Here’s your Daily Brief for August 26th:

“An idea whose time has come” (via Acumen Fund Blog) – I enjoyed this piece written by Chris Bennett, a rising senior at Stanford and recent participant in Acumen Fund‘s Student Leader Workshop. The Workshop is an awesome opportunity for students to interact with the social capital movement and take the lessons learnt and experiences back to their college campuses to build greater awareness and engagement in social enterprise and social capital markets.

Chris cites Seth Godin’s speech, which I’ve embedded below. Godin’s primary point is that the most important step in an entrepreneur’s journey is “deciding.” And that very decision can add significant value in the countries where the entrepreneur’s business operates and in the overall spectrum of social capital markets.

50 (plus 1) Great Sites For Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainability (via Business Fights Poverty) – Here’s a nice collective list of sites and resources relating to Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR).