FOSTERING COLLABORATION AMONG SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURS
Introductions Collaborations that inspire Top three (or more) resources Three topics
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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.