The Social Ideas Podcast: International Women’s Day 2019
The Social Ideas podcast shares the impact of social innovation, its necessity and its capacity to challenge the status quo.
How you enter social enterprise matters
In many aspects of life where we come from influences where we go next. This also applies to social entrepreneurs: how they transition into social enterprise can play a big role. This blog explores how different starting points matter for … Continued
Rap about Cambridge Social Ventures Weekend
More than 700 social entrepreneurs have come to one of our Social Venture Weekends since 2014… but this is the first time anyone’s been inspired to rap about us! On a sunny weekend this summer, 50 budding social entrepreneurs joined … Continued
Social entrepreneurship after the Arab Spring
In 2011, hopes of a “new Egypt” inspired mass protests in Cairo which led to the resignation of President Mubarak. Seven years later, the regime change did not bring the social change people hoped for. Egypt is facing a number … Continued
Sustaining social and business objectives simultaneously
To achieve social and business objectives, leaders need to build guardrails and adopt paradoxical frames, argue Wendy Smith and Marya Besharov in this blog based on their research on a leading social enterprise. As our world cries out for repair, … Continued
The rise of social extrapreneurship?
Social entrepreneurship is all the rage. Delivering social impact through enterprise is lauded by politicians, policy makers and practitioners. Not only should you do well, you should do good as well. It is a message that resonates with many aspiring … Continued