Links for For-Profit Social Entrepreneurs

by Nathaniel Whittemore · 2008-12-10 07:47:00 UTC
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A lot of watchful eyes are keeping track of the economy's impact on the venture capital scene. As more and more social entreprenreurs create for-profit organizations that combine social and financial missions, there is an emerging social capital market ecosystem that includes many social venture capital firms. For people from a nonprofit background, these groups can sometimes be a bit of a mystery. A few interesting posts from the last few days on venture capital and for-profit investors:

  • Andy Funk: Entrepreneur Turned Socially-Concious Venture Capitalist - a cool post on Triple Pundit about the entrepreneur behind Helping.org (which became Network for Good) and his approach to social venture capital.

  • The No-Bull-Shittake Investor Wishlist - re-printed from Guy Kawasaki's "Reality Check" which I'll be reviewing here soon, a great list to help the aspiring entrepreneur think about their interaction with investors. Key advice: be real.

  • Could VC be a Casaulty of the Recession? - an absolutely fascinating essay by Y-Combinator founder and general startup guru Paul Graham that basically argues that when web-based entrepreneurs realize they can achieve profitability without investor capital, it could kill the VC industry as we know it. Must read for web folks.

Nathaniel Whittemore is the founder of Assetmap. Previously he was the founding director of the Northwestern University Center for Global Engagement.
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