Working in close conjunction with Steve Rutledge and Mike Yap, the founders of Adopt a Village in Laos, a not-for-profit Canadian registered organization (#1755378), I have been volunteering my services [...]
Composed by Michael Norton, co-founder of Buzzbnk, the crowdfunding platform for social ventures. This is part three of a three part series. Take a look at part one and part [...]
Composed by Michael Norton, co-founder of Buzzbnk, the crowdfunding platform for social ventures. This is part two of a three part series. See part one here. LESSON 6: Understand the [...]
Composed by Michael Norton, co-founder of Buzzbnk, the crowdfunding platform for social ventures. This is part one of a three part series. Just Give Me the Money: learning from Bob [...]
HUB Ventures is a leading incubator program for social enterprises. Earlier this month they held their investor day in which they announced their 2011 cohort. Below are the 15 social [...]
The vulnerability of Africa and Cameroon in particular, exposes it to different adversities that affect its development. This has delimited the target and the scope of most of its communities. [...]
On Canadian Thanksgiving weekend 2010, I was privileged to attend an Adopt a Village in Laos fundraiser, hosted by Steve Rutledge and Mike Yap, at the historic and beautifully restored [...]
On June 10, 2011, I received an email from Steve Rutledge, the president of Adopt a Village in Laos, in which he informed me about an essay writing contest [...]
At Social Venture Partners Seattle we strive to strengthen the nonprofits we fund so they can take their positive impact – on kids, families, and the environment - to the next level. One of [...]
After working with some of the foremost experts in changing public policy and scaling lasting positive change at Ashoka, a nonprofit organization supporting over 3,000 social entrepreneurship fellows worldwide with [...]
There’s recently been a wave of startups emerging in the group buying and flash sales space. The model whereby users purchase items at a discount is typically a straightforward, for-profit [...]
First, let me expose you to my bias: When I was seven years old, I wrote a heartfelt letter to the Green Bay Packers, telling them that I was sick [...]
As a blogger focusing on social entrepreneurship and technology, I run across a plethora of resources for funding — one thing that most social ventures can’t get enough of. After [...]
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