For a few years now, there's been a rising tide of activism and talk of capitalism 2.0 -- is anyone actually riding this wave, or is it mostly talk?
If anyone is actively working on (or with) a social enterprise, or if you know of any, I'd really appreciate it if you can loop me in!
The thinking I have in mind is that entrepreneurship is difficult enough and the desire to make social impact introduces a sometimes competing demand.
I wanted to get some perspective on what this is like and if there were any role models out there to study as I am keen on going down this road!
Thank you in advance!
Hey Oliver. I moved this to our Social Entrepreneurship group. 😊
Thank you Rosie!
@benrmatthews just finished an MVP of GoodHere.org
A directory of social impact organisations. Aiming to add newsletter and community features
I’ve been researching and learning about social entrepreneurship for over a year now (still have A LOT to learn, so I’m by no means an expert). I’m looking forward to learning and engaging with you all on this topic!
A couple thoughts in response to your post:
We've built up a free medical web-app (GrepMed) to make it easier for doctors, nurses, med students, pharmacists, paramedics etc find actionable information at the bedside. Sort of unbundling IG/pinterest for the medical community.
Part of my reason for creating this was the burnout that's rampant in medicine, a small part coming from the text/information overload in medicine.
Traffic has grown significantly and it's cool to see our site being used in hundreds of countries worldwide where they can't afford expensive subscription service ($hundreds/year). We're hoping to monetize eventually but are committed to keeping the core features free.