Links
What is social entrepreneurship:
- http://www.pbs.org/opb/thenewheroes/
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_entrepreneurship
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triple_bottom_line
- http://www.fourthsector.net/sympathetic-patterns.php
Advancing social entrepreneurship:
- http://www.ashoka.org/ - the most famous SE supporter organization, specifies in supporting leading SEs
- http://www.changemakers.net/competition/staplesyv/ - another competition for people wo want to become social entrepreneurs
- http://www.skollfoundation.org/
- http://www.schwabfound.org/
- http://www.socialent.org/
- http://www.fastcompany.com/social/2008/index.html
- http://www.echoinggreen.org/
- http://www.youngfoundation.org/
- http://www.pbs.org/now/enterprisingideas/index.html
Entrepreneurship resources:
- http://www.yrittajanpaiva.fi/ - an impressive entrepreneurship link list
- http://www.helyri.fi/ - Helsingin yrittäjät (association for entrepreneurs in Helsinki)
- http://www.yrittajat.fi/ - a lot of information for anybody who wants to start a business in Finland
- http://www.mol.fi/mol/fi/04_yrittaminen/index.jsp - Työvoimatoimiston yrittäjyyssivut ja infoa esim. starttirahasta
- http://www.tem.fi/index.phtml?s=2067 - Työ- ja elinkeinoministeriön yrittäjyyssivut
- http://www.yrityssuomi.fi - portal about entrepreneurship in Finland
Next steps after Be a Change
- http://www.venturecup.fi/ - Finnish business plan competition
- http://www.sicamp.org/ - Social Innovation camp for web-based ideas for social change
Sharing with social entrepreneurs:
- http://www.socialedge.org/
- http://www.netsquared.org/
- http://www.socialactions.com/
- http://www.se-alliance.org/index.cfm
Existing social enterprises:
- http://beachange.org/discussion/existing-social-enterprises - forum for discussing what to count as SEs
- http://www.socialenterprise.org.uk/pages/member-directory.html - social enterprises in UK (some example for Finland...)
Other opportunities to do good:
- http://www.dodo.org/ - advance sustainable urban lifestyle
- http://www.amnesty.org/ - protect human rights
- http://www.iamanactivist.org/ - impressive list of more organizations
- http://www.pelastamaailma.fi/
Personal development opportunities (becoming a better changemaker):
- http://www.aiesec.org/ - for students
- http://www.jci.cc/ - for people up to 40 years
- http://www.uskallainnostua.fi/ - for everybody
Schools:
- http://www.diak.fi/ - sosiaalisen yrittäjyyden koulutusta (eri asia kuin yhteiskunnallinen yrittäjyys, mutta sosiaalinen yrittäjyys on hyvä työkalu myös yhteiskunnalliselle yritykselle
vaikuttaa vielä enemmän palkkaamalla vaikeasti työllistyviä)
Articles:
- http://www.developmentandtransition.net/index.cfm?...
- http://www.martynemko.com/articles/social-entrepreneurship_id1364
- http://globalab.wordpress.com/2007/10/08/a-fourth-sector/
- http://www.futurenet.org/article.asp?id=399
Videos:
http://www.bl.uk/bipc/previous.html - e.g. an inspiring speech by Anita Roddick, founder of The Body Shop
http://ecorner.stanford.edu/authorMaterialInfo.html?topicId=10
Scientific papers:
