ...
SOCAP, the social capital markets conference, wound down in San Francisco earlier this week. What follows are some insights and reflections from the event. Venture (human) capital: Jacqueline Novogratz of Acumen Fund was one of the few speakers that talked about the need ...
For social entrepreneurs attending SOCAP10, the social capital markets conference underway this week in San Francisco, the call to action is: get investable! The conference feels different from social change gatherings where the complaint is often that good ideas go begging for want ...