Michael was recently a panelist
at the Social Venture Entrepreneurship / Sustainable Haiti conference in Miami, and the Structures for Inclusion 10 conference, in Washington DC.
While in Seattle, she also directed a parent leadership and training initiative for under - represented parents, participated as a Brainerd Fellow
at Social Venture Partners Seattle, and worked as a Research Assistant focused on diversity recruitment and retention and school / community partnerships at the University of Washington's Teacher Education Program.
Before joining CRC, John was Director of Development
at Social Venture Network, where he managed individual, corporate, and philanthropic giving to support emerging social entrepreneurs.
Not exact matches
Since leaving Burberry, she has become a serial entrepreneur who most recently held the CMO job
at Hone, a
social intelligence and curation startup for marketing and communications groups, and the music discovery app Stagedom (as well as approximately 20 other entrepreneurial
ventures).
Mamoon Hamid, co-founder and general partner
at venture capital firm
Social Capital, of Palo Alto, California, says broker - led health insurance sales to smaller businesses are probably worth up to $ 150 billion.
Social entrepreneurship, the creation of new ventures with a social purpose, takes many forms, from clean energy start - ups to initiatives aimed at improving early educ
Social entrepreneurship, the creation of new
ventures with a
social purpose, takes many forms, from clean energy start - ups to initiatives aimed at improving early educ
social purpose, takes many forms, from clean energy start - ups to initiatives aimed
at improving early education.
But before we start rolling our eyes
at yet another
social media
venture looking
at brands to pay the bills, Keek's most pressing priority is to attract users.
But if you're anything like me, you may have detected within the psychedelic lyrics a veiled bit of
social commentary aimed
at the startup and
venture capital economy.
Quick Ratio creator Hamid Mamoon, a
venture capitalist
at Social + Capital, gave some widely - circulated advice that a ratio of 4 (4 dollars made per 1 dollar lost) is a good goal for startups in their growth stage.
Former Reddit CEO and
venture investor Ellen Pao said in a Recode Decode podcast that
at one time the
social media site was completely overwhelmed by demand for naked celebrity pics.
Mycoskie imagines all his efforts (he also funds one employee - suggested
social venture project a month,
at $ 10,000 a pop) as part of an expanding ecosystem.
«MaRS has long provided Saint Elizabeth with connections to Canadian
ventures as well as expanding capacity and a global network to advance our
social mission of spreading hope and happiness,» said Lesley Larsen, Innovation Seeker
at Saint Elizabeth.
Mamoon Hamid Mamoon Hamid is a co-founder and general partner
at Social Capital — a
venture capital fund based in Palo Alto, CA.
MaRS Discovery District officially launched its new impact investing platform, SVX (
Social Venture Connexion), in an announcement this morning
at the Toronto Stock Exchange.
The key to this strategy is getting 5 people who form the
social proof to help you get a bigger angel round done
at a higher valuation by tons of industry insiders and thus offering the
social proof you need attract great employees and ultimately
venture capital investors.
Prior to
Social Capital, he was a Partner
at U.S.
Venture Partners (USVP), where he spent six years.
Ashley Carroll is a Partner
at Social Capital where she is focuses on early stage
venture investments.
In the tech world, misconduct allegations have resulted in the ouster of CEOs
at BetterWorks Systems Inc. and
Social Finance Inc., as well as several
venture capitalists, including Justin Caldbeck and Steve Jurvetson.
Montreal, April 12, 2018 — Today,
Social Venture Connexion (SVX) launched its new investment platform and announced new issuers
at Espace CDPQ in Montreal.
TORONTO, November 8, 2017 — Today,
Social Venture Connexion (SVX) launched its new ethical investment platform
at the Toronto Stock Exchange and announced a community of new issuers.
MissionPoint empowers a select group of families, foundations and institutions to achieve
social change
at scale while preserving rigorous financial oversight, with an extensive history of investing in and launching new impact - driven
ventures.
Every innovator we interviewed either in the business world or the government world or the
social venture world — they all excelled
at asking the right question.
Furthermore, by working on different aspects, especially the financial model in depth, I found the courage to enter Jazz Hands into a
social venture competition
at Stern and I just learnt last week that I won funding of $ 7000 which I intend to use for workshops in the summer.
London Food Link is bringing together some of the capital's best
social ventures using food for good,
at its flagship Urban Food Fortnight event, Wednesday 13 September.
Jim is a
Venture Partner at Reach Capital, an edtech social impact venture fund, and co-founded Teachers» Curriculum Institute, widely regarded as the nation's most innovative publisher of K - 12 social studies curr
Venture Partner
at Reach Capital, an edtech
social impact
venture fund, and co-founded Teachers» Curriculum Institute, widely regarded as the nation's most innovative publisher of K - 12 social studies curr
venture fund, and co-founded Teachers» Curriculum Institute, widely regarded as the nation's most innovative publisher of K - 12
social studies curriculum.
In 2001, he launched another
social venture, The Campus Kitchens Project, aimed
at scaling our approach nationally by engaging college students in recovering wasted food from dining halls that they could use in preparing meals for their own community.
