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Assunta Krehl

Open Business: Top 150 Blogs for Entrepreneurs - 0 views

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  • Here is the list of the top 150 blogs that I find relevant for entrepreneurs in general, with a bias for high tech and social entrepreneurship and a special interest on the funding side.
  • kathryn mars on 19 Feb 09
     
    Top 150 blogs for entrepreneurs - Note MaRS made the list!
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  • Assunta Krehl on 24 Aug 09
     
    MaRS Blogs ranked 100 in the Top 150 Blogs for Entrepreneurs. The top 150 blogs contain relevant information for entrepreneurs in general, with a bias for high tech and social entrepreneurship and a special interest on the funding side.
  • Assunta Krehl on 24 Aug 09
     
    MaRS Blogs ranked 100 in the Top 150 Blogs for Entrepreneurs. The top 150 blogs contain relevant information for entrepreneurs in general, with a bias for high tech and social entrepreneurship and a special interest on the funding side.
  • Assunta Krehl on 24 Aug 09
     
    MaRS Blogs ranked 100 in the Top 150 Blogs for Entrepreneurs. The top 150 blogs contain relevant information for entrepreneurs in general, with a bias for high tech and social entrepreneurship and a special interest on the funding side.
Cathy Bogaart

Entrepreneur Twitter lists on Listorious - 0 views

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  • Cathy Bogaart on 11 Jan 10
     
    Entrepreneurs: Want to know whom to follow on Twitter? Check out this list of Entrepreneurship Lists on Twitter. It also shows a list of the Top Entrepreneur Curators (the folks who CREATED the lists of entrepreneurs). Includes Social Entrepreneurs, blogs for entrepreneurs, start-ups and CEO lists.
Assunta Krehl

Do-gooders can earn a good living - 0 views

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social entrepreneurship finance Toronto SiG Causeway

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  • ore recently, Ontario's Poverty Reduction Strategy pledged $6-million to the Social Innovation Generation program at MaRS, established to provide social entrepreneurs with knowledge, contacts and capital.
  • Associations such as the Social Enterprise Council of Canada and the Causeway Social Finance Initiative are engaging civic and financial decision-makers to develop a more fostering environment for social enterprise.
  • Assunta Krehl on 09 Jul 09
     
    Social entrepreneurs carving out new and innovative ways of simultaneously yielding in financial, social and/or environmental returns.Canada does not have a distinct regulatory framework to guide and support social enterprises' hybrid activities. SiG at MaRS program established to provide social entrepreneurs with knowledge, contacts and capital.
  • Assunta Krehl on 09 Jul 09
     
    Social entrepreneurs carving out new and innovative ways of simultaneously yielding in financial, social and/or environmental returns. Canada does not have a distinct regulatory framework to guide and support social enterprises' hybrid activities.
Assunta Krehl

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Allyson Hewitt social entrepreneurship social innovation generation awards' entrepreneur of the year

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  • Assunta Krehl on 26 Jul 12
     
    "Johann Olav Koss (Right To Play International), Michael Fergusson (Ayogo Games Inc.) and Sandrine Faust (Allô prof) are this year's recipients of Ernst & Young's Entrepreneur Of The Year Special Citation award for social entrepreneurship." Allyson Hewitt, Director of Social Entrepreneurship, Social Innovation Generation at MaRS is on the Entrepreneur of the Year's judging panel.
Sarah Hickman

Social Entrepreneurship: The Art of Mission-Based Venture Development: Amazon.ca: Peter... - 0 views

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  • Sarah Hickman on 15 Oct 09
     
    If you are starting out as a social entrepreneur or re-vamping your company, this book is for you. It holds insights on how to think like an entrepreneur, how to start an enterprise as a business not a charity. This book will teach you how successful social entrepreneurs: * Focus on community wants and needs * Match those with core competencies to provide the quality services * Assess risk and gauge opportunity * Develop new project ideas and test their feasibility * Write a business plan * Project finances in the plan * Tap into new sources of funding * Develop the idea of social entrepreneurship throughout the organization * Make sure that mission, not money, is the bottom line
Miri Katz

