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There are a lot of Fellowship programs. Acumen, Kiva, and Vittana fellows are the most popular, but this brand new fellowship program from More Than Me is like the salesforce.com of fellowships programs… which is to say that it’s new, rapidly growing, and inspiringly innovative. We love to see new approaches that engage professionals to solve [...]

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Last Friday, we had the opportunity to pitch at the Northwest Entrepreneur’s First Look Forum - it was an amazing experience. The First Look Forum is an “exclusive, bi-annual, invite-only investor showcase is the culmination of an in-depth coaching program that features 12 never-seen-before, early-stage growth-oriented startups from every segment of innovation. In a fast-paced afternoon, the [...]

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Google, often considered one of the most innovative companies of our time, is killing social innovation. So are Microsoft, Amazon, and Salesforce.com. And you might be doing it, too. In an unexpected turn of events, technology innovation is actually detracting from social innovation. According to Peter Druker, the social challenges ahead of us demand innovation – [...]

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Awesome TED Talk: The Way We Think About Charity is Dead Wrong

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In this “persuasive, inspiring, and informative” TED talk, Dan Pallotta shares piercing insights as to why America is focused on capitalism, how that created charity, and why charity is broken. Dan calls out: …the double standard that drives our broken relationship to charities. Too many nonprofits, he says, “are rewarded for how little they spend [...]

March 12, 2013

5 Reasons Bill Gates Hates Money, Especially in Developing Nations

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Three weeks ago at the World Economic Forum, representatives from the Better Than Cash Alliance spoke to the crowd in Davos. This organization, funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, focuses on increasing the popularity and effectiveness of electronic payments, and eliminating cash. Here are 5 reasons why electronic payments are better than cash: [...]

February 15, 2013

Scale Your Social Enterprise with the SCALERS Model

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The Harvard Graduate School of Education released a new model to help social enterprises scale. It’s called SCALERS. These 7 questions, derived from the model, can help you determine your organizations ability and readiness to scale. Staffing: What is your organization’s effectiveness at recruiting, engagement, and retaining employees? Communication: How effective is your organization at [...]

February 7, 2013

Help Amazing Social Enterprises Become Even More Unreasonable

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Help Unreasonable Institute 14 Ventures Get to the Institute 14 ventures from 9 countries are working to scale their ventures to improve the lives of 1 million people each. Help them get to the 2013 Unreasonable Institute where they will learn from 50 mentors, gain intimate access to 100s of investors, and join a global network of [...]

January 30, 2013

Can Facebook Stop Wars?

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No, of course it can’t. But the people on it can. Some might argue that by using Facebook as a tool to create connections across borders, some people already are. People like Ronny Edry who use Facebook as a tool to share Peace Art. Ronny’s art has now been featured around the world – from NPR [...]

January 6, 2013

Impact Investing in Action

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Our friends at Agora Partnerships just released a great video that highlights impact investing, the social enterprises it empowers, and inspiring entrepreneurs changing the world through sustainable business models. It’s called Impact Investing in Action, and I recommend you watch it:    

December 27, 2012

MovingWorlds Accepted Into Startup Chile

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We are thrilled to announce that MovingWorlds is one of the most recent startups accepted into the world-renowned Startup Chile program. In a recent article on its site, Startup Chile announced MovingWorlds and 104 other startups into its Global Accelerator Program, which is endorsed by Apple co-founder, Steve Wozniak. This program will not only provide [...]

December 13, 2012