GoodCompany Ventures, a team of social finance investors and start-up experts, today announced the launch of a business incubator targeting entrepreneurs with innovative solutions to unmet social needs. The program will provide facilities, mentoring and access to a network of capital sources to qualified entrepreneurs whose business models offer investors an attractive mix of financial… Continue reading Launch: GoodCompany Ventures, a Philadelphia-based venture-style incubator program for socially-conscious entrepreneurs
Month: March 2009
Inspiring Social Entrepreneurs
What in the world does a comment about national security and civil liberties have to do with business or social enterprise? “In my study of highly successful leaders, I feel the most common theme, the most universal characteristic, is a form of thinking characterized by President Obama’s sentence,” Martin said. “Given a choice between two… Continue reading Inspiring Social Entrepreneurs
TED Talks Jacqueline Novogratz: From a Nairobi slum, a tale of hope
Jacqueline Novogratz tells a moving story of an encounter in a Nairobi slum with Jane, a former prostitute, whose dreams of escaping poverty, of becoming a doctor and of getting married were fulfilled in an unexpected way.
Results indicate that managers in the nonprofit sector tend to work longer hours compared to state managers…
I found this article interesting: Staying Late: Comparing Work Hours in Public and Nonprofit Sectors Results indicate that managers in the nonprofit sector tend to work longer hours compared to state managers and that work hours are mitigated by external organizational ties, perceptions, and work histories. Mary K. Feeney College of Urban Planning and Public… Continue reading Results indicate that managers in the nonprofit sector tend to work longer hours compared to state managers…
People who go online to donate to charity for the first time often do not return to the Internet to make later gifts,
A Target Analytics study shows that people who go online to donate to charity for the first time often do not return to the Internet to make later gifts. “People are asking us all the time why we don’t reduce mailing costs and save paper with online fund-raising, but the simple fact is that people… Continue reading People who go online to donate to charity for the first time often do not return to the Internet to make later gifts,
The Engineers for Social Impact Fellowship
The Engineers for Social Impact Fellowship is a unique program that connects top engineering talent to credible social enterprises driving market-based solutions to development in India. It serves a dual need: matching talented students with worthy social enterprises and increasing awareness of for-profit approaches to development. The Engineers for Social Impact (E4SI) fellowship program has… Continue reading The Engineers for Social Impact Fellowship
Gleitsman International Activist Award Nomination [Deadline: April 17, 2009]
Deadline: April 17, 2009 The Gleitsman Program in Leadership for Social Change encourages individual commitment and leadership by recognizing the exceptional achievement of those who have initiated positive social change. We seek those individuals whose vision and courage inspire others to join with them in confronting and challenging injustice. As we begin our search for… Continue reading Gleitsman International Activist Award Nomination [Deadline: April 17, 2009]
JOB: Overseas Fellowships with Atlas Corps
Atlas Service Corps seeks nonprofit leaders from around the world to apply for their 2009-2010 fellowship positions in Washington, DC and Bogota, Colombia. All expenses are paid in this prestigious, fellowship program, including a living stipend, health insurance, visa, travel, training, and a $2,500 end of service award. Applicants must have 3 or more years… Continue reading JOB: Overseas Fellowships with Atlas Corps
Social Investing and the Modern Market- Guest Post
A guest post from Ann Logue, author of Socially Responsible Investing for Dummies. Social Investing and the Modern Market By Ann Logue Social investing is a fine idea: investors get to flex their capitalist muscles to help fund companies that are changing the world while pressing companies that are a little less than perfect to… Continue reading Social Investing and the Modern Market- Guest Post
Standard & Poor’s launched its S&P U.S. Carbon Efficient Index to track low carbon footprint companies
Standard & Poor’s launched its S&P U.S. Carbon Efficient Index, designed to measure the performance of large cap U.S. companies operating with a low carbon emissions footprint. The index, which currently has 362 companies gleaned from the S&P 500, are selected using calculations from Trucost Plc, an environmental data gathering organization. Link