Business Plans
- Business plans for social enterprises and social purpose businesses (MaRS)
- Elements of a pitch deck (MaRS)
Canadian Organizations involved in social entrepreneurship
- SiG@MaRS: http://www.marsdd.com/aboutmars/partners/sig
- Ashoka Canada: http://canada.ashoka.org/
- Centre for Social Innovation: http://socialinnovation.ca/
- Young Social Entrepreneurs of Canada: http://www.ysec.org/
- Aperio: http://www.aperio.ca/
Canadian Organizations involved in social finance
- Social Capital Partners: http://www.socialcapitalpartners.ca/
- Social Venture Partners Toronto: http://www.svptoronto.org/
- Renewal Partners: http://www.renewalpartners.com/
- Vancity: http://www.vancity.com/
- Social Venture Exchange: http://socialventureexchange.org/
- Enterprising Non-Profits: http://www.enterprisingnonprofits.ca/
- Carleton Centre for Community Innovation: http://www.carleton.ca/3ci/3ci_files/SocialFinance.htm
- ClearlySo: http://www.clearlyso.ca/
- Chantier de l’économie sociale: http://www.chantier.qc.ca/
International Organizations involved in social entrepreneurship
- REDF: http://www.redf.org/
- Skoll Foundation: http://www.skollfoundation.org/
- Acumen Fund: http://www.acumenfund.org/
- Unreasonable Institute: http://unreasonableinstitute.org/
- Kiva: http://www.kiva.org/
- Microplace: https://www.microplace.com/
- Grameen Bank: http://www.grameenfoundation.org/
- Endeavor: http://www.endeavor.org/
- Echoing Green: http://www.echoinggreen.org/
- StartingBloc: http://www.startingbloc.org/
- Sparkseed: http://www.sparkseed.org/
Blogs
- Socialfinance.ca: http://www.socialfinance.ca/
- Tactical Philanthropy: http://www.tacticalphilanthropy.com/
- Change.org: http://socialentrepreneurship.change.org/
- Philanthropy 2173: http://philanthropy.blogspot.com/
- Next Billion: http://www.nextbillion.net/
- Philanthrocapitalism: http://www.philanthrocapitalism.net/
- Acumen Fund: http://blog.acumenfund.org/
- Social Earth: http://www.socialearth.org/
- WorldChanging: http://www.worldchanging.com/
- GOOD: http://www.good.is/
- SEEChange: http://www.seechangemagazine.ca/
- Dowser: http://dowser.org/
- Triple Pundit: http://triplepundit.com/
- Dan Palotta: http://blogs.hbr.org/pallotta/
Reference sites
- Social Edge: http://www.socialedge.org/ (comprehensive Blogs and Discussions sections)
- Alltop – Social Entrepreneurship: http://social-entrepreneurship.alltop.com/
- Stanford Social Innovation Review: http://www.ssireview.org/
- TED: http://www.ted.com/
- Canadian Social Entrepreneurship Foundation: http://www.csef.ca/
- Social Enterprise Alliance: http://www.se-alliance.org/
- Idea Encore: https://www.ideaencore.com/
- Foundation Center: http://foundationcenter.org/
- Beyond Profit: http://beyondprofitmag.com/
- Chronicle of Philanthropy: http://philanthropy.com/
- Idealist: http://www.idealist.org/
- B-Corporation: http://www.bcorporation.net/
- Blended Value: http://www.blendedvalue.org/
- Charity Village: http://www.charityvillage.com/
Twitter lists (#socent)
- Twitter charity suggestions: https://twitter.com/invitations/suggestions/charity
- Social Edge: http://www.socialedge.org/blogs/the-edge/twitter-for-social-entrepreneurship-the-top-100-to-follow/
- The Big List of Social Entrepreneurs: http://sites.google.com/site/socentontwitter/
Conferences and Business Plan Contests
- Social Capital Markets: http://www.socialcapitalmarkets.net/
- Skoll World Forum: http://www.skollworldforum.com/
- Poptech: http://www.poptech.org/
- Social Enterprise Alliance: http://www.se-alliance.org/summit.cfm
- Harvard Social Enterprise Conference: http://socialenterpriseconference.org/
- Social Enterprise Conference @ Columbia Business School: http://www4.gsb.columbia.edu/socialenterprise/events/conferences/
- The Feast: http://www.feastongood.com/
- Global Social Venture Competition: http://www.gsvc.org/
- Global Social Entrepreneurship Competition @ University of Washington: http://foster.washington.edu/gsec/