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<h1 id="awesome-social-enterprise-awesome">Awesome Social Enterprise <a
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href="https://awesome.re"><img src="https://awesome.re/badge-flat2.svg"
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alt="Awesome" /></a></h1>
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<p>📗Resources to dive into the world of social enterprises 🌼</p>
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<blockquote>
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<p>A social enterprise is an organization that is primarily
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<strong>focused on social impact</strong> and is at least partially
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<strong>self-funded</strong>.</p>
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</blockquote>
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<details>
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<summary>
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Rant on why I made this
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</summary>
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<p>When I was at Eckerd College I repeatedly bumped into the concept of
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social enterprises. First, in a course called <em>Technology, Society,
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and The Environment</em>, then through meeting the CTO of a social
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enterprise, and finally by taking a course called <em>Social
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Entrepreneurship</em>. Each step along the way I fell more in love with
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the concept of social enterprises. However, I never felt like there was
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an easy way to connect to the world of social enterprises.</p>
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<p>Eventually, I set a <a
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href="https://support.google.com/websearch/answer/4815696?hl=en">Google
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Alert</a> for weekly digests of anything related to “social
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entrepreneurs.” That worked okay but I still felt like I was missing out
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on something. Fast-forward a few years and I find myself heavily
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involved in a nonprofit called <a href="https://hackny.org/">hackNY</a>,
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working at The New York Times, and having a stronger urge than ever to
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learn about social enterprises. As such, I’ve started compiling this
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list of resources to make it easy for people to connect with the world
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of social enterprises. See the FAQs at the bottom for some common
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questions.</p>
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</details>
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<h2 id="contents">Contents</h2>
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<ul>
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<li><a href="#what-to-read">What to Read</a></li>
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<li><a href="#podcasts-">Podcasts 🎧</a></li>
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<li><a href="#courses-">Courses 🎓</a></li>
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<li><a href="#fellowships">Fellowships</a></li>
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<li><a href="#institutions-">Institutions 🏫</a></li>
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<li><a href="#tools-">Tools 🔨</a></li>
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<li><a href="#what-to-watch">What to Watch</a></li>
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<li><a href="#communities-">Communities 🤝</a></li>
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<li><a href="#people-">People 🧑</a></li>
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<li><a href="#social-enterprise-examples">Social Enterprise
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Examples</a></li>
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<li><a href="#miscellaneous">Miscellaneous</a></li>
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<li><a href="#faqs-">FAQs ❓</a></li>
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</ul>
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<h2 id="what-to-read">What to Read</h2>
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<h3 id="wikipedia-links">Wikipedia Links 🔗</h3>
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<p>Wikipedia is a great place to explore and find related topics.</p>
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<ul>
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<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_enterprise">Social
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enterprise</a></li>
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<li><a
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href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_entrepreneurship">Social
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entrepreneurship</a></li>
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<li><a
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href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_entrepreneurs">List
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of social entrepreneurs</a></li>
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<li><a
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href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Social_enterprises">Category:Social
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enterprises</a></li>
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<li><a
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href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Social_entrepreneurs">Category:Social
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entrepreneurs</a></li>
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<li><a
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href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Social_entrepreneurship">Category:Social
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entrepreneurship</a></li>
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</ul>
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### News 📰 #### Finding Articles * <a
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href="https://www.pioneerspost.com/">Pioneers Post</a> - The Social
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Enterprise Magazine. * <a href="https://www.impactboom.org/blog">Impact
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Boom</a> - Social impact blog and podcast. * Harvard Business Review -
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<a href="https://hbr.org/topic/social-enterprise">Articles tagged
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“social enterprise”</a> are infrequent but high quality. * Stanford
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Social Innovation Review - Great publication with many articles tagged
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<a href="https://ssir.org/topics/category/social_enterprise#">social
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enterprise</a>. * <a
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href="https://www.weforum.org/communities/schwab-foundation-for-social-entrepreneurship/articles">The
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Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship</a> - Content about the
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foundation’s activities and opportunities. * Medium - Content from all
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around about <a
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href="https://medium.com/tag/social-enterprise/archive">social
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enterprise</a> and <a
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href="https://medium.com/tag/social-entrepreneurship/archive">social
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entrepreneurship</a>. * Galileo Impact Stories | <a
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href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtpwKxUCqGfHPKSqYKgfphw">YouTube</a>
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| <a
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href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/baurens/pro-russia">Kickstarter</a>
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| <a href="https://iiic.ch/">Website</a><br />
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* A small but growing organization dedicated to covering impact
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investing. Content is often Russia oriented and not always directly
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about social enterprises but much of the content is relative. <a
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href="https://youtu.be/Pzxz38AnXCc">Here</a> is a video summarizing
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their work in 2019. * <a
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href="https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/rjse20/current">Journal of Social
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Entrepreneurship</a> - <em>The</em> academic journal for the topic. * <a
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href="https://www.straitstimes.com/tags/social-enterprises">The Straits
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Times</a> - Singapore based newspaper with articles about social
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enterprise.</p>
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<h4 id="articles">Articles</h4>
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<ul>
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<li><a
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href="https://echoinggreen.org/news/state-of-social-entrepreneurship-2020/">State
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of Social Entrepreneurship 2020</a> - Overview of SE in 2020 by Echoing
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Green.
