awesome-social-enterprise
📗Resources to dive into the world of social enterprises 🌼
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What to Read
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Wikipedia Links 🔗
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News 📰
- Pioneers Post - The Social Enterprise Magazine.
- Impact Boom - Social impact blog and podcast.
- Articles tagged "social enterprise"
- social enterprise
- The Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship - Content about the foundation's activities and opportunities.
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- Journal of Social Entrepreneurship - _The_ academic journal for the topic.
- The Straits Times - Singapore based newspaper with articles about social enterprise.
- State of Social Entrepreneurship 2020 - Overview of SE in 2020 by Echoing Green.
- Echoing Green 2020 Fellows
- 90+ Inspiring Books For Impact-Driven Doers and Entrepreneurs
- The Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship - Content about the foundation's activities and opportunities.
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Papers 📃
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Books 📚
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Podcasts 🎧
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Books 📚
- The Tech Matters Podcast - Talking about social enterprise structure and interviewing folks running them. Hosted by social entreprenur and engineer [Jim Fruchterman](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Fruchterman).
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Courses 🎓
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Books 📚
- Social Enterprise Program
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- Business and Impact Planning for Social Enterprises - By MIT.
- Disciplined Approach to Social Entrepreneurship - By Curtin University.
- Social Entrepreneurship - By Wharton Business School. One course, approximately nine hours of work.
- Social Entrepreneurship Specialization - By Copenhagen Business School. Three courses to complete over four months.
- Becoming a Social Entrepreneur: Getting Started - By University Of Michigan.
- Acumen Academy
- Acumen Academy
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Fellowships
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Books 📚
- Year Here - One year social enterprise fellowship to build an organization based in London.
- Acumen Academy Fellowship - One year fellowship with the goal of equipping individuals with the tools to tackle issues in their communities.
- Echoing Green Fellowship - 18 month fellowship including possible funding.
- Miller Center Accelerator - Six month program, 4-6 hours a week. Geard towards senior leaders.
- MIT Solve's Global Challenges Program - Nine month program with funding available. Geared toward specific themes.
- Fast Forward Accelerator - Startup accelerator for nonprofit tech companies.
- 100x Impact Accelerator - 12 week program with 150k for social enterprises.
- Fashion for Good Accelerator - Nine month program to solve fashion sustainability problems.
- Social Enterprise Academy Accelerator - 20 week program to foster social enterprises. Up to 30k in funding available.
- Radical Partners - Miami-based social impact accelerator.
- Seaworthy Collective - Miami-based BlueTech entrepreneur support organization.
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Institutions 🏫
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Books 📚
- Middlesex University Business School
- Jindal Centre for Social Innovation + Entrepreneurship program
- Wharton Social Entrepreneurship
- Copenhagen Business School Social Entrepreneurship
- USC Marshall Masters in Social Entrepreneurship
- The Elisabeth Bruyère School of Social Innovation - Canada's first school of social innovation.
- Pepperdine's MA in Social Entrepreneurship and Change
- Centre for Social Impact Swinburne
- Middlesex University Business School
- VUB Chair Social Entrepreneurship
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Tools 🔨
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Books 📚
- GuideStar - Reporting on U.S. nonprofit companies.
- ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer - Easily access any U.S. nonprofit's tax documents.
- Social Bearing - Useful to determine how popular/active any Twitter account is.
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What to Watch
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Videos 📽
- Social Entrepreneurs: Pioneering Social Change - Skoll Foundation video about social entrepreneurs.
- Muhammad Yunus's Nobel Prize Speech - Yunus built Grameen Bank, the poster child for social enterprises.
- Social Enterprise 101 - Quick and easy overview oof social enterprise.
- How social entrepreneurship will change the world - Inspiring TEDx talk by Erica Wenger about social enterprises.
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Communities 🤝
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Online
- Social Entrepreneurs - 2k members many posts each day.
- Social Entrepreneurship - 375k followers, great for asking questions.
- Social Entrepreneurship - Focused on social entrepreneurship education.
- Social Entrepreneurs - 2k members many posts each day.
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Conferences
- Skoll World Forum - Large annual conference for Skull Foundation.
- Harvard Social Enterprise Conference - Student run annual social enterprise conference.
- Indiana University Social Entrepreneurship Conference - Two day conference focused on social entrepreneurship research.
- Social Enterprise Summit - Annual social enterprise conference based in Hong Kong.
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Finding Local Communities
- SEA Chapters - Groups all over US focused on social enterprises.
- Meetup - Popular group meeting site.
- Eventbrite - Easy site for discovering events near you.
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Networks
- senco (social enterprise network of central ontario) - Canada group promoting social enterprises.
- Social Enterprise Alliance - US social enterprise advocates.
- enactus - Worldwide organization fostering student social entrepreneurs.
- Buy Good. Feel Good. - North American expo dedicated to brands that are changing the world.
- SocialVentures - Ohio nonprofit to advocate for, develop, and fund businesses that solve social problems.
- senco (social enterprise network of central ontario) - Canada group promoting social enterprises.
- Buy Good. Feel Good. - North American expo dedicated to brands that are changing the world.
- senco (social enterprise network of central ontario) - Canada group promoting social enterprises.
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Foundations
- Skoll Foundation - Large foundation investing in social entrepreneurs.
- Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship - Advocates for social entrepreneurss on a global level.
- The Audacious Project - A TED project funding social entrepreneurs and nonprofits.
- CA RISE - A $25M California initiative providing capital ($100k-$500k grants) and technical assistance to employment social enterprises.
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Consultants
- CSED - Canada based nonprofit helping develop, launch, and grow social enterprises.
- Common Good Solutions - Canada based B-corp helping governments, community organizations and entrepreneurs.
- Common Good Solutions - Canada based B-corp helping governments, community organizations and entrepreneurs.
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People 🧑
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Authors
- Susan Davis - Co-authored books on on social enterprise and highly active in community.
- David Bornstein - Wrote several popular books on social entrepreneurship.
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Social Entrepreneurs
- Muhammad Yunus - Nobel Prize winner, founder of Grameen Bank, considered father of social enterprise.
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Twitter Accounts 🐦
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- Ken Banks - Founder of Kiwanja.
- Tech Jobs for Good - Posts about tech jobs with social impact.
- Centre for Social Innovation Toronto - A coworking space, community, and launchpad for people who are changing the world.
- Ashoka
- Echoing Green
- Social Good News
- HBS SocialEnterprise
- Social Enterprise Alliance
- senco
- Pioneers Post
- Year Here
- The Audacious Project
- enactus
- Impact Boom
- Acumen
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- Ken Banks - Founder of Kiwanja.
- Tech Jobs for Good - Posts about tech jobs with social impact.
- Centre for Social Innovation Toronto - A coworking space, community, and launchpad for people who are changing the world.
- Ashoka
- Echoing Green
- Social Good News
- HBS SocialEnterprise
- Social Enterprise Alliance
- senco
- Pioneers Post
- Year Here
- The Audacious Project
- enactus
- Impact Boom
- Acumen
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Miscellaneous
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Twitter Accounts 🐦
- WorldShapers - An abundance of resources related to social entrepreneurship education.
- Benefit Corporation - A type of for-profit corporate entity, authorized by 35 U.S. states.
- B Corp Certification - Certificate issued for existing for profit organizations demonstrating social responsibility.
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