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Thursday, December 27, 2012 — South Asia
Tata launches 'Social Enterprise Challenge'
Source: New York Daily News
Mumbai, Dec 27 — Aiming to find the country's most promising social enterprises, the Tata Group has launched the 'Tata Social Enterprise Challenge' in association with the Indian Institute of Management Calcutta (IIMC), a company statement said here Thursday.
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Thursday, December 20, 2012 — No Region Specified
Skoll Foundation Announces 2013 Award Winners
Source: Skoll Foundation Blog
The Skoll Foundation today announced the winners of its 2013 Skoll Awards for Social Entrepreneurship (SASEs).
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Tuesday, November 27, 2012 — No Region Specified
Meet the 2012 Young Laureates of the Rolex Awards for Enterprise
Source: National Geographic
Five young men and women who embody the spirit of enterprise, the ideas and will to make the world a better place, were named today the 2012 Young Laureates of the Rolex Awards for Enterprise.
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Wednesday, November 14, 2012 — South Asia
Student Social Entrepreneurs from India Win the 2012 Intel Global Challenge
Source: Social Enterprise Buzz
With a “jugaad” mindset embedded in the culture, India has no shortage of social innovators cooking up solutions to the world’s ills. As a matter of fact, the Greenway Grameen Infra (GGI) team from India has just been announced as the winners of the 2012 Intel Global Challenge at UC Berkeley, receiving $50,000 from the Intel Foundation on their invention of a biomass-based stove that increases fuel efficiency.
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Thursday, November 08, 2012 — Sub-Saharan Africa
Enablis, ILO, unveil business competition
Source: Business Daily
The Enablis Entrepreneurial Network East Africa and International Labour Organisation (ILO) on Thursday launched the 2012 annual business plan competition aimed at identifying and growing emerging and existing entrepreneurs.
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Friday, November 02, 2012 — No Region Specified
Santa Clara University Welcomes Applications from Investment-Ready Social Enterprises
Source: Market Watch Press Release
SANTA CLARA, Calif., Nov 01, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Applications are now open for Santa Clara University's Global Social Benefit Incubator (GSBI(TM)), an 11-year-old program that helps social entrepreneurs create greater impact in their poverty-alleviating missions.
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Wednesday, October 10, 2012 — No Region Specified
Village Capital & Venture Well Team Up to Launch an Accelerator Focused on Clean Tech and Mobile ICT
Source: Blue Sky
Village Capital and the National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance’s (NCIIA) Venture Well have joined to offer early stage IT and cleantech entrepreneurs the opportunity to win $100,000 in seed money. Teams selected from across the nation will take part in a two and a half month competition beginning with a conference for selectees the weekend of November 29, 2012 in Boston. T
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Monday, September 24, 2012 — No Region Specified
Hult Global Case Challenge To Announce Incubator-Based 'NGO 2.0' At Clinton Global Initiative Conference
Source: Forbes
In April, I wrote about the Hult Global Case Challenge, a worldwide social entrepreneurship challenge hosted by the Hult International Business School, an entity owned by Swedish billionaire Bertil Hult (worth $3 billion as of March), the entrepreneur who made his fortune by building language and cultural learning giant EF Education First.
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Friday, September 21, 2012 — Europe & Eurasia
Apply for the Siemens Stiftung Foundation: Empowering People Award
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With the “empowering people. Award”, the Siemens Stiftung would like to identify efficient technical solutions which empower people in developing and emerging countries to independently combat existential problems in basic supply.
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Monday, September 17, 2012 — South Asia
ISB competition for social entrepreneurship ideas
Source: The Hindu Business Line
Do you have an idea that has a potential to make a social impact? The Indian School of Business (ISB) has announced iDiya, a nationwide idea competition for working professionals who are interested in starting ventures with a potential to create a positive impact on society.
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Tuesday, August 21, 2012 — No Region Specified
SIFP and Fledge Form Partnership
Source: Fledge Press Release
Social Innovation Fast Pitch (“SIFP”) has partnered with Fledge, the “conscious company” incubator, to provide additional advice, mentorship, and support to the for-profit finalists of the SIFP 2012 program. Additionally, the SIFP 2012 Fund II investors have selected Fledge to manage the operations of this year’s $100,000 investment fund.
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