Five clever hacks for becoming a social entrepreneur
Raviv Turner, cofounder and CEO of Guerillapps — a startup focused on developing social games to support real-world causes — advises on the necessary steps to becoming a social entrepreneur. The article in on the Forbes website sees Turner point to five key learnings for taking the journey towards social entrepreneurship.
Helping charities to tap into Olympic talent
The Guardian reports how Fiona Halton, the former Comic Relief director, is using the Olympics to equip small charities with vital business knowhow. Halton is chief executive of Pilotlight, which aims to arm small, grassroots community groups and social enterprises with business skills by teaming them with corporate figures.
Big society: actually, it's achieved a great deal (no, really...)
In response to a study from thinktank Civil Exchange, the Guardian's Patrick Butler is asking for readers' opinions and personal experiences of whether the Big Society has made "any kind of practical difference to the organisations expected to drive the principles it espouses".
Social enterprise - program-related investments add to array of finance tools for philanthropists
With fewer dollars to go around due to the economic crisis, philanthropists are increasingly turning to options beyond simply giving money to charities, reports Trust Law. Program-related investments (PRIs) allow them to let their money grow while doing good by providing a source of capital for charities or social enterprises that may take a market-based approach to solving social problems.
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