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The Societal Role of Social Entrepreneurship

Stanford Social Innovation Review

By Theodore Lechterman & Johanna Mair The field of social entrepreneurship often takes its normative foundations for granted. Social enterprises seek to address social problems using business strategies. How can social entrepreneurship overcome these obstacles?

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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. There are still only a few examples of successful social enterprises serving poorer people at scale that were created by entrepreneurs from those communities.

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SSIR’s 2023 Social Innovation Reading List

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Becoming a Public Benefit Corporation: Express Your Values, Energize Stakeholders, Make the World a Better Place by Michael B. Liptrap “While Dorff admits he is ‘inspired’ by the social-entrepreneurship movement, he has no illusions about the benefit corporation. None of this will change.” Dorff, reviewed by J.

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Nonprofit Boards Efforts to Diversify

NonProfit Quarterly

The Value of Lived Experience The value of lived experiences for leaders is a topic that has been explored in other fields, such as social entrepreneurship —and it’s now being adapted to nonprofit boards. I am committed to serving and giving back to others in my community through my service.

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LinkedIn for Nonprofit Professionals

Fundraising Coach

The online equivalents in Linkedin are: invite people you want to know to connect with you personally, optimize your profile, join and participate in groups that offer value, follow a Linkedin Answers topic areas, and continue some of those interesting group conversations privately. Linkedin isn’t a whole lot different.

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The Future of Family Philanthropy

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Family philanthropy is, at its core, the act of a collective—rooted in the values of a family, carrying forward its name and legacy, and engaging its members. As a sector, we embrace and value family philanthropy as both a vehicle for bringing families together and a responsibility to our communities.

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Can Nonprofits Escape Corporate Capture?

NonProfit Quarterly

JH: And I just want to say quickly, I don’t want to make a value judgment about that. That’s like wanting to have your name on the Museum of Modern Art or something. You know what I mean? It’s nominalism. I think that one of the unique aspects of this, we just brought an additional element, philanthropy. I think that’s a fine outcome.