May 2012
64 posts
Infographic: Understanding Social Enterprise -...
See on Scoop.it - Yellow Boat Social Entrepreneurism Learn more about how social enterprises are growing in the U.S., who’s behind them, and what the future might look like for impact investing. Social enterprises operate all over the world and they are a growing sector in the United States. While there is no singular definition in the U.S., most social enterprises operate in the open...
How #Coworking Works
See on Scoop.it - Yellow Boat Social Entrepreneurism from https://www.facebook.com/deskmag.coworking How #Coworking Works https://deskwanted.com/coworking/coworking_works_infographic.jpg Deskmag is the magazine about the new type of work and their places, how they look, how they function, how they could be improved and how we work in them. We call them coworking spaces. We also take a look at...
How #Coworking Works
See on Scoop.it - Yellow Boat Social Entrepreneurism from https://www.facebook.com/deskmag.coworking How #Coworking Works https://deskwanted.com/coworking/coworking_works_infographic.jpg Deskmag is the magazine about the new type of work and their places, how they look, how they function, how they could be improved and how we work in them. We call them coworking spaces. We also take a look at...
Put Your Live Event on Facebook, Get Paid With...
See on Scoop.it - Yellow Boat Social Entrepreneurism A new service called Evinar allows performers to host online concerts and events directly on Facebook. I invite everyone to check out this free app: https://www.facebook.com/evinar I spoke with Evan earlier this week at LaunchUpLV and he is excited by helping StartUp Weekend entrepreneurs to create their own content. Speakers are...
Put Your Live Event on Facebook, Get Paid With...
See on Scoop.it - Yellow Boat Social Entrepreneurism A new service called Evinar allows performers to host online concerts and events directly on Facebook. I invite everyone to check out this free app: https://www.facebook.com/evinar I spoke with Evan earlier this week at LaunchUpLV and he is excited by helping StartUp Weekend entrepreneurs to create their own content. Speakers are...
Walkonomics - How walkable is your street? - About
See on Scoop.it - Yellow Boat Social Entrepreneurism Walkonomics - How walkable is your street? Walkonomics combines Open Data with Crowdsourcing to map how pedestrian-friendly each street is. Use the website to check how walkable your street is and add your own rating. http://www.walkonomics.com/w/index.php/about What is the WalkoBot? The WalkoBot is an automatic system that rates the...
Kickstarted: my conversation with Kickstarter...
See on Scoop.it - Yellow Boat Social Entrepreneurism Kickstarter is not just a startup— it’s part of an important shift away from the industrial manufacturing era & toward the maker economy. excerpts below are from: http://gigaom.com/2012/05/22/kickstarter-founder-perry-chen-intervie/ People value experiences more than they value products. When you buy local food, you’re buying...
Behind the scenes of a failed Kickstarter project
See on Scoop.it - Yellow Boat Social Entrepreneurism A little more than half of the projects on Kickstarter fail. But understanding those failures can help others avoid the same fate. So, I spoke to one of the founders of a failed project to understand what lessons others might be able to learn. So a few possible lessons one can draw from the Dawsons’ experience is that funding a Kickstarter is...
StartSomeGood: The Blog: This Week in Social... →
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Entrepreneur Magazine is hosting a contest for young entrepreneurs between the ages of 18 and 26 that are currently enrolled in college. The College Entrepreneur of 2012 Contest is looking for great business ideas that are making a positive impact. How are you bringing light to your…
4 Ways To Use Pinterest To Encourage Corporate...
See on Scoop.it - Yellow Boat Social Entrepreneurism Pinterest is a great marketing tool, but businesses should also start thinking about it as a unique way to promote corporate volunteerism. How does Pinterest work as a tool for employee volunteer promotion? Unlike Twitter and Facebook, images are key to Pinterest. This means that in order to successfully promote and encourage volunteering...
Grockit Wants to Build a Pinterest for Learning
See on Scoop.it - Yellow Boat Social Entrepreneurism Grockit’s latest product re-configures online content such as YouTube videos, Wikipedia entries and ebooks into ordered lesson plans. So how does Learnist beat Google as a learning tool? Or Pinterest, for that matter? Grockit founder Farbood Nivi argues that expert curation helps avoid the misinformation, hacked-together how-to articles...
Israeli Nobel Prize Winner: Entrepreneurship is...
See on Scoop.it - Yellow Boat Social Entrepreneurism What does a Nobel Prize winner has to say about entrepreneurship? A summary of Dr Shechtman’s views on entrepreneurship, excerpted from: http://www.forbes.com/sites/ricardogeromel/2012/04/27/israeli-nobel-prize-winner-entrepreneurship-is-the-only-way-to-maintain-peace/ The only way to maintain long term peace in any country is by...
