Top summer reads for social entrepreneurship

In preparation for some exciting upcoming fall projects and happenings (including the Social Capital Markets conference), I’ve been cruising around the web looking for interesting and insightful commentary and critique about social entrepreneurship. I wanted to share a few of the documents I’ve found most interesting.
Putting social entrepreneurship in context: Blendedvalue.org
While ’social entrepeneurship’ has gotten [...]

Do good geezers

Nick Kristoff’s op-ed yesterday was all about the “encore career,” a growing phenomenon in which retiring baby boomers devote themselves to some philanthropic cause.
The interesting thing about the phenomenon is the increased recognition of these activities as actual vocations, as important to the participants as their former professional careers. Indeed, he notes that for many, [...]

Social Entrepreneurship thrives in minority groups, reports UK-based Social Enterprise Coalition

A diagram of the “third sector’ in Europe from the UK National Council for Voluntary Organizations

The Telegraph reported today on a new study released by the Social Enterprise Coalition. The study finds that Black, Asian, and other ethnic minority communities have higher rates of social entrepreneurship than white people, and that “while women are only [...]

Great article on the rise of social venture capital

The July issue of the Venture Capital Journal has a great article on the rise of social venture capital funds. These funds, which include Good Capital, TBL Capital, Equilibrium Capital, and New Cycle Capital are growing at an unprecedented rate. According to the article, seven new firms are on track to raise $750 million this [...]