FOSTERING COLLABORATION AMONG SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURS

 

 

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Janelle Orsi Jenny Kassan

How to wake up your inner social entrepreneur

Empowering social entrepreneurs and organizations working towards social change

WiserEarth.org, Kiva France, InformEthic, FinanceSolidaire,

FING, SiliconSentier, LIENS, 27e Region, Netsquared, La Ruche

Social Edge www.socialedge.orgSince 2003, social edge connects social entrepreneurs, their partners and allies to discuss cutting-edge issues shaping the field Entrepreneur Connect http://econnect.entrepreneur.com/Entrepreneur Media, the company that produces Entrepreneur Magazine, started around 2 years ago specifically for entrepreneurs and small business owners.

The Hub www.hubbayarea.comIt is a family of social enterprises focused on supportive innovative ideas for a radically better world

WiserEarth www.wiserearth.orgWiserEarth is a social network where NGO leaders, social entrepreneurs and business with a conscious come to connect and collaborate

Inner City Advisors http://innercityadvisors.org

Meetup Groups (http://www.meetup.com)

Techcrunch network (pure tech start ups)

gigaom network (tech + earth2tech start ups)

Treehugger network (good (good general social/environmental stalking)

greenoptions media network (good local grassroots company/idea stalking)

grist.org <http://grist.org>  network (good news/company stalking)

green.venturebeat.com <http://green.venturebeat.com>  (good news/company stalking)

West Coast Village Capital

kickstarter.com http://kickstarter.com

Google Docs http://docs.google.com

tumblr.com http://tumblr.com

Basecamp http://basecamphq.com/

Highrise http://highrisehq.com/

INC.com

nextbillion.net <http://nextbillion.net> 

zoho.com <http://zoho.com>  - lots of freemium services in all sorts of platforms (CRM, PM, Biz Dev)

vyew.com <http://vyew.com>  - really great virtual conferencing tool

teamviewer.com <http://teamviewer.com>  - great remote desktop working tool really training

yourself how to utilize Facebook and Twitter's networking abilities

www.htmldog.com <http://www.htmldog.com>  to teach yourself the basics; can end up saving you a

lot of contracting money.

http://99designs.com/

kickstarter.com <http://kickstarter.com> 

http://news.ycombinator.com/ (Hacker News, good for looking for tech executive team)

SOCAP http://sociallcapitalmarkets.net/SOCAP convenes leaders and players in the field to discuss innovative ways to expand markets and bring socially responsible investing into the mainstream Investor’s circle www.investorscircle.comNetwork of angels investors, VC, foundations who are using private capital to promote the transition to a sustainable economyySocial Entreprise Conference http://socialenterpriseconference.orgThe Social Enterprise Conference hosts speakers with a wealth of knowledge and experience in innovative, cross sectoral approaches to adressing social issues.The Skoll World Forum www.skollworldforum.comThe Skoll World Forum accelerates the impact of the world’s leading social entrepreneurs by uniting them with essential patners in a collaborative pursuit of social change

Stanford University– Center for Social InnovationExecutive Program in Social EntrepreneurshipExplore innovative management frameworks to address social entrepreneurship’s unique challenges, scale your venture, and effect even greater social change for the communities you serve.