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Business Plan Competitions
Global Social Venture Competition - About GSVC
socialvc.net/index.cfm?fuseaction=Page.viewPage&pa... Each year, entrant teams from around the world compete for over $45,000 in cash and travel prizes. This year, the Grand Prize of $25,000 will be awarded to the plan that achieves the best blended value (high economic and social returns). Business Plan Submission Guidelines - Global Social Entrepreneurship Competition - UW Business Schoo
bschool.washington.edu/gsec/BP_Guidelines.shtml
The first step in entering the Competition is for the founder to submit a description of his or her idea, including required contact information, on the IdeaBounce website. Berkley Center for Entrepreneurial Studies | Student Activities
w4.stern.nyu.edu/berkley/social.cfm?doc_id=1868#Fu... The Satter fund provides start-up assistance to promising Stern-affiliated social entrepreneurs, including students, faculty, alumni and the administration, and supports School-related initiatives and research in the area. Students and alumni from NYU Wagner and NYU School of Law are also eligible. Please click here for more information The St Andrews Prize for the Environment is an initiative by the University of St Andrews in Scotland and the international integrated energy company, ConocoPhillips. Fellowships & Grad Programs
NYU > Catherine B. Reynolds Program for Social Entrepreneurship
www.nyu.edu/reynolds/index.flash.html NYU Reynolds Program Catherine B. Reynolds Foundation Fellowships in Social Entrepreneurship
www.ksg.harvard.edu/leadership/reynolds/index.html
The Skoll Foundation | Skoll Centre for Social Entrepreneurship | Skoll Centre for Social Entreprene
www.skollfoundation.org/skollcentre/index.asp The Skoll Centre for Social Entrepreneurship was launched in November 2003 at the Saïd Business School, Oxford University, to promote the advancement of social entrepreneurship worldwide Berkley Center for Entrepreneurial Studies | Student Activities
w4.stern.nyu.edu/berkley/social.cfm?doc_id=1868 The Satter Program expands NYU Stern's curricular and co-curricular activities to support new educational and research initiatives and foster social venture creation within the School's community. About CASE-Center for Advancement of Social Entrepreneurship(CASE)-The Fuqua School of Business-Duke
www.fuqua.duke.edu/centers/case/about/index.html CASE’s current programs and activities fall into three broad areas: knowledge development and dissemination; MBA involvement in the social sector; and increasing awareness of the field. StartingBloc provides socially conscious undergraduate students and young professionals with the training, experience, and networks necessary to drive social, economic, and environmental innovation through their careers and lives as engaged citizens. The Digital Vision Program supports individuals who seek to develop technology-based solutions in the interest of humanitarian, educational, and sustainable development goals Funding Agencies
Ashoka's mission is to shape a citizen sector that is entrepreneurial, productive and globally integrated, and to develop the profession of social entrepreneurship around the world The Skoll Foundation | About Skoll Foundation | About Skoll Foundation
www.skollfoundation.org/aboutskoll/index.asp The Skoll Foundation’s mission is to advance systemic change to benefit communities around the world by investing in, connecting and celebrating social entrepreneurs The Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship provides a global platform to promote social entrepreneurship as a key element to advance societies and address social problems in an innovative and effective manner Welcome to the YSEI Fellowship! Send us your idea to solve environmental, health and social problems. Submit your application form and executive summary to become a YSEI Fellow which involves receiving seed grants up to USD15,000 and mentorship programs. We exist for one single purpose: The Grassroots Business Initiative (GBI) seeks to strengthen and scale up innovative social enterprises that create sustainable economic opportunities for the poor Development Marketplace (DM) is a competitive grant program of the World Bank that funds innovative, small-scale development projects that deliver results and show potential to be expanded or replicated The steps that follow provide details about the Search and Selection process for the Social Entrepreneur of the Year, an initiative of the Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship and the Nand and Jeet Khemka Foundation in collaboration with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII). New Ventures supports sustainable enterprises by accelerating the transfer of capital to outstanding companies that incorporate social and environmental benefits. Resources
Any definition of social entrepreneurship should. reflect the need for a substitute for the market. discipline that works for business entrepreneurs. ... Paul C. Light, Professor at New York University's Robert F. Wagner School of Public Service, has been searching for social entrepreneurs --who they might be, where they might be found, what they do Social Edge: About Social Edge, the Online Community for Social Entrepreneurs -- powered by the Skol
www.socialedge.org/?14@hostFile@.ee855da Social Edge has become a site where social entrepreneurs, nonprofit professionals, philanthropists and other practitioners of the social sector connect to network, learn, inspire and share resources The WBCSD offers news feeds (RSS) on a variety of topics to help you keep up-to-date with important developments in the field of SD.
International Finance Corporation - Private Sector Development
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SE Info Blogs
4Nonprofits - A Blog From the Pace Wilson Center for Social Entrepreneurship | 4Nonprofits
4nonprofits.org/about 4Nonprofits features news and commentary presented by Rob Johnston, executive director of the Helene & Grant Wilson Center for Social Entrepreneurship at Pace University in New York |