Dive into the archives.
- Say Hello to Mkama
A new addition to my Kiva portfolio, Mkama is a 43 year old Tanzanian entrepreneur. He started his clothing business 8 years ago. Mkama works 12 hours a day, has taken one Kiva loan already and is now looking to scale his business.
He’s also the first entrepreneur in a developing country that will benefit […]
- Kiva: An Update
Just over a year ago I made my first investment into Kiva. In the initial post I said I made the first small investment to familiarize myself with the process before getting further involved. Well, I felt comfortable enough shortly after to give again and have loved all of my interactions with the group. […]
- Gates’ Excellent Commencement
Bill Gates gave an excellent commencement speech at Harvard, touching on themes of why I’m optimistic. It’s inspiring and worth the read.
“The barrier to change is not too little caring; it is too much complexity. To turn caring into action, we need to see a problem, see a solution, and see the impact. But […]
- Social Enterprise in Vancouver
While we were in Vancouver we were fortunate enough to meet with a number of people heavily involved in BC’s social enterprise community.
I continue to be fascinated with the funding continuum that is emerging in the province to support social enterprise. Mark and I were fortunate enough to spend time with David LePage from […]
- The Star on Social Enterprises
Ken sent me this great article from The Toronto Star titled, Beyond Profits.
The article provides a great introduction to social enterprise and it’s inspiring to see how advanced the social enterprise system is in Quebec. It’s also nice to see the movement getting attention in Ontario.
Some good quotes:
“”Our goal is not to make […]
