List of Resources for Social Entrepreneurs

The following is a list I pulled straight from the appendix of Global Entrepreneurship: What Everyone Needs To Know, by David Bornstein and Susan Davis. The list is a great starting point for anybody who wants to be involved in social entrepreneurship or social causes. Please feel free to review, share, and become involved. If there are any broken links, let me know and I’ll update the URL. Also, as always, feel free to add any sources you may be aware of that aren’t here.

1. Alltop’s Social Entrepreneurship coverage
2. Catalyst Fund’s Social Business Blog
3. Change.org’s Social Entrepreneurship Blog
4. CSR Wire
5. Dowser
6. E-180
7. Echoing Green
8. Evan Carmichael
9. Fast Company’s “Ethonomics”
10. Global Voices Online
11. Good Magazine
12. Greenbiz
13. Grist
14. MIT Innovations
15. Net Impact
16. NextBillion.net
17. Ode Magazine
18. Social Edge
19. Social Enterprise Alliance
20. Stanford Social Innovation Review
21. Starting Bloc
22. Treehugger green news
23. University Network of Social Entrepreneurship
24. World Changing
25. Youth Social Entrepreneurs of Canada

Quote: David Bornstein and Susan Davis on Sharing Knowledge

 

“Only 2 percent of the world’s population receives a college education. If important ideas are going to spread widely, those who enjoy access must share their knowledge with the other 98 percent.” - David Bornstein & Susan Davis

I don’t believe a college degree is a prerequisite to developing important ideas, but I do believe that a college education helps facilitate important ideas. For those of us fortunate enough to have one, I think it is important to recognize the opportunity, take advantage of that opportunity, and use it to make positive impacts on those around you. When I first entered college, I was doing so because I was taught it was the key to unlocking a successful future: get a good job, make money, and retire. My experiences there taught me otherwise, and I’m grateful I had the opportunity. Thank you Southwestern University and the Dixon Scholarship program for funding my studies.

However, for every one of us who normally wouldn’t be able to attend college but was fortunate enough to do so, there are countless others who work just as hard, are just as smart, and are just as driven, but don’t end up with the chance to go. Programs like College Forward and others are helping underprivileged high school students plan for college by teaching them necessary skills, visiting colleges, and setting up interviews with current and former college students. What else can we do to help make the opportunity to experiences one of the world’s most prized institutions a reality for more people?