The support industry within the social enterprise ecosystem has adopted and adapted “traditional” schemes for supporting entrepreneurs. Incubators, accelerators and business plan competitions seem to dominate the scene. These approaches have proved to work for a certain type of enterprises and entrepreneur profiles. This panel will explore …
Over 21,000 Mexican social impact entrepreneurs registered in the 2014 POSiBLE program representing a 50% growth from 2013. There are several new events like Catapulta, programs, incubators, funds and services emerging everyday in Mexico City, Guadalajara, Monterrey, Tijuana and souther cities like Oaxaca and Merida. An international …
The Global Innovation Network (GIN) is an international consortium of cleantech innovation and start-up support organizations to promote international cleantech collaboration between innovative startups, entrepreneurs, and investors. GIN reduces the friction of entering new markets by innovative cleantech companies. It supports startups in gaining experience in another …
Providing entrepreneurs with management expertise and social capital through business mentoring is recognized as a valuable component of entrepreneurial success, yet these services are typically costly to provide and difficult to standardize and scale. Accelerators and Incubators across the globe are working towards providing the critical mix …
The San Francisco Bay Area has become the model for “sharing transportation modes” and the technology that has made these options possible. Our panel will address how technology and innovation have enabled more access and connectivity to newer modes of shared transportation — such as carsharing, ride-sharing, …
Flow funding. Giving circles. Micro-granting. Crowdfunding. These methods are all examples of Indie Philanthropy (IP); an emerging philanthropic movement contributing to inclusive, creative and meaningful social change. In this panel we will explore IP and have a rich discussion with IP practitioners about pioneering grantmaking methods creating …
+Acumen and the Value Web will bring together an interactive session in which participants will (1) experience design thinking through a hands on workshop and (2) support Acumen in thinking through a strategic issue related to its leadership development course initiative in the process. Since its launch …
Creating resilient communities relies heavily upon recognizing then cultivating abundance in the face of adversity. When we work within a framework of scarcity, such as with vulnerable populations, we tend to focus on problems and solutions. However, when we expose the underlying abundance within communities, we are …
Do we need to do everything by the numbers? How can (and do) we use relationships and trust to build the capital needed for a new economy? Three organizations who are radically transforming the capital system by using trust and human relationships in finance are: Kiva, who …
Please join us for an unbounded conversation with Willy Foote (Root Capital) and Antony Bugg-Levine (Nonprofit Finance Fund) as they discuss the sometimes roller-coaster ride of running impact investing funds. Leading organizations with a combined ~50 years of collective experience making impact investments, Willy and Antony will …