How The Private Sector Can Drive Social Innovation - CIO Central - CIO Network - Forbes - 0 views

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social innovation social collaboration CSR corporate citizenship

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  • How The Private Sector Can Drive Social Innovation
  • Out of the 100 largest economies in the world, about half are multinational corporations. Given their impact on global communities, it is becoming increasingly essential that these large corporations execute responsibility to society, rather than rely on governments and non-profits to address difficult social issues alone.
  • oday, the world’s largest companies are in a unique position to play a much greater role in driving social change than ever before.
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  • Aside from pure monetary donations, however, is a new model that is transforming corporate philanthropy.
  • Increasingly, corporations are turning to a shared value model, in which companies work in alignment with society rather than against it, producing mutual benefits to both the community and the corporation
  • It evolves the traditional model of financial and material goods donations, to one in which corporations leverage a range of corporate assets including employee skills, business acumen and partner networks, to drive social change.
  • Here’s the shift: Instead of viewing it as our responsibility to drive business and social value, view it also a valuable opportunity to rethink existing practices.
  • The business case for social innovation
  • there are a variety of benefits for an organization, from brand building, to staff retention, and even improved client stickiness. Shareholders and the investment community are also increasingly considering corporate responsibility when making investment decisions.
  • collaborations can drive innovation through necessity. Non-profits work in extreme environments, faced with limited infrastructure, connectivity and staff. Operating in these situations exposes corporate staff to new sets of customer challenges, which can often deliver innovations in product design or services into the business.
  • by working with a non-profit organization, a corporation can demonstrate its expertise to a new audience, expanding its business network.
  • Increasingly, investors weigh environmental, social and governance  data when making investment decisions. While such data has been a benchmark for European-based companies for some time, we are now seeing a more global adoption and interest in this, which should be another forcing function for more corporations to act as good corporate citizens.
  • Applying social innovation in practic
  • A good starting point is to assess the company’s available skills, expertise, partnerships against the touch-points the company currently has within a given community. From there, establish specific goals to achieve and a strategic plan to meet those goals.
  • Companies that have an expertise in technology, for example, can collaborate with non-profits or social entrepreneurs to provide the infrastructure backbone that turn their ideas into reality. With the social enterprise mPedigree Network, HP leveraged its technology expertise in cloud-based services to design and build an anti-drug counterfeiting service in Africa. Counterfeit medicine is a significant problem in developing countries, causing more than 700,000 deaths each year. The new service helps save lives by enabling patients to validate the integrity of their medicine by sending a free text message.
  • Gabi Zedlmayer is Vice President of Hewlett-Packard’s Office of Global Social Innovation.
  • Miri Katz on 29 Jun 11
     
    Out of the 100 largest economies in the world, about half are multinational corporations. Given their impact on global communities, it is increasingly essential that these large corporations execute responsibility to society, rather than rely on governments and non-profits to address difficult social issues alone
Cathy Bogaart

The Top 50 Social Entrepreneur Blogs To Watch In 2009 - 0 views

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  • Cathy Bogaart on 03 Mar 09
     
    The Top 50 Social Entrepreneur Blogs To Watch In 2009 from Evan Carmichael. Includes Treehugger and Gristmill in the "News" section as well as the School for Social Entrepreneurship in the "Organization" section.
Assunta Krehl

Get Ready for Canadian Rule | Green Day | Fast Company - 0 views

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  • Canada's economy is outperforming the rest of the developed world
  • willingness to embrace a strong role for public investment in innovation,
  • Another example of public, private and university collaboration is the MaRS discovery district, a nonprofit innovation center that brings together biotech researchers, VCs, and social entrepreneurs in the same part of downtown Toronto with several research hospitals. 
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  • Another example of public, private and university collaboration is the MaRS discovery district, a nonprofit innovation center that brings together biotech researchers, VCs, and social entrepreneurs in the same part of downtown Toronto with several research hospitals. 
  • Assunta Krehl on 26 Mar 09
     
