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High Tech Approaches for Building Social Enterprise:

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An article of mine just appeared in the Social Enterprise Reporter, entitled High Tech Approaches for Building Social Enterprise. The SER is one of the leading publications in the social enterprise field, and I think it's now one of the membership benefits of joining the Social Enterprise Alliance.

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8th Gathering of Social Enterprise Alliance

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Maybe I'll see you in Long Beach! I just an email noting that online registration for the Gathering closes tomorrow. I'm already registered (well, I am on the board), but thought I'd remind my buddies who are planning on attending to register now.

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Spooling up for Day One of the Gathering

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For me, the morning is the board meeting of the Social Enterprise Alliance (the hosting organization for the Gathering). Other folks will be attending the pre-conference on faith and social enterprise this morning. is the official opening reception for the Gathering: a Social Enterprise Marketplace and ice cream social.

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Getting Ready for the Gathering

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I remember back seven years, when I first met Jed Emerson and he told me that I was a social entrepreneur, but that a bunch of them were meeting for a "Gathering." This moved me to volunteer to be on the founding board of what has turned into the Social Enterprise Alliance, a foolhardy move I still don't regret! Should be fun.

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Gathering: looking back

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I wasn't surprised to find out that this was the best attended Gathering of the Social Enterprise Alliance. So many people did a great job making this the event for social enterprisers in North America. The Gathering is designed to help stave off the loneliness so many social entrepreneurs face. They kept the conference humming.

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Tuesday at the Gathering

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I met Kris Prendergast, the new CEO of the Social Enterprise Alliance, as well as new board members for the first time. Why would someone creating a social enterprise pick one of another form? The Board Meeting The board meeting went well. I'm looking forward to my last year (out of 8!) This meeting moved the conversation forward.

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New GV partner Terri Burns has a simple investment thesis: Gen Z

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Terri Burns: I grew up in Southern California, in Long Beach. It was a week-long program for people that are a little bit too young for a full-time internship. It’s funny, I grew up in California, but growing in Long Beach, I didn’t know anything about Silicon Valley whatsoever.