Investors commit $5,000 upfront as a sign they’re willing to fund Unreasonable Fellows We know we can do more to help our entrepreneurs secure funding. So we’re launching a plan [...]
If you read Kyle Westaway’s informative post on SocialEarth, “Revolution for Good,” you probably know that two social innovation ...
On Monday, October 10, Eric Ries spoke to a pack auditorium at the NYU Tisch Hall. The author of The Lean Startup spoke about his early failures and ...
I had the opportunity to interview Elkhair Balla (right), one of the co-founders of BCondoms. On the program we discussed how the idea of BCondoms cam ...
Milaap, like Kiva is a web based platform where individuals can make small loans to people in the low-income group, where they significantly differ from Kiva and others is in [...]
Because you always tend to remember the first time, SOCAP 2011 holds a special place for me. After the dive into exploring the field of social innovation through Innov8Social, this year [...]
Studies show Americans, even those with insurance, are not able to cover out-of-pocket medical expenses and are confused by their medical bills. Now, two startups, GiveForward and Simplee are partnering [...]
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 [...]
by Michael Norton, co-founder of Buzzbnk, the crowdfunding platform for social ventures: www.buzzbnk.org Can grass-roots services be developed for the poor using an enterprise model? If so, this would generate [...]
In my last post on SOCAP Europe, I wrote about the space, the need and the movement for social capital markets. Since, I had the opportunity to interview Kevin Jones, [...]
New York-based enterprise Alldaybuffet will bring together the world’s leading thinkers to explore the future of social good at its third annual Feast Social Innovation conference, to be held on [...]
Two months ago, I introduced you to Mark Moore and Bret Raymond, founders of Mother Administrative Nutritive Aid (MANA), an organization that aims to be a fully sustainable producer of [...]
Back in August, while I was visiting that Mexican village that is so close to my heart, I spent some time with one of the kids I met when I [...]
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