Social enterprise today: Thursday 12 December
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Version 0 of 1. Good morning and welcome to our daily space on the network to bring you the latest news, advice and analysis from the sector. • On the network today, Tom Cropper discusses Hong Kong's social entrepreneurs. He argues that with a global financial hub and a highly educated population, the region is throwing open its doors to social entrepreneurs. • Today we opened Day 12 of our social enterprise Christmas advent calendar. For the chance to win our Christmas hamper, tell us why you buy social in a comment on our open thread. Follow our hashtag #socentxmas for updates. • Elsewhere, Pioneers Post debates whether impact bonds are the first step towards a Star Trek ecomony. In essence, this represents an economy where money is redundant and the driving force of the business is to better themselves and the rest of humanity. • Social Enterprise Buzz reports that Tugende, a social enterprise in Uganda that helps boda-boda (motorcycle taxi) drivers own their vehicles, has raised $300,000 in seed funding. Boda-bodas, which originate from East Africa, are the main sources of income for young men who often have not completed school because they drop out to work and support their families. • In other news, the Huffington Post reports on what entrepreneurs can learn from Nelson Mandela. Penina Rybak argues that Mandela's activism planted the seeds for what is now known as social entrepreneurship and that fostering change is as much an internal thought process and emotive experience as it is an external marketing campaign. • Our job of the week is for a marketing officer at the Energy Institute. Click here for full details to apply - the deadline for applications is 13 December and interviews will take place on 19 December. If you'd like to share your thoughts on any of the social enterprise issues in the news today – or there's another news story you'd like us to mention - please get in touch by leaving a comment below the line or tweeting us at @GuardianSocEnt. <strong>For more news, opinions and ideas about the </strong><strong>social enterprise</strong><strong> sector, join our </strong><strong>community</strong> Our editors' picks for the day's top news and commentary delivered to your inbox each morning. |