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<ul>
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<li><a href="https://echoinggreen.org/news/2020-fellows/">Echoing Green
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2020 Fellows</a></li>
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</ul></li>
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<li><a
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href="https://www.impactboom.org/blog/2020/1/10/90-inspiring-books-for-impact-driven-doers-and-social-entrepreneurs">90+
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Inspiring Books For Impact-Driven Doers and Entrepreneurs</a></li>
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</ul>
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<h3 id="papers">Papers 📃</h3>
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<ul>
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<li><ol start="1998" type="1">
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<li><em>The Meaning of “Social Entrepreneurship”</em> by J. Gregory
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Dees</li>
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</ol>
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<ul>
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<li>A short history of social entrepreneurship (and why the definition
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isn’t agreed upon).</li>
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</ul></li>
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<li><ol start="2004" type="1">
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<li><em>The Legitimacy of Social Enterprise</em> Raymond Dart</li>
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</ol>
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<ul>
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<li>A pragmatic discussion on why social enterprises, in relation to
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nonprofits, exist.</li>
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</ul></li>
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<li><ol start="2008" type="1">
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<li><a
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href="https://socialent.org/documents/EVOLUTIONOFTHESOCIALENTERPRISEINDUSTRY--ACHRONOLOGYOFKEYEVENTS.pdf"><em>Evolution
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of the social enterprise industry</em></a> by the Institute for Social
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Entrepreneurs</li>
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</ol>
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<ul>
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<li>Less academic but a detailed history of events related to social
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enterprises.</li>
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</ul></li>
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<li><ol start="2010" type="1">
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<li><em>Conceptions of Social Enterprise and Social
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Entrepreneurship</em> by Jacques Defourny</li>
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</ol>
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<ul>
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<li>Parallels between US and European Social Enterprises.</li>
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</ul></li>
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<li><ol start="2014" type="1">
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<li><em>Social Enterprise – A New Phenomenon in the Field of Economic
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and Social Welfare?</em> by Leandro Sepulveda</li>
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</ol>
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<ul>
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<li>A history of social enterprises from a UK perspective.</li>
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</ul></li>
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</ul>
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<h3 id="books">Books 📚</h3>
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<table>
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<colgroup>
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<col style="width: 25%" />
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<col style="width: 28%" />
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<col style="width: 21%" />
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<col style="width: 25%" />
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</colgroup>
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<thead>
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<tr class="header">
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<th>Title</th>
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<th>Author</th>
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<th>Year</th>
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<th>Notes</th>
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</tr>
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</thead>
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<tbody>
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<tr class="odd">
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<td>Social Entrepreneurship: What Everyone Needs To Know</td>
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<td>David Bornstein</td>
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<td>2010</td>
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<td>Great introduction to social entrepreneurship. Short and sweet with
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lots of great answers to common questions.</td>
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</tr>
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<tr class="even">
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<td><a href="https://www.ladderworks.co/">Ladderworks books</a></td>
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<td>various</td>
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<td>2022</td>
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<td>Diverse picture books for empowering over a million kids to become
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social entrepreneurs.</td>
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</tr>
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<tr class="odd">
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<td>Becoming a Social Entrepreneur: Starting Out, Scaling Up and Staying
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True</td>
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<td>Michael Gordon</td>
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<td>2019</td>
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<td></td>
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</tr>
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<tr class="even">
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<td>Paying It Forward: How to Be A Social Entrepreneur</td>
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<td>Josh Littlejohn MBE</td>
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<td>2023</td>
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<td></td>
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</tr>
