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Social Enterprise Reading List

May 01, 2015

The latest stories on social innovation from around the globe.

Social Enterprise Reading List Startup Digest is curated by:
Shevika Mishra

Shevika Mishra

Contact Shevika Mishra at shevika.mishra@startupdigestmail.com

Karthik Shankar

Karthik Shankar

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Social Change and the Shadow Side of Passion

Geraldine Hepp and Roshan Paul - Stanford Social Innovation Review

Major opportunities to change the world often lie within our biggest personal challenges.

In Pursuit of the Perfect Brainstorm

DAVID SEGAL - Longreads.com

Though they offer different messages, idea entrepreneurs have plenty in common. Quite a few of them have published books with the word "innovation" in the title. All of them hate to be called consultants. "I like to position myself as a thought leader," says Vijay Govindarajan, a professor at Dartmouth's Tuck School of Business and co-author of "The Other Side of Innovation." "A consultant solves problems," Govindarajan says. "That is not my role. What I want is for companies to self-diagnose their problems and self-discover their own solutions through my thought leadership."

Don’t rush to Nepal to help. Read this first

Claire Bennett - The Guardian

You may want to help victims of the earthquake, but they don’t need unskilled volunteers or aid they can’t use. Here’s what you can do that won’t get in the way

Speeding The Convergence of Impact and Profit

Nikon Rasumov - Markets for Good

Nikon Rasumov, co-founder of Pullapproach outlines a route to data collection with lower transaction costs and, thus, a shorter route to impact for social enterprises.

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