…customers, simplify content creation and build brand awareness and affinity.” 1. Practice “Social Listening” Hootsuite cites “social listening” — analyzing who’s talking about your brand and what they’re saying —…
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Andrea Paltzer: The Earth Education Project– Empowering Women in Nicaragua
Your name: Andrea Paltzer Business name: The Earth Education Project, an education and employment service for women in Nicaragua Type of Business: Social Enterprise Business location: London, England Website www.eartheducationproject.org…
Jenny Blakey of Phoster Candles: Eco-Friendly Candles Helping to Combat Global Poverty
This story is part of our 1,000 stories campaign. What’s your story? Name: Jenny Blakey Business: Phoster Candles, the maker of hand-poured, eco-friendly candles Industry: E-Commerce, Social Enterprise Location: Seattle,…
Zoe Kelland, Rebecca Siddall and Annemarieke Blankestein of Nakuru Children’s Project: Helping Students in Kenya
…relieve poverty and improve education for children in Kenya. Industry: Social Enterprise Location: Nakuru, Kenya Reason for starting: We met as three volunteer teachers, working in a public primary school…
Shien-ru Tsao: Project 116
Your Name: Shien-ru Tsao Business Name: Project 116 Type of Business: Children’s Goods & Services, Design, Social Enterprise Business Location: United States U.S. State: New York Reason for starting I…
She Runs A Mission-Driven Jewelry Company Providing Equitable Opportunity
…their stories and how hard it was for them to find long-term gainful employment. Peterson took a career 180 and decided to start a social enterprise that would provide equitable…
Emily Raleigh of Smart Girls Group: Bringing Smart Girls Together
…and opportunities Industry: Social Enterprise Location: Bronx, New York, U.S. Reason for starting: I wrote a book for my sister, who was a freshman during my senior year of high…
Dr. Leslie Grace of Elements of Community Inc.: Inspiring, Empowering, and Enlightening Opportunities for Inner City Youth
This story is part of our 1,000 stories campaign. What’s your story? Name: Dr. Leslie Grace Business: Elements of Community, Inc. , social enterprise for inner city youth Industry: Children’s…
Young Entrepreneurs: Jessica O. Matthews and Julia Silverman
…will be even lighter and more energy efficient. Uncharted Play Last May, Matthews and Silverman set up their social enterprise, Uncharted Play, to create fun products and services that address…
Starting Over In 2019? How To Overcome Painful Career Setbacks
…she is the founder of We Care Solar, a social enterprise whose solar suitcases light up maternity wards in developing nations, saving pregnant women’s lives. [Related: Read the entire We…
Gabriela Flores: Kirah Design
Your Name: Gabriela Flores Business Name: Kirah Design, a producer of accessories and decorative pieces made by bolivian artisans Type of Business: Design/Home & Housewares/Social Enterprise Business Location: La Paz,…
How ‘Orange is the New Black’ Inspired This Luxury T-Shirt Company
…design background. Together, the two launched Road Twenty-Two as a for-profit social enterprise in 2014. “We jumped into it,” Ghobadian says. They found a warehouse space, a sewing factory and…
Surekha Waldia: ELNA– A New Model For Learning
Your Name: Surekha Waldia Business Name: ELNA (Experiential Learning via Nature Based Activity), an activities service aimed at turing passive learners into achievers Type of Business: Social Enterprise Business Location:…
A Social Media Agency Takes an Edgy Approach
Pat Law, who started her social media agency, Goodstuph, in Singapore in 2010, has developed a reputation for being unconventional. She has cropped hair, tattoos and funky glasses, and is…
‘American Enterprise’ – Entrepreneurship for the ‘Other’
…success in enterprise. Understanding gender differences in enterprise is an important first step to improving conditions for would-be women entrepreneurs. The Story Exchange: Do women business owners of color grapple…