Red Ochre Social Capital Markets ThinkChange India Social Entrepreneurs Must Achieve Not Survive (September 15, 2011) | Opinion Blog The sector needs to shift the definition of success from organizations that survive to organizations that actually achieve their missions. Every week, I read about another social entrepreneur contemplating closing down business due to the recession. Imagine a world where that could be good news. In fact, imagine a world where on the same day a social entrepreneur launched their organization, they closed it down. Farfetched? Maybe not. In his book The 7 Habits of Highly Successfully People, Stephen Covey says to “plan with the end in mind.” When social entrepreneurs came on the scene in a big way in the ’90s, they were reformers not institutions. Businesses are built to last; social entrepreneur efforts should not be—they should shed light on necessary reforms, offer solutions, and change systems. Social entrepreneurs’ priorities typically shift over time. 1. Over time, the mission creeps away from tackling the injustice to institutionalizing the model the company created. 1. 1.
Social Capital Markets » LGBT Capital Launch: Global Social Enterprise Competition » Hedge Fund Blogs From HedgeCo.Net » Hedge Fund Blog Article & Opinion The specialist corporate advisory and investment management unit of Galileo Capital Management, LGBT Capital, has formed a strategic alliance with philanthropic hedge fund, Galeforce Capital, offering a world-first focus on Impact Investing in the LGBT sector. LGBT Capital and Galeforce Capital are confident that their collaboration will provide investors with a unique opportunity to maximize both financial and social returns in the LGBT sector. “We are proud to be working with Galeforce Capital and with such exciting projects. We believe the socially responsible angle to the LGBT orientated investment fund is very powerful and believe that Impact Investing is a strong force for change,” said Paul Thompson, co-founder of LGBT Capital. First among LGBT Capital’s socially screened offerings is a private equity investment fund focused on social networking investment opportunities within the LGBT sector.
Se regrouper, coopérer, mutualiser...Quand les entrepreneurs sociaux unissent leurs forces On connaissait les pôles de compétitivité économique, il faudra désormais compter désormais avec les pôles territoriaux à vocation « sociale et sociétale ». Une initiative née de la volonté de certains entrepreneurs sociaux de réunir sur un territoire un ensemble de partenaires -collectivités territoriales, organismes de formation, partenaires financiers, centres de recherche et entreprises- autour d’un projet commun. Cette coopération témoigne de la volonté de ces acteurs de s’impliquer dans un projet collectif, de jouer l’effet réseau au service du développement économique local. Le projet illustre donc la nécessité d’initier un mouvement à travers des actions groupées, des synergies possibles entre les différentes entités pour préserver et développer des emplois de proximité et participer à l’attractivité d’un territoire. Entreprendre ensemble sur un territoire A priori, la mise en réseau d’une grappe de PME qui partagent et mutualisent certaines compétences n’a rien d’original.
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