Sites I like: spot.us funds citizen journalism
One of the most exciting sites I’ve come across recently is spot.us, a crowdfunding platform for independent, citizen journalism. Users can submit story tips, and journalists pitch their story ideas...
View ArticleSocial Impact Bonds: a revolution in government funding
In his recently proposed budget, President Obama has asked for up to $100 million to implement programs funded by Social Impact Bonds (SIBs). These bonds are the cornerstones of a new way to pay for...
View ArticleNew ways of thinking: From critique to optimism (but still in beta)
I don’t know if there’s something inherent to the discipline of anthropology that moves us toward critique: the tendency to pick-apart any kind of human effort to do anything in the world....
View ArticleSites I like: OpenIDEO.com expands the community of problem-solvers
The theory behind OpenIDEO.com is that ideas emerge through a collaborative process, and that this process is most effective when it is inclusive and open to non-experts. OpenIDEO.com is an online...
View ArticleStarting from scratch: Rubina Design’s founder on building a social enterprise
Notes: I’ll be profiling this organization as it moves through the stages of product development, marketing, and expansion, over the next few months. Bringing an idea to life is a little like launching...
View ArticleSites I like: Simpl puts ideas on the (crowdsourced) market
Fresh on the crowdsourced funding scene is Simpl, a site that aims to help ideas grow by bringing them into contact with people who have access to and want to share resources. But what’s unique about...
View ArticleUsing the law to do good: Kyle Westaway on Benefit Corporations and...
Business law assumes profit as a company’s singular motivation, making it hard, and sometimes illegal, for social enterprises to keep a social mission at the core of their operations. Kyle Westaway has...
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