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</tbody>
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</table>
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<h2 id="podcasts">Podcasts 🎧</h2>
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<ul>
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<li><a
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href="https://techmatters.org/introducing-the-tech-matters-podcast/">The
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Tech Matters Podcast</a> - Talking about social enterprise structure and
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interviewing folks running them. Hosted by social entreprenur and
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engineer <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Fruchterman">Jim
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Fruchterman</a>.</li>
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</ul>
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<h2 id="courses">Courses 🎓</h2>
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<p>Future Learn * <a
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href="https://www.futurelearn.com/programs/social-enterprise">Social
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Enterprise Program</a> * By Middlesex University Business School &
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Jindal Centre for Social Innovation + Entrepreneurship program. * Free,
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three courses, nine weeks total. * According to <a
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href="https://doi.org/10.3390/su12083247">this</a> paper, the courses
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were quite impactful and helped start many social enterprises.</p>
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<p><a href="https://courses.philanthropyu.org/courses">Philanthropy
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University</a> | <a
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href="https://iblnews.org/philanthropy-universitys-connor-diemand-yauman/">Interview
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with CEO</a> | <a
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href="https://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/17/your-money/online-university-helps-philanthropic-groups-and-their-leaders.html">Origins</a><br />
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* Several free courses such as: <em>Introduction to Fundraising</em>,
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<em>Fundraising Strategies</em>, <em>and Setting Up a Nonprofit
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Board</em>.</p>
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<p>edX<br />
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* <a
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href="https://www.edx.org/course/business-and-impact-planning-for-social-enterprise">Business
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and Impact Planning for Social Enterprises</a> - By MIT. * <a
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href="https://www.edx.org/course/disciplined-approach-to-social-entrepreneurship">Disciplined
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Approach to Social Entrepreneurship</a> - By Curtin University.</p>
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<p>Coursera<br />
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* <a
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href="https://www.coursera.org/learn/wharton-social-entrepreneurship">Social
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Entrepreneurship</a> - By Wharton Business School. One course,
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approximately nine hours of work. * <a
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href="https://www.coursera.org/specializations/social-entrepreneurship-cbs">Social
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Entrepreneurship Specialization</a> - By Copenhagen Business School.
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Three courses to complete over four months. * <a
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href="https://www.coursera.org/learn/social-entrepreneurship-getting-started">Becoming
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a Social Entrepreneur: Getting Started</a> - By University Of
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Michigan.</p>
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<p><a href="https://acumenacademy.org/learn">Acumen Academy</a> * Offers
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free and paid courses to help individuals create social change.</p>
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<h2 id="fellowships">Fellowships</h2>
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<ul>
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<li><a href="https://yearhere.org/">Year Here</a> - One year social
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enterprise fellowship to build an organization based in London.</li>
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<li><a href="https://acumenacademy.org/fellowship">Acumen Academy
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Fellowship</a> - One year fellowship with the goal of equipping
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individuals with the tools to tackle issues in their communities.</li>
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<li><a href="https://echoinggreen.org/fellowship/">Echoing Green
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Fellowship</a> - 18 month fellowship including possible funding.</li>
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<li><a
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href="https://www.millersocent.org/programs/our-accelerators/">Miller
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Center Accelerator</a> - Six month program, 4-6 hours a week. Geard
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towards senior leaders.</li>
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<li><a href="https://solve.mit.edu/challenges">MIT Solve’s Global
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Challenges Program</a> - Nine month program with funding available.
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Geared toward specific themes.</li>
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<li><a href="https://www.ffwd.org/accelerator/">Fast Forward
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Accelerator</a> - Startup accelerator for nonprofit tech companies.</li>
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<li><a href="https://www.100ximpact.org/">100x Impact Accelerator</a> -
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12 week program with 150k for social enterprises.</li>
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<li><a href="https://accelerator.fashionforgood.com/">Fashion for Good
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Accelerator</a> - Nine month program to solve fashion sustainability
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problems.</li>
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<li><a href="https://www.academies-se.org/accelerator">Social Enterprise
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Academy Accelerator</a> - 20 week program to foster social enterprises.
