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A Few of the 29(00) Mistakes I Have Made as a Social Entrepreneur

By on March 15, 2013 in Building a Social Venture, Social Entrepreneurship, Starting the Journey

If I had to describe myself in one word, it would be unconventional. If I had to pick the road I would travel, it would be the busiest. See, what did I tell you! Entrepreneurship isn’t a road for everyone and it certainly isn’t for the faint of heart. I always like to say that [...]

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In the Business of Helping Others, Put Yourself First

By on March 6, 2013 in Starting the Journey

Recently, I ran into a hurdle with my organization, Cheti. The journey to, over, and past this obstacle has been as much a discovery of myself as it was of others. I have seen that during the last three years I have been so concerned with moving things forward that I never gave myself the [...]

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The Problem with Solving Problems

By on February 10, 2013 in Building a Social Venture, Design, Featured, Social Entrepreneurship

The formula is simple; identify an everyday life “problem” that impacts a large number of people.  Next step, create a product or service that solves the problem and deliver the solution (your product or service) to the people who have the problem.  This is entrepreneurship.  This is the formula that I was taught while starting [...]

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The Way of Failing

By on November 30, 2012 in Building a Social Venture

I have had the luxury of failing at something that I cared deeply about in my life, but I have refused to let it define me as a person. Rather, the act of failing is a blessing. For those of you tirelessly and thanklessly working to make an impact in the lives of others, I [...]

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Haiti, Fierce Hope, and Social Enterprise

By on November 21, 2012 in Starting the Journey

“What the heck am I doing?” I’ve asked myself that question countless times in the year and a half since starting my own social venture.  From marketing and pricing to web design and hiring, half the time I feel like I’m just making things up as I go along and the other half of the [...]

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Changing the World: One Minute at a Time

By on November 12, 2012 in Arts & Culture, Social Entrepreneurship, Starting the Journey

For as long as I can remember, I’ve been involved in some kind of social good.  My parents were big supporters of giving back and helping out in our communities.  I don’t remember a time when we didn’t think about donating things or including people. Then when I entered school, community service became part of [...]

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New School, New City, New View

By on August 7, 2012 in Social Entrepreneurship, Starting the Journey

I wish I could say that I found and cultivated my interest in social innovation. In all honesty, it found me. After four years of high school participating in different philanthropic, charitable, and volunteer organizations, I hate to say that I started to resent the idea of making my social impact. After graduating, I formulated [...]

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