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Provoking Innovation and Building Capacity in Social Entrepreneurship

Aspirations for social enterprise set the bar too low

Two common refrains – hoping for the day when every business is a social enterprise, and claiming that social entrepreneurship “is a verb, not a noun” – sound positive. In fact, they’re holding us back from performing among the virtuosos of the world.

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Prizes of $270,000 celebrate all stages of social enterprises across Canada

At its core, social entrepreneurship uses business models/ markets to solve social problems. Regardless of whether it’s an individual or an organization, regardless of their choice of incorporation- non-profit or for-profit, these elements are the driving and amplifying force.

We support social entrepreneurship.

We are a private foundation that believes in supporting social entrepreneurship through programmatic, grant making, and partnership approaches. We take a systems view to every decision we make and foster social entrepreneurship by supporting the ecosystem and providing social entrepreneurs with capacity building resources.

We are entrepreneurial.

We believe in making social entrepreneurship mainstream. We know we can’t do it alone. Which is why we don’t just fund organizations; we work with them and learn with them to move the sector forward, taking risks along the way.

Social Enterprise is a Verb

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May 12, 2011

Social enterprise is a way of doing things; it is not an end goal in itself. This is my favorite take-away from

The Knowledge of Social Entrepreneurship

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May 2, 2011

I have a confession to make. Or maybe two- this is my first foray into the world of blogging and second, I

#FF: Follow Friday Free Geek (@freegeekvan & @FreeGeekToronto) from Vancouver and Toronto

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April 29, 2011

My inner tech-nerd got so excited when I stumbled upon Free Geek for this week`s Follow Friday. Started in Portland in 2000,

#FF: Follow Friday EcoStore (via @greencalgary) from Calgary, Alberta

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April 22, 2011

Looking to extend your Earth Day celebrations past today (April 22)? You should check out the wares on sale at Calgary’s EcoStore.