What Makes VegasTech Unique: Updated | Las Vegas...
See on Scoop.it - Yellow Boat Social Entrepreneurism http://www.vegasstartups.com/2012/05/19/what-makes-vegastech-unique-updated Las Vegas Startups, What Makes VegasTech Unique: Updated, Las Vegas Startups… What Makes VegasTech Unique: Updated Written by: Rick “Thanks to Rick Duggan, David Gosse, Jennifer Gosse, Gian Brown, Mike Manzano, Shaun Swanson, and Mark Johnson for input. If...
Urban Farming | Rust Wire
See on Scoop.it - Yellow Boat Social Entrepreneurism http://rustwire.com/about/ https://www.facebook.com/rustwire http://rustwire.com/category/urban-farming/ Sharing successes. Debating Problems. Connecting advocates. Pittsburgh. Cleveland. Detroit. Youngstown. St. Louis. Cincinnati. Buffalo. Milwaukee. More than a dozen cities; the same set of problems. This site is intended to consolidate...
Looking For Optimism About the Economy? Ask a...
See on Scoop.it - Yellow Boat Social Entrepreneurism 72% of startup CEOs are optimistic about economic growth over the next year. See on mashable.com
Filipino in Silicon Valley ... and Vegas Tech in...
See on Scoop.it - Yellow Boat Social Entrepreneurism Rappler’s Maria Ressa sits down with Filipino Silicon Valley entrepreneur Dado Banatao. I recently have started trying to link co-working spaces, StartUps and StartUp Weekends in Manila, Cebu and Mindanao to VegasTech and StartUps in the emergent tech sectors here in Las Vegas. https://www.facebook.com/SxVegas Austin via Manila and...
Investing in Social Entrepreneurship: A $1...
See on Scoop.it - Yellow Boat Social Entrepreneurism ‘Paradigm Shifts & Entrepreneurship: Investing in Social Solutions vs. Symptoms’ blog post by Per Grankvist. http://www.csrwire.com/blog/posts/407-paradigm-shifts-entrepreneurship-investing-in-social-solutions-vs-symptoms?utm_source=nwsalrt&utm_medium=email&utm_content=051612&utm_campaign=newsletter...
FoodRevolution-SchoolEBook.pdf The Official...
See on Scoop.it - Yellow Boat Social Entrepreneurism student toolkit Youth today are inheriting a poor diet and global epidemic of diet-related diseases. This is your chance to demand better food education in schools. Take action and register your school or youth organisation to join students around the world standing up for real food. Don’t forget to download our ‘30 Ideas to Start a Food...
50 Awesome Women Entrepreneurs on Twitter
See on Scoop.it - Yellow Boat Social Entrepreneurism Here is a list of 50 awesome women entrepreneurs you should be following on Twitter. All of these ladies have built thriving businesses, powerful brands and a strong online presence. They have clarity around their message … http://www.shebrand.com/50-awesome-women-entrepreneurs-on-twitter/ See on shebrand.com
Three Years of Kickstarter Projects
See on Scoop.it - Yellow Boat Social Entrepreneurism Almost 50,000 projects have sought financing on Kickstarter since the site began on April 28, 2009. About half successfully reached their fund-raising goals. Each dot represents how much a project raised by its deadline. See on nytimes.com
Startup Weekend Cebu participants solving...
See on Scoop.it - Yellow Boat Social Entrepreneurism “It’s no secret that the Philippines has a growing startup scene with talented designers and developers.” http://sgentrepreneurs.com/news-stop/2012/05/15/startup-weekend-cebu-participants-solving-real-world-problems/ 1st Place – WaitKnowMore. A mobile SMS service that alerts you when your queue number is reaching. It sends out an...
Downtown event seeks to conjure environmentally...
See on Scoop.it - Yellow Boat Social Entrepreneurism For one weekend, a downtown street block typically overcome by blight and empty storefronts was transformed into a budding area of businesses, resources and classes for the community. http://www.lvrj.com/view/downtown-event-seeks-to-conjure-environmentally-friendly-commerce-151490095.html?ref=095 Though the pop-up businesses at Build a Greener...
Meet-A-Hero | Discovering and sharing the...
See on Scoop.it - Yellow Boat Social Entrepreneurism #ThoughtfulTourism Meet a Hero is Meet Manila’s initiative fueling our main orbit. Our mission is to find and feature well-deserving Filipino citizens who lead for a good cause. These game-changers are self-driven by their knowledge, motivated by their passion, and are not afraid to fight for what they believe in. As a tribute to...
Startup Compass Benchmark your Startup's KPIs...
