Social Entrepreneurship
What Is a Social Entrepreneur?
Social entrepreneurs use a business model to address a social need.
Are You a Social Entrepreneur?
Social entrepreneurs exist even within traditional organizations. Do you recognize them? Are you one of them?
10 Characteristics of Social Entrepreneurs
How are social entrepreneurs different? What drives them?
Nonprofit Alternatives - Starting a Nonprofit Is Not the Only Way to Do Good
Nonprofit Alternatives - Starting a Nonprofit Is Not the Only Way to Do Good
How to Make Your Nonprofit More Entrepreneurial
More nonprofits are beginning to adopt entrepreneurial traits. Here's how and why.
5 Lessons in Corporate Social Responsibility from TOMS Shoes
TOMS Shoes proves that business and doing good make a happy partnership.
Forces for Good - A Review
Forces for Good introduces the reader to a new age in the nonprofit sector, an age that smudges the line between public and private, advocacy and program delivery, and that sets large and brave goals.
How One Social Entrepreneur is Tackling the Online Generation Gap
If Tobey Gordon Dichter is not a social entrepreneur, I don't know who would be. She exhibits the innovative thinking that allowed her to first grasp a societal problem and then to develop a solution.
Breaking the Mold: Ashoka's Citizen Base Initiative Inspires Social Entrepreneur
Ashoka, known for its work in identifying and fostering social entrepreneurs, has an entire program dedicated to helping organizations working on social change achieve sustainability through a broad engagement of their communities beyond the usual seeking of grants and traditional fundraising.
Social Entrepreneurship: A Name in Search of a Definition
Social Entrepreneurship has been around for a long time...it just didn't have its own name. In the 1980s the term we all use today began to be used to describe a different sort of entrepreneur. Since then the name has struggled for a definition.
Nonprofits and Business Ventures
Even traditional nonprofits can become more business oriented. An expert in entrepreneurial activities tells us just how.
Nonprofit Management 101: A Review
Here are the dos and don'ts of starting a business venture as part of a nonprofit.