Acumen Fund is a non-profit global venture fund that uses entrepreneurial
approaches to solve the problems of global poverty. It seeks to prove that
small amounts of philanthropic capital, combined with large doses of business
acumen, can build thriving enterprises that serve vast numbers of the
poor.marketing, pop culture and more. of all the ads you missed and want to
see, or saw and want to see again.
AfriGadget is a website dedicated to showcasing African ingenuity. A team
of bloggers and readers contribute their pictures, videos and stories from
around the continent.
Alltop : Social entrepreneurship
The best of blogs on social entrepreneurship, from Guy Kawasaki’s Alltop.
G. Kofi Annan is a consultant who works with global brands to create
socially innovative community experiences. Annansi Chronicles covers the
culture and business trends which are defining Africa’s new brand image.
Audeamus covers the world of social entrepreneurship, international
development, global philanthropy, social enterprise and corporate social
responsibility.
What happens when technology can do great things for humanity, but
doesn't make a lot of money? Jim Fruchterman explores the social
entrepreneurship side of technology applications.
Capital Ideas is a six month series providing a "Finance 101 for
Social Entrepreneurs" through a combined offering of basic finance
knowledge, practical advice and case studies.
Catalyst endeavours to meet with and learn about the best examples of
social enterprise, ethical business, and community cooperation around the
world.
CSRwire is the leading global source of Corporate Social Responsibility news.
Change.org – Social entrepreneurship
The social entrepreneurship blog @ change.org. Nathaniel is the founding Director of the Center for Global Engagement at Northwestern University, which works annually with hundreds of students in dozens of countries around the world through curricular programs and student project incubation.
The Center for International Private Enterprise (CIPE) strengthens
democracy around the globe through private enterprise and market-oriented
reform.This blog offers insight into their activities and those of their
partners around the world.
Cleantechblog.com is one of the premier sites for commentary on clean
technologies, news, and issues relating to next generation energy and the
environment.
Professor of International Political Economy at the John F. Kennedy
School of Government at Harvard University, Dani Rodrik offers unconventional
thoughts on economic development and globalization.
Social entrepreneurship, consensual education and social media. News, fellowships, training programs, resources.
Echoing Green documents news, trends, and the true life of social
entrepreneurs. Its goal is to seed social entrepreneurs and their innovative
ideas for positive change.
Ecological Economics is a blog designed to daylight and refine
economists’ and ecologists' views, agreements, and disagreements on current
environmental and natural resource issues.
Fast Company – Social Responsibility
Fast Company often features articles on social responsibility and social entrepreneurship. They also organize every year the Social Capitalist Awards. Along with the 45 world-changing nonprofits, they also honor ten companies not only striving to make a profit, but to also make a difference.
Kjerstin Erickson was 20 when she launched FORGE. She didn't have a
business plan. She didn't have a revenue model. And she didn't have a penny.
But she now works in three refugee camps in Zambia, helping refugees build
better lives. This is her story.
From Poverty to Power emerged as a big conversation, involving hundreds
of people within and outside Oxfam, which grapples with the big issues of
development – climate change, the role of science and tech, power and politics.
Global Voices is a leading participatory media news room for voices from
the developing world. Begun in 2005 as a simple blog, Global Voices has grown
into a vibrant global community of more than 150 active volunteer authors and
translators.
Watch leading social entrepreneurs as they tell moving stories that had a
significant impact on their personal and professional lives. They also give
aspiring social entrepreneurs advice they can use immediately to scale their
ventures.
The Grameen Foundation combines the power of microfinance, technology and
innovative solutions to defeat global poverty. This is their blog.
Journalist Dan Ilett and friends write Greenbang.com, which tracks the
explosion of environmental business.
GreenBiz offers daily news on green business, business and climate
change, and sustainable business practices.
GreenUpgrader scours the earth for the best & most innovative
environmentally friendly products, bringing you choices and inspiration for
ways to protect our planet.
Global Envision is dedicated to increasing awareness of two of the
defining trends of our time — the spread of more open markets and the global
fight against poverty.
