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In Search of Inclusive Social Entrepreneurship

Stanford Social Innovation Review

DJ Bola could fully realize the potential of his venture and started to attend events and form connections within the social entrepreneurship ecosystem. Furthermore, our research revealed that the unequal structure of Brazilian society is reproduced in the field of social entrepreneurship through two mechanisms.

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Scaling a Nonprofit: Lessons from Southside Blooms’ Rapid Growth

The Charity CFO

From Humble Beginnings to Rapid Growth Chicago Eco House started in 2014 with a mission to use sustainability to alleviate inner-city poverty. Lessons for Nonprofit Leaders Adopt an Entrepreneurial Mindset Blackwell’s background in community organizing and entrepreneurship has been crucial in navigating challenges.

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Scaling Deep, Not Up: Lessons from Detroit

NonProfit Quarterly

Leaders in many places facing economic decline—be they post-industrial cities in the Rust Belt or depleted communities in former coal mining towns—are increasingly looking to entrepreneurship as a means of revitalization. Yet, these attempts have not significantly reverted economic decline.

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Being and Building Beloved Community: The Intersection of Culture and Economy

NonProfit Quarterly

The poverty rate is 52.4 In the 20th century, Atlanta emerged as a hub of Black entrepreneurship and education. In Memphis today—and indeed throughout the South—Black Americans are organizing to rebuild cultural institutions and restore Black economies. But today,100 years later, the same neighborhood looks very different.

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When It Comes to Promoting Prosperity, Production Beats Consumption

Stanford Social Innovation Review

For all that entrepreneurship has spread across the world, the kind of “survival entrepreneurship” so prevalent in developing countries today—in which people have no choice but to run a small business, and make just enough to survive—has not been transformative at the level of a country.

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A Primer for Incubating Child Care Businesses

NonProfit Quarterly

Without access to quality childcare, many parents cannot work full time and become trapped in a cycle of poverty. Our initial focus was on counties with poverty and unemployment rates that exceeded statewide averages. We also deliberately sought out people outside the entrepreneurship ecosystem who had a desire to work with children.

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Taking Steps Toward Disability Inclusion in China

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Disability, poverty, and discrimination are part of a cycle where each reinforces the others. Entrepreneurship and self-employment are also emerging as promising avenues for individuals with disabilities. One powerful way to advance inclusion in China is through the business sector.