This is a partner column in conjunction with Ashoka’s Change InSight blog. Every week I’m covering the top news, highlights, events and opportunities in the realm of social entrepreneurship.
2010 Social Enterprise Summit and World Forum in San Francisco
Follow my coverage from each day of the Summit:
* Day 1 — Social Engagement Through Youth Empowerment
* Day 2 — From Government Collaboration to Youth Collaboration
* Day 3 — Final Day and Takeaway
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Venture Capital 101 for For-Profit Social Entrepreneurs
While the world of traditional venture capital and social venture capital still operate on a somewhat different set of objectives, the fundamentals of venture investing are largely shared. This post is a 101 for aspiring for-profit social entrepreneurs who are just starting to figure out the game.
Social entrepreneurship achieves what centralized aid could not in India
“Critics of some aid programs contend that merely supplying money and resources to destitute regions does not help them in the long term, and can even hurt, because it creates dependence on the part of the recipients,” writes Eliot Van Buskirk of WIRED.
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The Art of Storytelling for Social Entrepreneurs
A slideshow from Sloan Bennet’s recent talk “The Art of Storytelling,” where she talked about how storytelling is the new elevator pitch and showed examples of compelling stories on the market.
Congress Could Establish a New Type of Organization
As Congress eventually moves to consider making broad changes to the nation’s tax structure, proposals could arise that would take into account a “blurring of the lines” in recent years between companies and nonprofit groups.
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