Social Entrepreneurship and Innovation Lab

"The course is about learning how to take an entrepreneurial perspective to bring new ideas to challenge nonprofits to be a little bit more business-like. I really like that because i think a lot of nonprofits could be more financially stable to be more successful."
Melanie Goldring (MSW-MSP '19)

Learn more about our graduate courses in Social Entrepreneurship and read the full interview with Melanie at: https://sei-lab.wustl.edu/2018/04/12/graduate-courses-an-entrepreneurial-perspective-in-social-work/

Our interdisciplinary teams of graduate students are tackling racial inequity in infant mortality. Come listen to their final pitches this Friday (April 6th) from 9-11am in Goldberg Formal Lounge.

Learn more about these 30 young Asian entrepreneurs creating social change in their communities:
https://www.forbes.com/sites/ranawehbe/2018/03/26/30-under-30-asia-2018-the-social-entrepreneurs-bringing-positive-change-to-asia/

30 Under 30 Asia 2018: The Social Entrepreneurs Bringing Positive Change To Asia Be it poverty, lack of access to education, poor record of women's rights or environmental impact, these inspiring 30 Under 30 Asia list honorees are tackling big issues and finding innovative and sustainable solution to make a positive change in the region.

INTERNSHIPS in Social Enterprise!!
Visit https://seic.wustl.edu/programs/summer-intern/ to learn more.
APPLICATION DEADLINE: March 31, 2018
Contact Kalin Pearce with any questions regarding eligibility or the program.

Browsed around today because who isn't always thinking about food? Found this internship, don't know any of the details but it looks pretty cool!
http://www.urbanharveststl.org/internship

Internship

Our Idea Phase accelerator helps budding social entrepreneurs create a minimum viable prototype (MVP) to test their idea for a social enterprise.

https://seic.wustl.edu/programs/accelerator/

We celebrated the opening of our lab space in Goldfarb 32 with breakfast followed by a talk by Rick Alexander.

Rick Alexander has practiced law for 26 years at Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP, including four years as managing partner. He remains counsel to the firm. During that time, he was selected as one of the ten most highly regarded corporate governance lawyers worldwide, as Delaware Mergers & Acquisitions Lawyer of the Year, as Delaware Corporate Law Lawyer of the Year, and as one of the 500 leading lawyers in the United States.

In 2015, Rick became the Head of Legal Policy at B Corporation. In that position, Rick works with lawyers, companies, investors, legislators and regulators around the world, seeking to create sustainable corporate governance structures.

Rick has written three books, The Public Benefit Corporation Guidebook and The Delaware Corporation, and his third book, Benefit Corporation Law and Governance: Pursuing Profit with Purpose, published by Berrett-Koehler Publishers.