Innovation and Entrepreneurship: Social Entrepreneurship

Stanford Social Innovation Review (SSIR) is an award-winning magazine that covers cross-sector solutions to global problems.

3BL CSRwire is a dedicated, real-time source for sharing major news and updates focused on corporate social responsibility (CSR).

"Ashoka strives to shape a global, entrepreneurial, competitive citizen sector: one that allows social entrepreneurs to thrive and enables the world’s citizens to think and act as changemakers."

"Social entrepreneurship is the work of social entrepreneurs. We believe that social entrepreneurs are those exceptional individuals who dream up and take responsibility for an innovative and untested idea for positive social change, and usher that idea from dream to reality"

"The Skoll Foundation drives large scale change by investing in, connecting and celebrating social entrepreneurs and the innovators who help them solve the world’s most pressing problems."

"The SEED Initiative is a global partnership for action on sustainable development and the green economy."

We envision social enterprise as a widely practiced method for creating a more just & sustainable world. The Social Enterprise Alliance is advocate for the field, hub of information & education, and builder of a vibrant and growing community of social enterprises. We are passionate about social enterprise, and we are driven by serving the people and organizations who continue to work in this growing sector.

"Social Venture Network is committed to creating an inclusive and diverse community of socially responsible business leaders who will lead the way to a just and sustainable economy. SVN's Bridge Project programs support the world's brightest and most innovative social entrepreneurs from under-represented groups."

The Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship provides unparalleled platforms at the regional and global level to highlight and advance leading models of sustainable social innovation. It identifies a select community of social entrepreneurs and engages it in shaping global, regional and industry agendas that improve the state of the world in close collaboration with the other stakeholders of the World Economic Forum.






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NextBillion is an open forum for the development through enterprise sector. Based at the William Davidson Institute at the University of Michigan, the site is a community of business leaders, social entrepreneurs, NGO managers, policy makers, academics and others exploring the connection between development and for-profit business.

What is a sustainable enterprise?

The Global Social Venture Competition is the largest and longest-running student-led business plan competition providing mentoring, exposure, and prizes for social ventures from around the world. The mission of the GSVC is to catalyze the creation of social ventures, educate future leaders and build awareness of social enterprises. The competition supports the creation of real businesses that bring about positive social change in a sustainable manner.