All posts by Tristan

Social Venture Partners Minnesota (SVP MN) and Genesys Works at the Engine for Social Innovation in Minneapolis
November 21, 2011, 2 Comments

Jacob Johnson is currently a senior at Como Park Senior High School in Minnesota. He’s smart, a sharp dresser and comes from a tough life, a life where his biological [...]

Voucherry website

Social commerce with a conscience: Voucherry helps nonprofits engage fans

November 17, 2011, No comments

Voucherry, the fusion of an online social network and e-commerce site, helps nonprofits engage with their supporter base while their fans score with d ...

HOTTEA self portrait - Minneapolis

Bland urban landscapes transformed by nondestructive street art

November 11, 2011, No comments

Minneapolis, Minnesota-based street artist Eric Reiger wouldn’t describe himself as a graffiti artist… anymore. That period of his life ha ...

Space shuttle Atlantis at Kennedy Space Center

Enabling the enablers: How to get your social venture off the ground

November 9, 2011, 4 Comments

Next Tuesday, November 15, in the borough of Manhattan, a group of like-minded business entrepreneurs will gather four floors above the hustle and bus ...

  • 2010 EPCON: Engaged Philanthropy Conference - Springboard for the Arts
    EPCON 2011: Social Innovation in the Arts
    April 5, 2011, 1 Comment

    As the EPCON 2010: Engaged Philanthropy Conference ticked away excitement began to fill the air. The winner for the 2010 Social Entrepreneurs Cup — an award celebrating Minnesota’s most innovative [...]

  • social innovation collaboration
    2011: The Year of Working Together
    March 30, 2011, No comments

    On Wednesday I sat down with Brad Brown, the executive director of Social Venture Partners Minnesota, to discuss EPCON 2011: The Engaged Philanthropy Conference, an annual event in Minneapolis focusing [...]