Former Seventh Generation founder Jeffrey Hollender–himself a social enterprise pioneer–pays tribute to the companies who made doing good part of their mission before it was the cool thing to do.

A woman living in a rural village in Bangladesh is not feeling well. Getting to the nearest hospital to see a doctor would take two hours and be a considerable expense. Luckily, she lives in the same ...

The concept of social enterprises -- businesses and organizations that focus both on making a profit and a positive impact on people -- isn't new. A well-known example is Goodwill Industries ...

In a year where we have already seen Uber, Lyft, and Zoom go public, as well as African e-commerce platform Jumia, it’s clear that 2019 is shaping up to be the year of the tech IPO. These tech IPOs ...

The impact of social enterprises could be amplified with more funding and better policies. Social enterprises, which make up 3% of all businesses globally, stand out from traditional businesses by ...

Questioning the popular point-blank juxtaposition of "new social enterprises" and "old providers" of social services, the paper argues that contingency is an important feature of any organizational ...

What are the challenges of running a for-profit social enterprise? originally appeared on Quora: the place to gain and share knowledge, empowering people to learn from others and better understand the ...

When I told Lew Frees, of Harmony Inc., that I was writing this article he told me a story about how the Beatles created the album Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. Sergeant Pepper came out ...