The Blue Sweater: Bridging the gap between rich and poor in an interconnected world
If you have been thinking about venturing into the world of social entrepreneurship, take a few hours to read The Blue Sweater. Written by Jacqueline Novogratz, founder of Acumen Fund, the book offers an insightful, honest narrative of her journey into the economic...
The Simpsons bring microfinance to the mainstream
For those of us who are in the business of disseminating information, a coup like the one realized a few months ago comes along very rarely. Here we are, heads down, hard at work to bring stories about social enterprise to a broader audience, and out of...
Saris on Scooters: How microcredit is changing village India
Small loans can be life-changing. Between 2001 and 2008, author and journalist Sheila McLeod Arnopoulos traveled over the span of 21 months to the most impoverished parts of rural India to investigate the transformative capacity of microfinance in combating...
Wall Street: Greed never sleeps
Industrial espionage is rampant. Embittered unions face off with corporations, and “America has become a second-rate superpower.” Welcome to 1985, as seen through the eyes of Oliver Stone. Wall Street is a fast-paced tour of mid-80s New York, complete with squash...
Social Entrepreneurship: What everyone needs to know
If you’ve read David Bornstein’s previous books, The Price of a Dream and How to Change the World (THE definitive publication on social innovators across the globe), odds are you’ve been waiting patiently for his latest oeuvre. This time around, he teams up with...
Summer reading for social entrepreneurs
Writing this piece on the holiday Monday of a long weekend, I’m struck by the fact that the above title may sound like an oxymoron - what social entrepreneur has time for “summer reading”? Yet, there are lots of reasons why our ilk should be making time for books,...
Greedy Deficit: A review of Capitalism – A Love Story
Hand it to Michael Moore to make a movie like Capitalism: A Love Story. His career since the late 1980s has been chock-full of provocative documentaries that are suitable for rousing conversation or heated argument (depending on how you like to communicate). That...
The Value of Nothing: Why everything costs so much more than we think
Since the economic crash of 2008, publishers have been falling over themselves to publish books analyzing what happened from every conceivable angle. Most of those offerings are probably in the discount bin already, forgotten as quickly as they appeared. Somehow,...
Mission, Inc.: The practitioner’s guide to social enterprise
If you’re thinking of starting a social enterprise or need advice with your established venture, Mission Inc. may be the how-to guide you’ve been waiting for. Written by two veteran practitioners of social entrepreneurship, Kevin Lynch and Julius Walls Jr., the...
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