Comments on: Letter from the Editor

By: Lindsay Clinton

Lindsay Clinton — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 04:33:59 +0000

Thanks Steve. I’ve been talking with one of your colleagues and learning more about The Change Exchange–what I like about your project is the fact that there are entrepreneurs of all ages! It sounds like a great support mechanism for social entrepreneurs. It would be great to see Change Exchange expand to include entrepreneurs around the world!

By: Lindsay Clinton

Lindsay Clinton — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 04:31:10 +0000

Dear Brian,
Thanks for sharing information on your enterprise. It sounds like a great initiative. Good luck in your work…and keep us posted on your progress. We love to hear about new social enterprises.
Lindsay

By: Brian Zhang

Brian Zhang — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 02:35:28 +0000

when more than 20 million normal workers getting laid off from closing factories by today’s rough economy, people on wheelchairs are getting hired by a new social enterprise a Chinese learning social web CHATnese.org, chat to learn Chinese.

Its creator Brian Zhang is made in China and returned home to make a difference after studying in U.S

Lyndsay, run across your magazine S.E is new to everyone here in China, even ngo and grassroots are like new born baby, with big heart and small idea like providing jobs for people(20 million in China) on wheelchair, I can’t wait to get up in the morning and run down to my office (extra room next to the kitchen) working on the project. it will soon be on line, we are training people on wheelchair now to provide a new immersion way for people to learn Chinese via social web like facebook, and skype and even second life.

By: Steve

Steve — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 20:32:18 +0000

Lyndsay,

Thank you so very much for all the time and effort that you and your colleagues have put into BP. I was so thrilled to get the inaugural issue and read about the many exciting innovations and inspiring innovators. For the organization I work with, Springboard Innovation, we just launched an online seed funding tool for emerging social entrepreneurs, http://www.thechangexchange.org, and it is so terrific to be able to share your magazine with all the folks involved. For so many of the idea ‘launchers’, as we call them, devising and launching a new social enterprise is not only daunting, but can be very isolating. The profiles and words of Beyond Profit are incredibly timely and much appreciated.

Keep up the great work!

By: ichi

ichi — Fri, 29 May 2009 12:24:51 +0000

Thank you so much for your generous time-limited free 1-year subscription even outside of US. I just signed up!

I live in Tokyo-area in Japan and am looking forward to receiving the first issue! The trend and movement around social entrepreneurship has grown here as well.I would like to have a dialogue via your publication!

By: john herron

john herron — Fri, 29 May 2009 01:44:37 +0000

Social Enterprise, and social entrepreneurs, seems to be touted for the size and scale of the impact they make with their innovation. We can all be inspired by the accomplishments of Mohammed Yunus. His impact is truly grand.

I want to see some attention in magazines or discussions on the successful social entrepreneur who runs a small business. In books like “The Millionaire Next Door” we come to recognize the wealth and job producing impact of small business run well over time. I believe that 70% of all jobs are created by small business.

By: Mark Pomerantz

Mark Pomerantz — Wed, 27 May 2009 14:49:55 +0000

Good luck!

Many of you remember the Social Enterprise Reporter which Tom White published out of Berkley keying mainly on American Social Enterprises. I believe he is still blogging. In 2001 I started a website which covered the rudiments of social enterprise which I occasionally still update (www.socialenterprisemagazine.org).My academic association, USASBE (US Association for Small Business and Enterpreneurship http://www.usasbe.org ) has an active social entrepreneurship group which I chair and is very interested in teaching cases in SE.In my other hat as a leadership committee member of BALLE-Seattle(www.balleseattle.org) we promote, “Eat Local”, “Buy Local”, and “Invest Local” events and recently sponsored talks by Michael Shuman and Woody Tasch on investing locally.
Mark

By: Karteek

Karteek — Thu, 21 May 2009 03:10:06 +0000

Good Luck with your magazine.Hope to see some great articles…

By: Lindsay Clinton

Lindsay Clinton — Wed, 20 May 2009 15:41:55 +0000

Thanks Gabriel! We enjoyed meeting you earlier this week, and loved looking through the NYU Reynolds “FaceBook.” There are some amazing young people you’re working with…hope to be able to work with some of them in the future! And, thanks for sharing the details of this speaker series with our readers.

By: Gabriel Brodbar

Gabriel Brodbar — Wed, 20 May 2009 14:17:07 +0000

Reformed venture capitalist Woody Tasch (founder and chairman of Investors’ Circle) has written most eloquently on this topic in his recently published book Slow Money. He calls for a new market where “slow money” is invested to grow communities and sustainable businesses, and not to spur growth simply for growths sake. He embraces E.F. Schumacher’s notion that economics is a tool not an end and thus seeks to spur a new construct of meta-economic values. In short, it’s about changing the relationship (i.e. the distance) between investor and investment. I highly recommend this to anyone interested in this philosophy between responsible investing. For those who will be in the New York area in November, Woody will be speaking as part of the NYU Reynolds Program in Social Entrepreneurship’s 2009-10 “Social Entrepreneurship in the 21st Century” speaker series. The event is free, and details will be posted at http://www.nyu.edu/reynolds.