TiE NUS Social Entrepreneurship Talk – 2 Nov
A social entrepreneurship talk organised by TiE NUS will see two speakers talk on two different topics: (1) Experiences and Challenges faced while starting a Social Enterprise and (2) Landscape of...
View ArticleUnreasonable Institute Looking For 25 Global Young Social Entrepreneurs
If you’re a social entrepreneur looking for mentorship, funding and global connections, the 10-week programme to be held in Boulder, Colorado, USA next year (from May 28th to August 7th, 2010) might...
View ArticleIn Conversation with Wong Joon Ian, co-founder of Bloomerang
Bloomerang is a start-up founded by two founders, Zhiwen and Joon Ian. Their first product, BloomerHang® transforms clothes hangers into a novel, eco-friendly advertising platform. What’s more...
View ArticleGenerate And Sustain Creative Ideas To Take Non-Profits To The Next Level
In this Social Conversation, the Lien Centre for Social Innovation will focus on “Good Ideas – Generating and sustaining creative ideas to take non-profits to the next level“. While social...
View ArticleLocal Wikipedia for Social Change and Entrepreneurship
Concern.sg is a community-edited encyclopedia dedicated at the social change organisations and non-profits. While primarily focused on Singapore-based organisations, there is also global coverage in...
View ArticleThink and Drink with 3 Ashoka Fellows
Have you ever had a little fine wine (or potent coffee!) and found yourself thinking – or talking – more unconventionally? Syinc and TEDxSingapore are putting this to the test with the first of their...
View Article43rd ACE BlueSky Exchange Entrepreneurs Meet Social Entrepreneurs
Be inspired: how you can complement the efforts of social entrepreneurship and bring value to your business. In this 43rd ACE BlueSky Exchange, the session is themed “Entrepreneurs meet Social...
View ArticleRotary Youth Social Entrepreneurship Challenge 2010
We are in the midst of challenging times. The recent financial crisis was the last straw in demonstrating the inherent dangers of a ruthlessly profit-making business. Can we do well and do good? Will...
View ArticleThe Neue Methode Social Entrepreneurship Competition
AIESEC, the global non-profit organization that focuses on youth leadership is holding a business plan competition targeted at students aspiring to be social entrepreneurs. Neue Methode is a...
View ArticleSyinconnect 2010 – Design for Social Innovation
Why aren’t more youth actively involved in social change? Why don’t they feel like they can truly make a difference? Why don’t we change that? Syinconnect 2010 is a radically different two day...
View ArticleThink and Drink with Willie Smits, Ashoka Fellow
Dr Willie Smits, Ashoka Fellow from Indonesia, will be in Singapore from 19 to 21 October 2010 to share and exchange his perspectives and experiences in the areas of social innovation and...
View ArticleSocial Entrepreneurship: Power of Profit for Social Good – 30 Oct
The “conventional” innovative approach of “social business” as “a non-loss, non-dividend company designed to address a social objective” creates serious limitations to accountability, scaling,...
View ArticleSymposium – The Next Generation of Social Entrepreneurs
What’s new in the social enterprise space? Hear practitioners talk about their SE initiatives that include environmental conservation, economic sustainability and community first approach. Brought to...
View ArticleGive.sg One Year Later
This article was contributed by the team at Ideas.Inc, an annual business competition organised by the Nanyang Technopreneurship Center. When buddies Aseem, Yu Ming, Raziuddin and Zi Huan decided to...
View Article[HK] Asia Social Venture Academy – May 19-22
Asia Social Venture Academy (ASVA) recruits the 200 brightest and most daring young leaders from around Asia and globally to work alongside social entrepreneurs on their challenges and ventures during...
View ArticleGrameen Creative Lab Arrives In Singapore
The Grameen Creative Lab (GCL) is dedicated to solving social problems by using business methods. It is a joint venture between Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Prof. Muhammad Yunus (founder of Grameen Bank)...
View ArticleTEDxKRP – Social Change Through Local Innovation and Global Entrepreneurship
In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TED has created a program called TEDx. TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. This upcoming...
View ArticlePower Of Profit For Social Good – 2 Mar
Three world-renowned, award-winning social entrepreneurs from different corners of the world will share their experience and provide insight and direct advice on how to generate social change through...
View ArticleYouths Experience Poverty In Envisage Simulations
Most of you reading this wouldn’t consider your family or yourself “poor”. Sure, you may be a struggling entrepreneur but your experiences are still probably very different from those of whom society...
View ArticleYoung generation talks about entrepreneurship
We met with Samuel, president of the Raffles Entrepreneurs Network last month, deciding to do so because of his article in Knowledge @ Wharton High School (KWHS). We found it interesting to hear from...
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