    Fast Company says "Another example of public, private and university collaboration is the MaRS discovery district, a nonprofit innovation center that brings together biotech researchers, VCs, and social entrepreneurs in the same part of downtown Toronto with several research hospitals."\n\nAnnotated link: http://www.diigo.com/058np
Cathy Bogaart

Entrepreneurs doing good | Saving the world | The Economist - 0 views

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socialentrepreneurship social Innovation

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  • The temple has a conference room equipped with state-of-the-art audio-visual aids. Its board of directors includes several leading software billionaires and their wives, providing it with money as well as connections.
  • The monks are entrepreneurs as well as holy men, one moment talking about reincarnation and the next about sustainable delivery models.
  • he temple provides 200,000 local schoolchildren with free meals every day.
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  • purpose of feeding India’s rural poor. He invested $1m—and many years of his life—in breeding a superchicken
  • invented a “lapdesk” that sits on the child’s lap and provides a stable surface. The desks are covered in advertisements, so Mr Immelman is able to hand them out free,
  • In the long run, however, the best thing that entrepreneurs can do for the poor may be simply to see them as workers and customers.
  • Cathy Bogaart on 01 May 09
     
    The Economist shows how different entrepreneurs around the world are creating businesses with the goal of improving the world, while still making money: social entreprenuership
Assunta Krehl

Conference at Metro Hall Brings together mentors and emerging entrepreneurs - Yonge Str... - 0 views

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Social Innovation social entrepreneurship Cheryl May Advisors

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  • Assunta Krehl on 09 Apr 10
     
    "On March 27 and 28, a group of experts and 100 young people convened at Toronto's Metro Hall for a two-day conference hosted by Young Social Entrepreneurs of Canada (YSEC), in partnership with social innovation advisory service MaRS.The goal of the re:Vision conference was to leave participants with "practical know-how, new lenses for project design, and a wealth of earned knowledge that can be applied to their initiatives." Cheryl May, advisor and practice lead of social innovation at MaRS, describes her views on Vision."
Cathy Bogaart

How to Change the World: Social Entrepreneurs and the Power of New Ideas: By David Born... - 0 views

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  • Cathy Bogaart on 01 Apr 10
     
    The book by David Bornstein who recently spoke at the re:Vision conference for young social entrepreneurs at MaRS (which incidentally fell on Earth Hour).
Miguel Amante

Young Social Entrepreneurs of Canada are Launching Canada's First Social Venture Incuba... - 0 views

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social innovation social entrepreneurship ysec clients & tenants youth

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  • Miguel Amante on 04 Aug 10
     
    The Young Social Entrepreneurs of Canada will be launching Canada's first accelerator program helping young people aged 17-34 launch social ventures.
Assunta Krehl

Lisa Torjman - THE MARK - 0 views

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Lisa Torjman

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  • Currently, she is helping establish the social entrepreneurship program at MaRS, which includes the creation of SiG@MaRS. The program provides social innovators and entrepreneurs access to resources to help them realize a business with a combined economic profit with social purpose. Her most recent project is "Net Change" – a week-long event exploring social technology and social change.
  • Associate, development for social entrepreneurship and innovation programs, at MaRS (SiG@MaRS).
  • Assunta Krehl on 07 Aug 09
     
    Lisa Torjman, Associate, Development for Social Entrepreneurship and Innovation Programs at MaRS. Mention of Torjman's role at MaRS and what the SiG @ MaRS program is about. Mention of Torjman's most recent project "Net Change" - a week-long event exploring social technology and social change.
Cathy Bogaart

Social Enterprise Gains Importance In Tough Times - The Leader World - 0 views

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socialentrepreneurship social Innovation economy

