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Provoking Innovation and Building Capacity in Social Entrepreneurship

FAQ: What’s the Definition of Social Entrepreneurship?

This is a blog series dedicated to the frequently asked questions we get during the Ask Me Anything About Social Enterprise (AMAASE) sessions. One frequently asked question we get asked is “what is the definition of social enterprise?”

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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.

Really Big Value Idea Generation for Social Innovation, May 8, 2012

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April 9, 2012

Join Alex Bruton, President of The Innographer and Professor of Innovation at Mount Royal University as he facilitates us through an ideas generation

Feature Grantee-Association for the Alberta Network of Immigrant Women

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April 5, 2012

The Trico Charitable Foundation and Enterprising Non Profits-Alberta (enp-ab) recently celebrated our one year anniversary. During the last year we granted $92,

Pursuing Legacy

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March 30, 2012

“I hate it when people call themselves “entrepreneurs” when what they’re really trying to do is launch a start-up and then sell

FF: Follow Friday @craftworkson4th from Vancouver, B.C.

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March 23, 2012

We are excited to announce that starting today we are bringing back our Follow Friday blogs! Just like last year, we will