The writers at Gristmill feel that reading environmental journalism too
often feels like eating your vegetables. Boiled. With no butter. At Gristmill,
they bring the life out of green issues and sustainable living.
Britt Bravo, founder of the Changeblogger Network, blogs on topics that
focus on teaching individuals and organizations to realize their big vision.
Co-founder of Kiva, one of the most successful social ventures today,
Matt Flannery blogs about his real-life experiences as a social entrepreneur.
Sam Goldman wants to make his company, D.light, a world market leader in
off-grid lighting and power solutions, unceasingly serving his customers with
innovative products that improve their lives. This is his blog.
Marc Gunther is a leading thinker about business and sustainability. All
of his work is animated by his belief that companies that make the world a
better place—by serving their customers, their workers and their
communities—will deliver superior results to their owners in the long run.
Marketing Green’s mission is to provide industry professionals with
practical strategic marketing advice on how to build green brands and motivate
mass market adoption of more sustainable products.
NextBillion.net brings together the community of business leaders, social entrepreneurs, NGOs, policy makers, and academics who want to explore the connection between development and enterprise.
ODI is Britain's leading independent think tank on international
development and humanitarian issues. Its mission is to inspire and inform
policy and practice which lead to the reduction of poverty, working with
partners in the public and private sectors, in both developing and developed
countries.
Philanthropy 2173 offers provocations on the future of philanthropy,
including ideas on social change, the private sector, and the social good.
This blog is maintained by the Poverty and Growth Program of the World
Bank Institute. It brings you timely news, resources, tools, ideas and
commentary on poverty and growth related issues.
Private Sector Development Blog
The Private Sector Development Blog gathers together news, resources and
ideas about the role of private enterprise in fighting poverty. The PSD Blog is
maintained by the World Bank Group’s Rapid Response knowledge service.
School
for Social Entrepreneurs
The School for Social Entrepreneurs' main blog, it offers information,
news and views on social entrepreneurs, social enterprise, and social
entrepreneurship.
Social Edge is the global online community where social entrepreneurs and other practitioners of the social benefit sector connect to network, learn, inspire and share resources. A Skoll Foundation initiative.
SER provides North American social entrepreneurs and nonprofit
enterprise directors with practical news and information, business tools, and
inspiration to help you improve the profitability and impact of social purpose
ventures.
Change.org is a social entrepreneurship venture whose blog aims to serve
as the central platform informing and empowering movements for social change
around the most important issues of our time.
SocialROI sets out to enable social entrepreneurship and to spread the
word about some of the good stuff that’s happening in the space.
Socializing offers thoughts on social change, social capital, social
enterprise, social marketing, social impact assessment, social software and
other related topics.
Blogger Nedra is a consultant, author and speaker who uses social
marketing to promote health and social issues.
Stanford Social Innovation Review
Strategies, tools and ideas for nonprofits, foundations and socially responsible businesses
StartUpAfrica is a blog dedicated to entrepreneurship in Africa with a
particular focus on technology entrepreneurship.
Timbuktu Chronicles seeks to spur dialogue in areas of entrepreneurship,
technology and the scientific method as it impacts Africa.
TreeHugger is a leading media outlet dedicated to driving sustainability
mainstream. It strives to be a one-stop shop for green news, solutions, and
product information.
Serving people, planet, and profit, this blog offers an integrated
bottom-line approach to looking at business from the next generation of MBAs.
Where sympathy and hedonism collide, this blog tackles everything from
globalization and trade, to Africa and energy.
Worldchanging is a media organization that seeks to inspire readers
around the world with stories of the most important and innovative new tools,
models and ideas for building a bright sustainable future.
Worldisgreen.com is about the concept of “sustainability”. It focuses on
the three forces of profits, planets and people as the triple bottom line,
which need to work in harmony for a sustainable future.
Xigi.net is a space for making connections and gathering intelligence within the capital market that invests in good. It’s a social network, tool provider, and online platform for tracking the nature and amount of investment activity in this emerging market.
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