The Kitchen's life - changing
social ventures include providing culinary job training to
at - risk adults, turning wasted food into balanced meals for shelters and nonprofits, and serving healthy, scratch - cooked meals in low - income schools.
Clegg knew Fred Michel on a
social level for
at least a decade before he
ventured into British politics.
«Kessler Foundation's Signature Employment Grants are awarded nationally to fund new pilot initiatives, demonstration projects, or
social ventures that generate innovative ideas to solve the high unemployment and underemployment of individuals with disabilities,» said Elaine E. Katz, senior vice president of Grants and Communications
at Kessler Foundation.
«Our Signature Employment Grants are awarded nationally to fund new pilot initiatives, demonstration projects, or
social ventures that generate innovative ideas to solve the high unemployment and underemployment of individuals with disabilities,» said Elaine E. Katz, MS, CCC - SLP, senior vice president of grants and communications
at Kessler Foundation.
«Kessler Foundation's Signature Employment Grants are awarded nationally to fund new pilot initiatives, demonstration projects, or
social ventures that generate innovative ideas to solve the high unemployment and underemployment of individuals with disabilities,» said Elaine E. Katz, MS, CCC - SLP, senior vice president of grants and communications
at Kessler Foundation.
«Kessler Foundation's Signature Employment Grants are awarded nationally to fund new pilot initiatives, demonstration projects, or
social ventures that yield pioneering ideas to solve the high unemployment and underemployment of individuals with disabilities,» remarked Elaine E. Katz, MS, CCC - SLP, senior vice president of grants and communications
at Kessler Foundation.
VENTURE BEAT — July 31 — Jumbuck, a mobile
social network, bought rival Plutolife
at the beginning of this month for $ 3.7 m. I was interested to hear why.
VENTURE BEAT - Dec 9 - After announcing its concept for a
social network aimed
at the sex positive community a few months ago, Blackbox Republic is now ready to show off its site and welcome new members.
Earlier this year, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg caused quite a stir when, speaking
at the NewSchools
Venture Summit, he indicated that he wanted to see kids under 13 be able to join his giant
social network.
Pondiscio wrote that a
social justice agenda prevailed
at the annual NewSchools
Venture Fund meeting in San Francisco.
Prior to joining the organization, Anne served as an Americorps VISTA member
at Ashoka's Youth
Venture, where she supported youth
social entrepreneurship and service learning opportunities
at schools across the country.
The requirement of
social media prominence puts many, and if I may
venture to say most,
at a severe disadvantage.
SAN FRANCISCO, CA — An extraordinary gathering of environmentalists, Nobel Laureates, CEOs, philanthropists,
venture capitalists, scientists,
social entrepreneurs, youth activists and other leaders in their fields will come together
at the gateway to the Pacific Rim April 2 - 3, 2009.
We
venture to the fun and
social event of wine tasting
at some of Western Australia's world renowned wineries before an early evening departure back to Perth.
Vivienne Harr, the young Founder of Make a Stand with Biz Stone, Founder of Twitter talked about their new
venture, and Rose Broome, Founder of HandUp, creates
social impact technology that serves the homeless population among others
at this two day inaugural tech event.
Hotelied is a new startup
venture where you can book hotels
at a discounted price based on your
social media status.
London, 02 November 2015 — Four tourism
ventures, which support environmental,
social and cultural preservation in the Thai tourism sector, were conferred «Thailand Green Excellence Awards»
at a ceremony to be presided over by Her Royal Highness Princess Ubolratana
at the World Travel Market 2015, London on 2 November, 2015.
He has extensive experience managing and directing contemporary nonprofit arts, philanthropic and publishing
ventures, with special expertise
at the intersection of arts and
social change.
The
venture capital - backed company, valued
at about $ 250m (# 171m) in a fundraising last August, now boasts more than 7 million users, has just entered into profile - raising tie - ups with
social networking sites Facebook and Twitter and is in talks about a US launch.
«Jessica's previous in - house experience as GC
at a leading tech company within the
social visual marketing industry makes her an ideal addition to work alongside our
venture capital and emerging companies attorneys in New York and Boston,» said Foley Hoag Business Department Co-Chair Mark Haddad.
Miguel Willis presents the fellowship program
at the Seattle
Social Venture Partners Fast Pitch Competition
Additionally, the ATJ Tech Fellows Program were recent finalists
at Seattle's
Social Venture Partners» annual Fast Pitch Showdown, a pitch competition that supports social entrepreneurs looking for capacity building and funding to support their innovative social impact ven
Social Venture Partners» annual Fast Pitch Showdown, a pitch competition that supports
social entrepreneurs looking for capacity building and funding to support their innovative social impact ven
social entrepreneurs looking for capacity building and funding to support their innovative
social impact ven
social impact
ventures.
The expertise within the
social housing team
at Bevan Brittan and the wider support from the rest of the firm on issues such as joint
venture development, procurement, tax, partnering with third parties and a whole range of other issues means that we are well - placed to advise all our clients on the issues ahead.
At our Flagship Amsterdam event in May 2018, an expert jury selected by the Chivas
Venture will divvy out $ 800,000 to
social...