If you are looking for an internship in social entrepreneurship (or what I’m trademarking a #SocEnternship), I’ve got two great ones for you! Samasource.org is looking for a Quality Assurance summer intern. Samasource brings dignified, computer-based work to people in poverty. The intern will work over the computer with talented residents of some of the [...]

A few weeks ago I published a post about the rising culture of entrepreneurship in Washington, DC. One of the major inspirations of that post was the emergence of Compass Partners — a social entrepreneurship education/mentorship/incubator-type program started by students at Georgetown University and on the way to a campus near you! I attended the [...]

I had the privilege to meet Paul Sika a few weeks ago at AfricaGathering in DC, and was instantly inspired by his charisma and vision. Paul is a photographer and emerging businessman from Cote d’Ivoire. He gave an amazing talk at the conference that not only reflected his lighthearted and energetic personality, but also a [...]

Over the weekend I have the privlege to attend AfricaGathering in DC. What I liked most about this conference was its size: very small and intimate. So many conferences are large, made up of niche group, and difficult to really develop strong relationships out of. AfricaGathering really excelled in creating a TED-like format event, focused [...]

I had an opportunity recently to share an introductory presentation on social intra/entrepreneurship with a class of high school seniors at The Culver Academies on March 10, 2010. These students were sharp and did a great job of outlining the case for “Good Business” at the beginning of the presentation and asked fantastic questions throughout! Despite [...]

Just a few weeks ago — Feb 11-15th — I had the great opportunity to join fellow social innovators from around the world at the 2010 StartingBloc Social Innovation Institute in Boston. I absolutely love attending events such as this (including GES, SOCAP, The Feast, and the upcoming SVC/SE Conferences). It’s a rare opportunity for [...]

00:00 – 00:32 Introduction 00:32 – 02:23 Market Context 02:23 – 03:13 What is Ayllu? 03:14 – 04:55 What is Microfranchising? 04:55 – 06:20 Is There A Microfinance Connection? 06:20 – 08:04 How Did You Come Up With Ayllu? 08:04 – 11:01 Groundwork Laid in Brazil 11:01 – 12:34 Future of Ayllu One of the [...]

Unfortunately I got an e-mail recently from James at Dvelo.org telling me that due to SEC regulations on delivering returns on investments in the manner that they had attempted required complicated registration as a “brokerage”. Hopefully we can get a new interview with James explaining the situation, and how they have responded! 00:00 – 00:51 [...]