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Up to 30k in funding available.</li>
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<li><a href="https://www.radical.partners">Radical Partners</a> -
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Miami-based social impact accelerator.</li>
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<li><a href="https://www.seaworthycollective.com">Seaworthy
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Collective</a> - Miami-based BlueTech entrepreneur support
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organization.</li>
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</ul>
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<h2 id="institutions">Institutions 🏫</h2>
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<p>Academic institutions researching social enterprise:</p>
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<ul>
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<li><a
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href="https://www.mdx.ac.uk/our-research/centres/ceedr/social-enterprise">Middlesex
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University Business School</a></li>
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<li><a href="https://www.jsie.in/">Jindal Centre for Social Innovation +
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Entrepreneurship program</a></li>
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<li><a
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href="https://entrepreneurship.wharton.upenn.edu/wharton-social-entrepreneurship/">Wharton
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Social Entrepreneurship</a></li>
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<li><a
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href="https://www.cbs.dk/en/knowledge-society/interdisciplinary-initiatives/entrepreneurship/organization/clusters/social-entrepreneurship">Copenhagen
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Business School Social Entrepreneurship</a></li>
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<li><a
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href="https://www.marshall.usc.edu/programs/specialized-masters-programs/master-science-social-entrepreneurship/">USC
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Marshall Masters in Social Entrepreneurship</a></li>
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<li><a href="https://innovationsocialeusp.ca/en/school">The Elisabeth
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Bruyère School of Social Innovation</a> - Canada’s first school of
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social innovation.</li>
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<li><a
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href="https://gsep.pepperdine.edu/masters-social-entrepreneurship-and-change/">Pepperdine’s
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MA in Social Entrepreneurship and Change</a></li>
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<li><a
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href="https://www.swinburne.edu.au/research/centres-groups-clinics/centre-for-social-impact-swinburne/">Centre
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for Social Impact Swinburne</a></li>
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<li><a href="https://www.vubsocialentrepreneurship.com/">VUB Chair
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Social Entrepreneurship</a></li>
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</ul>
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<h2 id="tools">Tools 🔨</h2>
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<ul>
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<li><a href="https://www.guidestar.org">GuideStar</a> - Reporting on
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U.S. nonprofit companies.</li>
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<li><a href="https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/">ProPublica
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Nonprofit Explorer</a> - Easily access any U.S. nonprofit’s tax
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documents.</li>
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<li><a href="https://socialbearing.com/search/user">Social Bearing</a> -
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Useful to determine how popular/active any Twitter account is.</li>
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</ul>
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<h2 id="what-to-watch">What to Watch</h2>
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<h3 id="videos">Videos 📽</h3>
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<ul>
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<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jk5LI_WcosQ">Social
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Entrepreneurs: Pioneering Social Change</a> - Skoll Foundation video
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about social entrepreneurs.</li>
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<li><a
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href="https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace/2006/yunus/lecture/">Muhammad
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Yunus’s Nobel Prize Speech</a> - Yunus built Grameen Bank, the poster
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child for social enterprises.</li>
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<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_g5RqwW51I">Social
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Enterprise 101</a> - Quick and easy overview oof social enterprise.</li>
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<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KrQuGTvwl0s">How social
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entrepreneurship will change the world</a> - Inspiring TEDx talk by
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Erica Wenger about social enterprises.</li>
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</ul>
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<h3 id="movies">Movies 🎥</h3>
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<col style="width: 35%" />
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<col style="width: 30%" />
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</colgroup>
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<thead>
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<tr class="header">
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<th>Title</th>
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<th>Year</th>
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<th>Notes</th>
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</tr>
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</thead>
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<tbody>
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<tr class="odd">
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<td>The Social Shift</td>
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<td>2018</td>
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<td>Four young adults travel across Canada interviewing social
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entrepreneurs.</td>
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</tr>
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<tr class="even">
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<td>The New Breed</td>
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<td>2020</td>
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<td>Follows three change-makers as they build social enterprises.</td>
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</tr>
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</tbody>
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</table>
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<h2 id="communities">Communities 🤝</h2>
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<h3 id="online">Online</h3>
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<ul>
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<li>Facebook
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<ul>
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<li><a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/socentnet/">Social
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Entrepreneurs</a> - 2k members many posts each day.</li>
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</ul></li>
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<li>Quora
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<ul>
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<li><a href="https://www.quora.com/topic/Social-Entrepreneurship">Social
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Entrepreneurship</a> - 375k followers, great for asking questions.</li>
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</ul></li>
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<li>United States Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship
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(USASBE).
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<ul>
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<li><a href="https://www.usasbe.org/group/Social">Social
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Entrepreneurship</a> - Focused on social entrepreneurship
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education.</li>
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</ul></li>
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</ul>
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<h3 id="conferences">Conferences</h3>
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<ul>
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<li><a href="https://skoll.org/skoll-world-forum/">Skoll World Forum</a>
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- Large annual conference for Skull Foundation.</li>
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<li><a href="http://socialenterpriseconference.org">Harvard Social
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Enterprise Conference</a> - Student run annual social enterprise
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conference.</li>
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<li><a
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href="https://kelley.iu.edu/news-events/events/bloomington/social-entrepreneurship-conference-2019/index.cshtml">Indiana
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||
University Social Entrepreneurship Conference</a> - Two day conference
|
||
focused on social entrepreneurship research.</li>
|
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<li><a href="https://www.ses.org.hk/">Social Enterprise Summit</a> -
|
||
Annual social enterprise conference based in Hong Kong.</li>
|
||
</ul>
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||
<h3 id="finding-local-communities">Finding Local Communities</h3>
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||
<ul>
|
||
<li><a
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||
href="https://socialenterprise.us/programs/chapter-directory/">SEA
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||
Chapters</a> - Groups all over US focused on social enterprises.</li>
|
||
<li><a href="https://www.meetup.com/">Meetup</a> - Popular group meeting
|
||
site.</li>
|
||
<li><a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/">Eventbrite</a> - Easy site for
|
||
discovering events near you.</li>
|
||
</ul>
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<h3 id="networks">Networks</h3>
|
||
<ul>
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||
<li><a href="https://senco.io/home/">senco (social enterprise network of
|
||
central ontario)</a> - Canada group promoting social enterprises.</li>
|
||
<li><a href="https://socialenterprise.us/">Social Enterprise
|
||
Alliance</a> - US social enterprise advocates.</li>
|
||
<li><a href="https://enactus.org/">enactus</a> - Worldwide organization
|
||
fostering student social entrepreneurs.</li>
|
||
<li><a href="https://buygoodfeelgood.com/">Buy Good. Feel Good.</a> -
|
||
North American expo dedicated to brands that are changing the
|
||
world.</li>
|
||
<li><a href="https://socialventurescbus.com/">SocialVentures</a> - Ohio
|
||
nonprofit to advocate for, develop, and fund businesses that solve
|
||
social problems.</li>
|
||
</ul>
|
||
<h3 id="foundations">Foundations</h3>
|
||
<ul>
|
||
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skoll_Foundation">Skoll
|
||
Foundation</a> - Large foundation investing in social
|
||
entrepreneurs.</li>
|
||
<li><a
|
||
href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schwab_Foundation_for_Social_Entrepreneurship">Schwab
|
||
Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship</a> - Advocates for social
|
||
entrepreneurss on a global level.</li>
|
||
<li><a href="https://audaciousproject.org/">The Audacious Project</a> -
|
||
A TED project funding social entrepreneurs and nonprofits.</li>
|
||
<li><a href="https://redf.org/ca-rise/">CA RISE</a> - A $25M California
|
||
initiative providing capital ($100k-$500k grants) and technical
|
||
assistance to employment social enterprises.</li>
|
||
</ul>
|
||
<h3 id="consultants">Consultants</h3>
|
||
<ul>
|
||
<li><a href="https://csedottawa.ca">CSED</a> - Canada based nonprofit
|
||
helping develop, launch, and grow social enterprises.</li>
|
||
<li><a href="https://commongoodsolutions.ca">Common Good Solutions</a> -
|
||
Canada based B-corp helping governments, community organizations and
|
||
entrepreneurs.</li>
|
||
</ul>
|
||
<h2 id="people">People 🧑</h2>
|
||
<h3 id="authors">Authors</h3>
|
||
<ul>
|
||
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susan_Davis_(author)">Susan
|
||
Davis</a> - Co-authored books on on social enterprise and highly active
|
||
in community.</li>
|
||
<li><a
|
||
href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Bornstein_(author)">David
|
||
