The Weekend Entrepreneur: Extended Edition

by Nathaniel Whittemore · 2009-06-21 17:44:00 UTC
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In honor of a long graduation weekend (at least at Northwestern) and Father's Day, we're doing a special extended edition of the Weekend Entrepreneur.

Empowering Refugees: Interview with Kjerstin Erickson of FORGE: In honor of World Refugee Day, Britt Bravo interviews the founder of FORGE. The story about how their model of collaborative project planning with refugees evolved really comes out here.

Why Non-Profits are So Good at Social Media: The Harvard Business Review blog writes about how customer-intensive businesses can learn from nonprofit engagement with their stakeholders.

Twitter ripped the veil off ‘the other' - and we saw ourselves: Political blogger Andrew Sullivan uses his Sunday column to talk about the sociological and empathetic impact of Twitter and social media during the Iran uprising.

The Benefits of a Classical Education: Social media guru Tim O'Reilly writes about the value and importance of an education in the classics to frame an understanding of the world in which one operates.

Where Do Philanthropy and Service Meet?: Case Foundation Kari ponders the relationship between philanthropy and service in advance of moderating a panel on Wednesday at the National Conference on Volunteering and Service.

A Venn Diagram for Business Success: A really interesting, simple framework for running a business. I think there are implications for how nonprofits and social entrepreneurs can stick to their missions as well.

Andreessen and Horowitz Complete Raising Dough for $300-Million Venture Fund-Let the Seed Investing Begin!: More examples that there is still some capital flowing, Netscape founder and internet guru Marc Andreessen has successfully raised his first venture fund, which will invest up to $1m at a time in early stage enterprises.

Microsoft forms Social Enterprise Alliance: Jeff Trexler points out a curious case of trademarking, noting how Microsoft has formed their own Social Enterprise Alliance, able to name it so because the existing Social Enterprise Alliance doesn't have a trademark. Important behind-the-scenes stuff.

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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