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The Fine Art of Fundraising

By on February 27, 2013 in Design, Fundraising, Non-Profits, Sector, Social Entrepreneurship, Starting the Journey

World-changing social impact idea – check! Recruited an amazing team of passionate individuals – check! Funding to get the ball rolling … well … maybe!! Fundraising is a skill set critical to any start-up, as it’s needed to get things going and keep them rolling once you have started up.  Unfortunately for any nonprofit focused [...]

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Fueled by Naivete & Idealism: My Road to Social Entrepreneurship (part 3)

By on October 12, 2012 in Starting the Journey, Stories of Impact

Going back to the drawing board basically meant going back to Google. I needed to restructure. We needed a new approach. Our mission was the same: eradicate poverty through education using university students, but how did we do that in an innovative way that could actually provide some lasting change. After a few weeks of [...]

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Fueled by Naivete & Idealism: My Road to Social Entrepreneurship (Part 1)

By on September 28, 2012 in Social Entrepreneurship, Starting the Journey

It was 1:00am on the second day of Spring Break 2010 when I decided to create “Bookbags With the Basics.” For about two years (after seeing Invisible Children for the second time) I had been trying to find my place in the world of philanthropy. I’d joined Habitat for Humanity and Amnesty International chapters at the [...]

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