See on Scoop.it - Yellow Boat Social Entrepreneurism Make better product and business decisions Benchmark your Startup’s KPIs against more than 10,000 Internet Startups Allocate Resources, Diagnose Problems, Align your Team & Measure Progress https://www.facebook.com/StartupGenome http://blog.startupcompass.co/ About The Startup Genome aims to reduce the massive failure rate of...
Transformational Entrepreneurship: Where...
See on Scoop.it - Yellow Boat Social Entrepreneurism The slow decline of industrial manufacturing in developed nations and recent failures of financial capitalism across the globe have sent us searching for a new model of economic growth. I see the two movements of Technology Entrepreneurship and Social Entrepreneurship beginning to converge into a promising solution. An increasing number of...
background links on.King of the Street...
See on Scoop.it - Yellow Boat Social Entrepreneurism background links on the project which i introduced to the Vegas Tech community at the Jelly Last night. If any questions or suggestions, please feel free to contact me: https://www.facebook.com/NHRA http://fourwindsautismfoundation.org/kingofthestreets/ King of the Streets Celebrity Auto Race for Charity Mid October 2012 at Las Vegas Speedway,...
33 Must Read Books for Entrepreneurs – Shopify
See on Scoop.it - Yellow Boat Social Entrepreneurism There is a link to buy each book, and all of the money earned from Amazon’s affiliate program will go to Acumen Fund, a non-profit venture that supports entrepreneurs in developing countries. Reading is particularly important for entrepreneurs. Many authors have spent a lifetime gaining a wealth of knowledge, and learning the lessons in...
10 Ways For Entrepreneurs To Build Brands Online
See on Scoop.it - Yellow Boat Social Entrepreneurism Building your brand online in a meaningful way is no easy task. We’ve highlighted 10 methods for entrepreneurs to dig into. See on mashable.com
10 Ways For Entrepreneurs To Build Brands Online
See on Scoop.it - Yellow Boat Social Entrepreneurism Building your brand online in a meaningful way is no easy task. We’ve highlighted 10 methods for entrepreneurs to dig into. See on mashable.com
On the rise: Immigrant entrepreneurs
See on Scoop.it - Yellow Boat Social Entrepreneurism Immigrant entrepreneurs: The face of America’s small business owners is changing. If you’re working for a new company, there’s a 28% chance your boss wasn’t born in the U.S. See on money.cnn.com
Fred Wilson: what crowdfunding means for the VC...
See on Scoop.it - Yellow Boat Social Entrepreneurism For the past couple of decades, venture capitalists have had the upper hand. They’ve had the funding and most of the power in the startup ecosystem. “A possible model could be a scenario in which a VC spots an interesting deal in the crowfunding market and offers to sponsor the deal with one-tenth of a $1 million round, he said,...
A Weekend of Startups: SW Manila 2012 Learnings
See on Scoop.it - Yellow Boat Social Entrepreneurism I’ve been part of two Startup Weekends already and I must say there is nothing like the energy of founders trying to turn an idea into a startup in a scant 54 hours. Here’s some of what I learned and did over that weekend: 1) The Pre-Startup Weekend. See on webgeek.ph
#PepperItForward -- Connecting with United Way So...
See on Scoop.it - Yellow Boat Social Entrepreneurism In the San Diego community, refugees from eight countries who have lost everything are working together to create something new. At the IRC New Roots Community Farm, refugees are embracing their human rights in even the simplest ways—in seeds and home-grown vegetables—as they build their lives in a new country. Good model for sharing and caring...
City Slicker Farms Celebrates 10 Years
See on Scoop.it - Yellow Boat Social Entrepreneurism Hear about City Slicker Farms through the experiences of our 10 Local Heroes… See on youtube.com
Change Comes to Dinner: How Urban Farmers Are...
See on Scoop.it - Yellow Boat Social Entrepreneurism ‘Change Comes to Dinner: How Urban Farmers Are Changing Our Cities’ blog post by Guest Contributors. As city dwellers across the U.S. develop an interest in fresher, more local, and more sustainable food, innovative methods of producing food in urban areas multiply. These enterprises take all forms, from nonprofit urban gardening...
Rooftop Fish: The Future of Urban Farming? | Urban...
See on Scoop.it - Yellow Boat Social Entrepreneurism Rooftop Fish: The Future of Urban Farming? See on lowernineurbanfarming.org
Self Sustaining Urban Farming
See on Scoop.it - Yellow Boat Social Entrepreneurism Growing your own vegetables and livestock in the city (Self Sustaining Urban Farming: http://t.co/JlkewR7o via @youtube…)… See on youtube.com
Help a Filipino community cafe that helps aspiring...