Bornstein</a> - Wrote several popular books on social
|
||
entrepreneurship.</li>
|
||
</ul>
|
||
<h3 id="social-entrepreneurs">Social Entrepreneurs</h3>
|
||
<ul>
|
||
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhammad_Yunus">Muhammad
|
||
Yunus</a> - Nobel Prize winner, founder of Grameen Bank, considered
|
||
father of social enterprise.</li>
|
||
</ul>
|
||
<h3 id="twitter-accounts">Twitter Accounts 🐦</h3>
|
||
<p>See a feed of all these accounts by following my “Social Enterprise
|
||
News” Twitter list <a
|
||
href="https://twitter.com/i/lists/1256292945243918336">here</a>.</p>
|
||
<ul>
|
||
<li><a href="https://twitter.com/kiwanja">Ken Banks</a> - Founder of
|
||
Kiwanja.</li>
|
||
<li><a href="https://twitter.com/techjobsforgood">Tech Jobs for Good</a>
|
||
- Posts about tech jobs with social impact.</li>
|
||
<li><a href="https://twitter.com/csiTO">Centre for Social Innovation
|
||
Toronto</a> - A coworking space, community, and launchpad for people who
|
||
are changing the world.</li>
|
||
<li><a href="https://twitter.com/Ashoka">Ashoka</a></li>
|
||
<li><a href="https://twitter.com/echoinggreen">Echoing Green</a></li>
|
||
<li><a href="https://twitter.com/mysocialgood">Social Good News</a></li>
|
||
<li><a href="https://twitter.com/HBSSEI">HBS SocialEnterprise</a></li>
|
||
<li><a href="https://twitter.com/SEAlliance">Social Enterprise
|
||
Alliance</a></li>
|
||
<li><a href="https://twitter.com/senco_io">senco</a></li>
|
||
<li><a href="https://twitter.com/PioneersPost">Pioneers Post</a></li>
|
||
<li><a href="https://twitter.com/yearhere">Year Here</a></li>
|
||
<li><a href="https://twitter.com/theaudaciousprj">The Audacious
|
||
Project</a></li>
|
||
<li><a href="https://twitter.com/enactus">enactus</a></li>
|
||
<li><a href="https://twitter.com/ImpactBoomOrg">Impact Boom</a></li>
|
||
<li><a href="https://twitter.com/Acumen">Acumen</a></li>
|
||
</ul>
|
||
<h2 id="social-enterprise-examples"><a
|
||
href="social_enterprise_examples.md">Social Enterprise Examples</a></h2>
|
||
<h2 id="miscellaneous">Miscellaneous</h2>
|
||
<ul>
|
||
<li><a href="https://worldshapers.net/">WorldShapers</a> - An abundance
|
||
of resources related to social entrepreneurship education.</li>
|
||
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benefit_corporation">Benefit
|
||
Corporation</a> - A type of for-profit corporate entity, authorized by
|
||
35 U.S. states.</li>
|
||
<li><a
|
||
href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B_Corporation_(certification)">B
|
||
Corp Certification</a> - Certificate issued for existing for profit
|
||
organizations demonstrating social responsibility.</li>
|
||
</ul>
|
||
<h2 id="faqs">FAQs ❓</h2>
|
||
<p>Q: What is the goal of this repo?<br />
|
||
A: To provide resources for people to dive into the world of social
|
||
enterprises. To get people excited about social enterprises. To spread
|
||
the word of social enterprises.</p>
|
||
<p>Q: What do you like about social enterprises?<br />
|
||
A: I love the idea of bringing the goodness of nonprofits and the
|
||
efficiency of business together. Not all nonprofits are inefficient and
|
||
not all businesses are bad. However, the potential of unleashing the
|
||
notoriously efficient business practices to maximize social impact is
|
||
what I want to encourage people to explore.</p>
|
||
<p>Q: Why social enterprise instead of social entrepreneurship?<br />
|
||
A: I want to focus on the organizational structure rather than the
|
||
individuals within an organization. Social entrepreneurship can mean
|
||
anything from a large organization championing for social causes to a
|
||
lone person doing community development. While both of those are
|
||
important and valuable this is a resource geared towards people
|
||
interested in the organizational side of things.</p>
|
||
<p>Q: How is a social enterprise different from a nonprofit?<br />
|
||
A: A social enterprise may be a nonprofit. While nonprofits are usually
|
||
focused on social impact they may not be generating any revenue to fund
|
||
themselves.</p>
|
||
<p>Q: Why not just add this information to Wikipedia?<br />
|
||
A: Wikipedia is meant to contain information that’s encyclopedic in
|
||
nature. Meaning, it should contain the most important and verified
|
||
information in a well summarized form. This document is much more like a
|
||
phone book trying to link out to relative resources that are useful.</p>
|
||
<h2 id="contributing"><a href="CONTRIBUTING.md">Contributing</a></h2>
|
||
<h3 id="todo">Todo</h3>
|
||
<ul>
|
||
<li>Read these books and articles before adding them:
|
||
<ul>
|
||
<li>An Army of Problem Solvers by Shaun Loney</li>
|
||
<li>Introduction to Social Entrepreneurship by Teresa Chahine</li>
|
||
<li>Educating at Scale for Sustainable Development and Social Enterprise
|
||
Growth by Sara Calvo</li>
|
||
</ul></li>
|
||
</ul>
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