Social Entrepreneurs: What’s in a revenue stream?
I have a pretty high standard on what I consider a revenue stream. A start-up venture would identify startup capital (funding) and sales from a product/service (revenue). They wouldn’t count startup capital as revenue. Both are valuable financial resources, but...
How Creating a Sustainable, Healthier Caesar Led to Entrepreneurial Success
The vast majority of Caesars are made with a watery mix containing added MSG, colouring, and high-fructose corn syrup. Zack Silverman and Aaron Harowitz, co-creators of Walter Craft Caesar Mix wanted to produce something different. Their product is not only made...
Creating a Brighter Future for Girls in Afghanistan
Documentary profiles the first all-girls’ school in an Afghan village and the challenge it poses to conservative social tradition. In rural Afghanistan, one woman decided it was time for change. Believing in the power of education in re-imagining the future of her...
Beekeeping for a Better Future in Uganda
A social enterprise based in Uganda, Malaika Honey is taking beekeeping to a whole new level. Since June 2006, they've been focused on training marginalized farmers on how to be proficient beekeepers and providing them with the necessary equipment and tools to...
Asking the Right Questions Can Lead to Purposeful Collaboration
Sometimes the trickiest part of collaboration is knowing where to begin. For those of us who are doers, it’s the substance of the collaboration and defining what we want to achieve together that comes first. Collaborators who are relational begin by assembling a...
Education For All: In convo with Tony Weeresinghe
SEE Change Magazine had the pleasure of speaking with social entrepreneur Tony Weeresinghe, CEO and founder of Ustocktrade, an investing platform founded to fund and support the Cainan Foundation, a charity dedicated to education and building boarding schools for...
Empowering Tribal Communities in India Toward Sustainable Livelihoods
"Vat Vrikshya” in Sanskrit means Banyan Tree. The national tree of India, it's considered holy, representing a shelter to smaller creatures. To social entrepreneur Vikash Das, it represents inclusive growth, a goal he is working towards in the eastern Indian state...
Experiential Philanthropy: Building relationships, impacting change on the ground
This is the second article in a series by Linda Smith, Founder & Executive Director of Reading Village, about the softer side of community development, where she shares the power of relationships and surprises in her international development work. In 1980, as...
Collaboration for Change: The Toronto Social Enterprise Conference 2016
The Social Enterprise Toronto Conference 2016 marked the second such event for the organization. This year Social Enterprise Toronto (SET) brought together their growing community of social entrepreneurs to the Learning Enrichment Foundation in Toronto with the...
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