See on Scoop.it - Yellow Boat Social Entrepreneurism http://www.indiegogo.com/bigloveforbriggyhall?c=home&a=519136 Big Love for Briggy A Filipino community cafe that helps aspiring micro-entrepreneurs to jumpstart their businesses and build on their scrumptious passions! Our Story & Impact The name ‘Briggy Hall’ was derived from the Filipino word barangay, which means a small...
Big Love for Briggy: A Filipino community cafe...
See on Scoop.it - Yellow Boat Social Entrepreneurism A Filipino community cafe that helps aspiring micro-entrepreneurs to jumpstart their businesses and build on their scrumptious passions! http://www.indiegogo.com/bigloveforbriggyhall?c=home&a=519136 http://www.indiegogo.com/LVHelpGro?a=519136 campaigns I have funded:...
http://www.pepper.ph/about/ What an interesting...
See on Scoop.it - Yellow Boat Social Entrepreneurism https://www.facebook.com/pepper.ph https://twitter.com/#!/pepperph just discovered .. thanks to my friend Franc … :))) What an interesting “coincidence”!! Just shared Pepper.ph at https://www.facebook.com/PepperItForward Or, perhaps, is it “destiny”? Whatever. Whichever. Let’s all be a little creative about...
Apply for Free Membership | Startup America...
See on Scoop.it - Yellow Boat Social Entrepreneurism http://www.s.co/get-registered What’s in it for your startup? RESOURCES Leveraging resources that lower costs, extend your runway and simplify your operation is the key to success. From furniture, computers, and software to payroll services, advertising and the best employees possible, we’ve got you covered. Over 50 of our partners are...
10 Asian Startups That Caught Our Eye This Week |...
See on Scoop.it - Yellow Boat Social Entrepreneurism In the last seven days, we have covered a couple of startups on Tech in Asia, specifically from Indonesia, China, Thailand, Hong Kong, and Singapore. See on techinasia.com
Take a Tip From Singapore: largely mom-and-pop...
See on Scoop.it - Yellow Boat Social Entrepreneurism What can American businesses learn from Singapore’s open-air markets? Singapore’s humble hawker centers—open-air markets filled with food stalls, each one specializing in a particular dish or cuisine—produce what is arguably the tastiest (and cheapest) food in the country. And according to The Layover host and frequent Singapore...
Take a Tip From Singapore: largely mom-and-pop...
See on Scoop.it - Yellow Boat Social Entrepreneurism What can American businesses learn from Singapore’s open-air markets? Singapore’s humble hawker centers—open-air markets filled with food stalls, each one specializing in a particular dish or cuisine—produce what is arguably the tastiest (and cheapest) food in the country. And according to The Layover host and frequent Singapore...
Amidst hard times for greentech, digital green...
See on Scoop.it - Yellow Boat Social Entrepreneurism Young, early-stage green-focused startups are a rare breed these days. The demo day on Wednesday in downtown San Francisco for the green digital-focused accelerator Greenstart (which I called the Y-Combinator for greentech a year ago when they launched) was one of the first times in a long time that I’ve seen a grouping of new young...
Where Klout Meets Kickstarter, Wahooly Lands Angel...
See on Scoop.it - Yellow Boat Social Entrepreneurism Where Klout Meets Kickstarter, Wahooly Lands Angel RoundTechCrunchWhere Klout Meets Kickstarter: Wahooly Lands Angel Round For Crowdfunding Via Social Proof With the passage of the JOBS Act, crowdfunding is going to get a whole lot more interesting… See on techcrunch.com
The Fourth Annual Gawad Kalinga Global Summit will...
See on Scoop.it - Yellow Boat Social Entrepreneurism Gawad Kalinga https://www.facebook.com/gawadkalinga https://twitter.com/#!/GawadKalingaHQ @GawadKalingaHQ Building caring communities to end poverty. · http://www.gk1world.com/ Mission Our VISION: Gawad Kalinga is building a nation empowered by people with faith and patriotism; a nation made up of caring and sharing communities, dedicated to...
My Favorite Way To Do Good Is... - LVHelpGro
See on Scoop.it - Yellow Boat Social Entrepreneurism http://lvhelpgro.net/my-favorite-way-to-do-good-is Dear Points of Light Foundation: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Points-of-Light/80791482166 Website http://www.pointsoflight.org/ Phone 1 (404) 979-2900 mnealis [at] handsonnetwork.org I was inspired to create #PepperItForward via my involvement in a wonderful grassroots movement here in Las...
Resources Lessons from the Frontlines of Social at...
See on Scoop.it - Yellow Boat Social Entrepreneurism Visit Spredfast.com to find some of the best social media whitepapers, articles and resources on the web. https://www.facebook.com/Spredfast About Spredfast is a social media management system that helps enterprises monitor, message, and measure initiatives across social media channels. Company Overview More social media resources at...
