Social Enterprise

So you’re a socially-minded entrepreneur, sitting in some hipster coffee shop, forlorn because you’re not sure how to take your awesome social venture ideas or plan to the next level...

What you need to energize your venture development is some real feedback from content experts and peers. That’s where pitching sessions come in!

Last week, I had the opportunity to bring one of our new board members on a site visit of Women's Audio Mission (WAM), a San Francisco-based nonprofit dedicated to the advancement of women in music production and the performing arts...

The ZeroDivide Social Enterprise Convening

On Sept 20th and 21st, ZeroDivide’s community enterprise grantees from across California gathered in San Francisco at ZeroDivide’s Social Enterprise Convening 2011 to learn the latest in social enterprise strategies and tools.

Phuc.

Or at least, a vast majority of Zagat's (the restaurant review company) online readers do.   In Zagat's annual "Worst Restaurant Name" poll, the Phat Phuc Noodle Bar in London won that dubious moniker by a small landslide, beating out stiff (probably poor wordchoice...but I digress) competition: "Crapitto's," "Aselina," "9021Pho."

"Okay, enough with the grade school potty humor," you say. Although it DID get your attention, now, didn't it?  Come on...admit it.  You giggled.  And then you cringed.

"This has been a profound growing experience. One that has really changed the culture of our nonprofit for the better in many areas."

On July 8 at 11 AM PST, ZeroDivide is a hosting a webinar with a panel of fundraising experts and practitioners to discuss:  Types of funding available to nonprofit social enterprises; what foundations support social enterprise and what they look for; and innovative approaches to fundraising.

For a list of Social Enterprise Funders & Resources List

What is a Social Enterprise?  Think your non-profit should start a social enterprise? Check out a recent interveiw with ZeroDivide Consultant Paul Lamb in the San Francisco Examiner and learn more about starting your own social enterprise.

If you are looking for the bright spots, as Chip Heath, author of Switch suggests, a good place to start might be the Social Enterprise Alliance Summit in San Francisco.