Travel that Gives Back – The Basics
What is travel that gives back, from alternative spring breaks to voluntourism to sustainable travel, and how should you approach it?
What is travel that gives back, from alternative spring breaks to voluntourism to sustainable travel, and how should you approach it?
This week, we continue with four additional lessons for those ready to, or who have recently, launched an impact focused start up. If you missed last week’s lessons, you can view them here. Anticipate technical challenges. Technical talent isn’t as readily available in the social sector as it may be in its for profit counterpart.…
There are many resources available for entrepreneurs, and increasingly more for social entrepreneurs. Similarly, just as the path for entrepreneurs is challenging, it can be more so for impact focused start ups where the landscape is uncharted and the structures ambiguous. In this two-part post, we share lessons for social entrepreneurs and their start up:…
Similar to their for profit cousins, incubators in the social sector tend to have focus areas – like education and health access – as each industry demands its own expertise. They may also have size and possibly geographic emphases that should match your start up. Some prefer for the start up to be sufficiently far…
Incubators have long been in existence in the business world and with the explosion of tech startups, incubators have been even more omnipresent. For those unfamiliar with the idea, incubators in this context, incubate neonate ideas, companies, and/or founders. In the social sector, the concept is still gaining traction though there are several players, both…
Women play a significant role in the social sector – a White House study puts the number at 73% in fact. But despite this, there’s a glass ceiling in this sector as well, where women are underrepresented in leadership positions. For some #ladyboss #girlspo (#girlspo = girl + inspiration), we are happy to feature five…