Announcing a new publication from Greg Dees: “Social Ventures as Learning Laboratories” in Tennessee’s Business (Vol 20, No 1, May 2011). This publication was originally written for a special edition of Innovations distributed at the 2009 World Economic Forum meeting …
For entrepreneurs, the start-up phase is an exciting but challenging time. For social entrepreneurs, a major decision that needs to be made during this start-up phase is whether to launch as a for-profit or nonprofit (or hybrid in between)? Many …
Clark and Dees have posted their latest profile on the Social Edge, this time highlighting Simpa Networks. Simpa is a fascinating profile – a sophisticated business model, inserted in to a complex ecosystem, a bold mission (to expand clean, safe, …
We posted several weeks ago about Greg Dees and Cathy Clark’s new Social Edge blog on business models for social impact. Their blog starts with discussion of several start-ups and the questions that these start-ups are struggling with as they …
Dees and Clark’s next post on the Social Edge is live! The first set of posts will be focused on Start-Ups. We often talk about Social Entrepreneurs’ passion, their stories and their unique ideas. But what happens when they take …
Social entrepreneurs don’t just have to create a business model that works, but that business model must balance financial viability and social impact. It is a difficult challenge and leads social entrepreneurs to constantly refine or redesign their business models …
By Paul N. Bloom and Cathy Clark The purpose of this paper is to explore the challenges associated with trying to create databases that serious researchers would want to use to examine issues related to social entrepreneurship. Questions are raised …
It’s an exciting time to be part of the emerging impact investment industry. Whether you believe that impact investing is an emerging asset class, or just that we’re witnessing a significant movement of capital by people who are interested in …
By Beth Battle Anderson and J. Gregory Dees Beth Anderson and Greg Dees raise questions about some of the rhetoric around “earned income strategies” in arguing that the nascent field of social entrepreneurship needs to build a strong foundation of …
By J. Gregory Dees and Beth Battle Anderson [This is an edited excerpt from a longer paper by the same authors entitled “Framing a Theory of Social Entrepreneurship: Building on Two Schools of Practice and Thought.” The original paper was …