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  • with self-belief and a preparedness to adapt to the new economic situation, social enterprise will thrive
  • Social enterprise, in many ways, is about generating value: for both society and business. What could be more important when facing difficult times?
  • leverage their natural resources for the betterment of both society and their bottom line
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  • New graduates are known as ‘Generation Yers’. Born between 1979 and 1998, they want to be successful business people, but they also want to do good with their skills. They want luxurious products, but won’t buy from unethical companies. For businesses to recruit and retain the best, they have to offer more than the corporate package. Community engagement is fast becoming a key competitive differentiator between professional services firms. In a recent survey of UK graduates by PricewaterhouseCoopers, 70% said that they will actively seek out employers whose corporate responsibility behaviour reflects their own. An Aspen Institute study shows business school students citing ‘business's responsibility to society’ as a top concern when choosing a job.
  • social entrepreneurship will be rattled by this economic situation, but we will make changes to our approach where necessary and come out stronger and more central to both business and community.
  • Cathy Bogaart on 27 Jul 09
     
    This article talks about how the recession's economic tightening is actually good for social enterprises as it forces the industry to be more innovative in order to survive. The author talks about asking for partnerships that are even more valuable than charitable donations. He also talks about why it's important for all companies to incorporate ethical business practices in order to stay viable in a generation of people who care deeply about where products come from. Times are better than ever for social entrepreneurs.
Assunta Krehl

Ashoka Canada Induction 2010 - Renjie Butalid Blog - January 5, 2010 - 0 views

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social innovation responsibility events Ashoka Canada Induction 2010

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  • Assunta Krehl on 11 Jan 10
     
    Ashoka is the global association of the world's leading social entrepreneurs in changing solutions for the world's most urgent social problems. On January 14, 20101, 11 new Canadian Ashoka Fellows will be celebrated at the Ashoka Canada Induction 2010 event.
Melissa Hughes

Ilse Treurnicht On The Purpose of MaRS Discovery District - TVO - September 29, 2012 - 0 views

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MaRS innovation entrepreneurs small business startups technology social entrepreneurs

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  • Melissa Hughes on 04 Oct 12
     
    Ilse Treurnicht, CEO of MaRS Discovery District, explains the purpose of MaRS, which is to foster and promote Canadian innovations by providing an environment where science, technology and social entrepreneurs work side by side.
Assunta Krehl

Marc and Craig Kielburger's do-gooding social enterprise - The Globe and Mail - March 1... - 0 views

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Social entrepreneurship finance social innovation responsibility advisors allyson hewitt MaRS

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  • Assunta Krehl on 23 Mar 10
     
    Brothers Marc Kielburger and Craig Kielburger, co-founder and founder respecitively, of the Free The Children Foundation. They also launched another project a for-profit company called Me to We, which sells socially responsible products and offers young people trips abroad, channeling most of the proceeds back to Free the Children. Allyson Hewitt, Director of SiG at MaRS, provides her perspectives on the challenges that social entrepreneurs encounter.
Cathy Bogaart

Social Entrepreneurship: What Everyone Needs to Know: By David Bornstein, Susan Davis - 0 views

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  • Cathy Bogaart on 01 Apr 10
     
    A book for social entrepreneurs and those who just want to know what social entrepreneurship is all about.
Assunta Krehl

What it means to be a mentor - CTV News - April 7, 2010 - 0 views

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Advisors Cheryl May social entrepreneurship social innovation

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  • Assunta Krehl on 09 Apr 10
     
    "On March 27 and 28, a group of experts and 100 young people convened at Toronto's Metro Hall for a two-day conference hosted by Young Social Entrepreneurs of Canada (YSEC), in partnership with social innovation advisory service MaRS.The goal of the re:Vision conference was to leave participants with ""practical know-how, new lenses for project design, and a wealth of earned knowledge that can be applied to their initiatives."" Cheryl May, advisor and practice lead of social innovation at MaRS, describes her views on Vision."
Cathy Bogaart

School for Social Entrepreneurs Ontario - Feasibility Study - 0 views

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  • Cathy Bogaart on 08 Jul 10
     
    Does Ontario need a School for Social Entrepreneurs? SiG@MaRS wanted to find out, so they embarked on a feasibility study. The results of that study can now be downloaded. The answer, (not to ruin the surprise) is "yes!"
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