August 2011
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SXSW Panel on Crowdfunding
It doesn’t seem that long ago that we were at South by Southwest (or SXSW as the hip kids write it), just two weeks in to the StartSomeGood journey in March of this year. Amazingly, though, it’s already time to start thinking about SXSW ‘12, and we’re excited that we’ve submitted a panel entitled “Us, Together: How crowdfunding changes...
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Introducing the Pepsi Refresh Entrepreneurs Slate
Being an entrepreneur often means going it on one’s own — leaving behind the comfort of a regular job and a standard office space to pursue one’s dreams. But all entrepreneurs benefit from having the support of a community behind them, allies who share their vision and values.
That’s why we are thrilled to announce that we are working with a group of pro-entrepreneur...
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The Power of a Power Vote
Thanks to everyone for supporting StartSomeGood in the August Pepsi Refresh Challenge! We’re really excited about the momentum building around our project to build an online learning platform for young social entrepreneurs!
Yesterday, our awesome intern Allie entered in a “power code” that she found on a bottle of Pepsi and it was worth 100 votes for our project! That kind...
SocEnt Book Club (August): KaBOOM!: How One Man...
StartSomeGood is excited to introduce the third installation to our recently launched Social Entrepreneurship Book Club: KaBOOM!: How One Man Built a Movement to Save Play, written by Darell Hammond. A shift from last month’s theme, social media, we’ll now explore the ways in which entrepreneurialism, innovation, and idealism inspired one man to launch a highly successful nationwide...
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Three Ways to Vote for SSG on Pepsi Refresh
So by now somewhere between the first blog post, the tweets, the Facebook posts and emails, you’ve probably figured out that we’re in the running for a Pepsi Refresh $10k grant! If we win it we’d be able to create an online learning program for social entrepreneurs age 18-30.
Yesterday’s blog post outlines the ways that you can help us win — including signing up for...
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SSG on Pepsi Refresh
We’re really excited to announce that StartSomeGood’s proposal has been accepted to be a part of the August Pepsi Refresh Challenge for August! This is the first time we’ve competed for an online award and we’ll need your help if we’re to have a chance. This is the video submitted with our application:
If we win the $10,000 grant we will create an online learning...
