“Each of us feels some aspect of the world’s suffering acutely. And we must pay attention. We must act. This little corner of the world is ours to transform. This little corner of the world is ours to save.” – Stephen Cope, The Great Work of Your Life. By Blessing Oyeleye (MBA Candidate, NYIT) In [...]
Posts Tagged "Social Entrepreneurship"
How Social Entrepreneurs Mix Business with Social Responsibility to Solve Real Problems
April 17, 2013 – 7:00 am
Fashion Project Raises $1.8 Million
April 10, 2013 – 10:00 am
A pair of female founders has raised $1.8 in seed funding for their social entrepreneurship startup. By Jessica Stillman (Editor, Women 2.0) Recently here on Women 2.0 we rounded up a list of female social entrepreneurs to watch. Among those women doing incredible things was Christine Rizk, co-founder of Fashion Project, a startup that lets [...]
The Rise of Social Entrepreneurship: Women and B Schools Play a Role
April 3, 2013 – 11:00 am
The visibility of social entrepreneurship has been on the rise in recent years. What’s behind this? The efforts of some extraordinary female founders, as well as business schools. By Srikanth Naidu (MBA student, Wharton San Francisco) One in every eleven adult women is an entrepreneur. These female founders provide jobs to an estimated 18 million [...]
Female Founders to Watch: Starting Up to Do Good
March 15, 2013 – 10:00 am
Female entrepreneurs aren’t just doing amazing things in the for-profit sector, they’re also some of the coolest social entrepreneurs out there. By Jessica Stillman (Editor, Women 2.0) Some founders aim to change the world by developing and selling cool new products, while others take a more direct route, starting businesses with the immediate aim of [...]
Starting a Socially-Conscious Business: Balancing Mission and Investment
March 15, 2013 – 9:00 am
Starting Activyst, Katie Rock faced a quandary many founders of socially conscious startups encounter: how much to give back and how much to invest in the business? Here’s how she answered this tough question. By Katie Rock (Founder & CEO, Activyst) Starting a socially conscious business was not something I set out to do, but [...]
Women Changing The World Of Business From the Inside-Out
January 18, 2013 – 10:02 am
Interested in moving beyond government and non-profit solutions to today’s most pressing social issues, these women intrapreneurs turned to business and pulled off some powerful projects. By Nikita T. Mitchell (Social Innovation Fellow, StartingBloc) Women are no strangers to social change. The percentage of women in the non-profit sector – up to 74% in some [...]
Join The Changemakers #SocEntChat On Women And Technology (August 1)
July 31, 2012 – 11:14 am
Bridge the technology divide on August 1 in a discussion about social entrepreneurship. By Dani Matielo (Community Manager, Ashoka Changemakers) Life for women and girls in the 21st century can be a challenge. Every day, millions of women worldwide deal with a gender and technology divide that leaves them underrepresented at every level of the [...]
Make Startups That Matter: Solve Tough Problems, Make An Impact
November 10, 2011 – 5:30 am
By Chris Shipley (Co-Founder, Guidewire Group) I’m worried that there are so many really big problems to solve. The kind of problems that get solved when you put an entrepreneurial mind to them. I’m not talking about world hunger, profound poverty, or peace in the Middle East. I’m pretty sure there is no app for [...]
