By Kate Secrest Most financial institutions today focus only on serving “prime” borrowers, those with verifiable incomes or sufficient collateral to back them. However, there are many people in society without the means to provide such securities. Unfortunately, these individuals are often the ones for whom a loan may prove Read more…
By Arhan Parikh I Got Garbage is an initiative started by social entrepreneurs in India back in 2013 to increase the efficiency of waste and garbage collection. Through the use of modern technology, they aim to provide some honor to the lives of garbage collectors and eliminate the use of Read more…
By Charlotte Fall On November 5th Professor Raymond Horton, the founder of the Tamer Center for Social Enterprise at Columbia University joined SEI to speak to our students and faculty. He shared his insights on social enterprise, entrepreneurship, international development, nonprofit and public management, and corporate social responsibility. He also shared Read more…
By Kenny Mei Entrepreneurs are great at coming up with creative and innovative ways to solve all kind of problems, big or small. But sometimes getting the word out about new products can be difficult. This is where Indiegogo comes into play, it provides entrepreneurs a platform to launch new Read more…
By Gabriella Scarpa Each year, 3 million of the 4 billion people who rely on open fire to cook their meals die from indoor air pollution-related diseases. Taking this grave statistic into her own hands, Sarah Collins created Wonderbag, a product “to economically empower women and girls across the world Read more…
By Kelly Szaniawski On Wednesday, November 14th, the founder and managing director of Impacto came to speak as part of Social Enterprise Institute’s Speaker Series. “My vision, my goal is to help close the gap between the poor and the rich and make this a better world for all” Aguerrebere preaches. Read more…