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The Social Side of Entrepreneurship

By Nell Edgington



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In less than a month, Austin’s premier entrepreneurship conference, RISE, will be in full swing. March 1st through 5th brings a SXSW-style conference that is quickly becoming the place to be for anyone thinking about launching or growing an enterprise. This year, RISE has added an official social entrepreneurship track to the conference, which seems to be a sign of the times. Social entrepreneurship is starting to take its rightful place next to “regular” entrepreneurship. Perhaps in the future there won’t even be a distinction.

But until then, I’m delighted to announce the lineup of this year’s Social Entrepreneurship track at RISE. Social Velocity is hosting the track, and it is sponsored by the Silverton Foundation.  Jessica Shortall, Director of Giving at TOMS Shoes, and I have put together what we think is going to be a pretty great group of sessions exploring all aspects of social entrepreneurship. In addition, Blake Mycoskie, founder of TOMS Shoes, will be one the keynote speakers of RISE on Tuesday, March 2nd.

The Social Entrepreneurship track will run on Tuesday and Wednesday of RISE week, March 2nd and 3rd. Here is the lineup of sessions:

  • Social Investing, Social Entrepreneurship and Social Profit
  • Overview of Social Innovation
  • Austin’s Emerging Social Capital Market
  • Social Enterprise Case Studies
  • Seeking Capital for Social Enterprise
  • Design Thinking and Social Entrepreneurship
  • Economic Development: Microfinance to CDFIs
  • Social Media and Social Impact
  • Balancing Social Mission and Business Pressures

You can find out more about the entire Social Entrepreneurship track at the RISE website and sign up for those you want to attend. Sessions are already filling up. I hope to see you there!


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About the Author: Nell Edgington is President of Social Velocity (www.socialvelocity.net), a management consulting firm leading nonprofits to greater social impact and financial sustainability. Social Velocity helps nonprofits grow their programs, bring more money in the door, and use resources more effectively. For more information, check out Social Velocity consulting services and clients.

Tuesday, February 9th, 2010 Fundraising, Innovators, Social Enterprise, Social Entrepreneurship, Social Investing

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3 Comments to The Social Side of Entrepreneurship

josh
February 9, 2010

a friend suggested your blog; thanks for getting the word out.

josh
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Staci Mellman
February 9, 2010

This is a wonderful lineup. It is about time that Austin joined other forward thinking cities in using entrepreneurship as a vehicle to not only fill market gaps, but to repair areas where NFP have failed. Any chance these sessions will be recorded and shared? Thank you for leading the way Social Velocity!

Nell Edgington
February 10, 2010

Thanks Staci! I don’t think these sessions are going to be recorded. RISE is an all volunteer, unpaid conference so they have very little budget. Perhaps next year they could get some sort of technology sponsorship to record the sessions and get them on their website. It would be great content to share.

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