The Global Social Benefit Incubator (GSBI) at Santa Clara University’s sector approach to social enterprise highlights the benefits of cross-learning and benchmarking, and looks for ways to overcome barriers to scale and leverage nascent opportunities within sectors. Delegates will learn how the GSBI’s sector approach can be applied to their own ventures, develop a map of vertical markets that are ripe for scaling, and learn about tools for accelerating best practice development within their sector.
Session Description
Time & Location
Time:
14:00 - 15:30, Thursday, March 26, 2009 BSTSpeakers
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SpeakerExecutive Director, Global Social Benefit IncubatorJim Koch is the Bill Terry Professor of Management and Director of the Global Social Benefit Incubator Network and Sector Strategy. GSBI Network is comprised of mission-aligned universities that seek to spread social enterprise incubation capacity by localising Santa Clara University's successful…
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SpeakerSenior Entrepreneur in Residence, AshokaAl Hammond is senior entrepreneur in residence at Ashoka: Innovators for the Public, where he is working on rural healthcare transformation, collaborating with social entrepreneurs in 6 countries. He is also on the faculty at the Santa Clara Social Benefit Incubator, where is helping to develop…