Although it says nowhere that social impact businesses must be small, the reality is that most social enterprises and responsible businesses in the room at the Social Impact Purchasing Summit in Vancouver on November 8th were small. Sadly, what prevents many social...
Social Finance Forum 2012 failure panel Nobody likes failure. The associations aren’t pretty: loss, disappointment, bankruptcy. Admitting failure in social finance is particularly taboo. In a space still fighting to establish legitimacy, few social entrepreneurs...
As David LePage took the stage on Wednesday evening at the Social Impact Purchasing Summit in Vancouver, he comfortably set a conversational tone for the summit. I felt like a welcome guest to a difficult conversation many small business owners and socially conscious...
As mentioned in an earlier post, this year’s TEDxToronto saw an impressive group of speakers working to achieve Alchemy. In their effort to “bring ordinary elements together to make something extraordinary,” SEE Change was particularly inspired by...
As mentioned in an earlier post, this year’s TEDxToronto saw an impressive group of speakers working to achieve Alchemy. In their effort to “bring ordinary elements together to make something extraordinary,” SEE Change was especially intrigued with...
When you hear the word “alchemy” what do you think of? I remember my first “taste” of alchemy. I was on a travel assignment in Ottawa three years ago, searching for the city’s most newsworthy culinary establishments. I found a hands-down...
