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From Onet, Peter Rees, and others, have collected some awesome resources.

http://www.omidyar.net/group/foodchain/ws/Resources/



What ia a Social Purpose Enterprize?

`social purpose enterprise project` : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_enterprise

`Social Enterprise Alliance` : http://www.se-alliance.org/

`The Social Enterprise Sourcebook` : http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/097138990X/qid=1119637374/sr=8-1/ref=sr_8_xs_ap_i1_xgl14/104-3766717-3948746?v=glance&s=books&n=507846

`Social Enterprise Reporter` : http://www.sereporter.com/

`New Heroes Social Entrepreneur Resources` : http://www.pbs.org/opb/thenewheroes/whatis/resources.html


Marketing

`The Art of Cause Marketing` : http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0071387021/qid=1120154514/sr=8-1/ref=sr_8_xs_ap_i1_xgl14/104-3766717-3948746?v=glance&s=books&n=507846

`Brand Spirit: How Cause Related Marketing Builds Brands` : http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0471499447/qid=1120154579/sr=8-8/ref=sr_8_xs_ap_i7_xgl14/104-3766717-3948746?v=glance&s=books&n=507846


News

`Nonprofit Online News` : http://news.gilbert.org/

`CSRwire.com -- Corporate Social Responsibility Newswire` : http://www.csrwire.com/


Magazines

`Greater Good Magazine` : http://peacecenter.berkeley.edu/greater_current_issue.html

`Worthwhile Magazine` : http://www.worthwhilemag.com/

`Inspire Your World` : http://www.inspireyourworld.com/

`ODE Magazine` : http://www.odemagazine.com/

`World Pulse` : http://www.worldpulsemagazine.com/

`What is Enlightenment?` : http://www.wie.org/

`UTNE` : http://www.utne.com/

`Yes! Magazine` : http://www.yesmagazine.org/

`In Business, The Magazine For Sustainable Enterprises & Communities` : http://www.inbusiness.org/inbusine.htm


Awards

`Social Capitalist Awards 2004` : http://www.fastcompany.com/social/2004/

`Social Capitalist Awards 2005` : http://www.fastcompany.com/social/2005/

`Amazon Nonprofit Innovation Award` : http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/browse/-/13786331/ref%3Dnia%5Fsu%5F/104-3766717-3948746


Tips, Tactics, and Strategies--what to do, what not to do, and reflections on it all

`Three Reasons Why Good Strategies Fail:` : http://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/article/1252.cfm

`Role Models of Rigor and Vision` : http://news.gilbert.org/KibbeSkollFdn

`Top 5 Startup Mistakes` : http://southeastvc.blogs.com/southeast_vc/2006/02/top_5_startup_m.html


Foundations/Organizations Supporting Social Entrepreneurs

`Skoll Foundation` : http://www.skollfoundation.org/

`The Institute for Social Entrepreneurs` : http://www.socialent.org/

`Social Edge` : http://www.socialedge.org/

`The Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship` : http://www.schwabfound.org/

`Building Blocks International` : http://www.bblocks.org

`Better Together` : http://www.bettertogether.org/

`Pioneers of Change` : http://www.pioneersofchange.net/

`Ashoka` : http://www.ashoka.org/


Yet to be organized

`Social & Environmental Technology` : http://www.set-info.com/

`ImagineNations Group` : http://www.imaginenations.org/

`Open Business` : http://openbusiness.cc/

`REDF publications` : http://www.redf.org/publications-intro.htm

`Must-See PDFs` : http://accelerating.org/ac2005/subpages/kb_pdfs.html

`Stanford Social Innovation Review` : http://www.ssireview.com/

`Business Ethics` : http://www.business-ethics.com/

`Elance` : http://www.elance.com

`Global Social Venture Competition` : http://www.socialvc.net/index.cfm?fuseaction=Page.viewPage&pageId=13&parentID=10&nodeID=1

`SocialFunds` : http://www.socialfunds.com/

`KLD Research & Analytics - Socially Responsible Investing and Research` : http://www.kld.com/

`Alonova` : http://www.alonovo.com/

`The Naked Corporation: How the Age of Transparency Will Revolutionize Business` : http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0743246500/103-0285242-3292642?v=glance&n=283155&v=glance

`Hints for proposing deals . . . (or, "My word, this inbox is a mess")` : http://www.whatisleft.org/lookie_here/2005/09/want_to_do_busi.html

`Self-Assessment: The First Action Requirement of Leadership` : http://www.pfdf.org/leaderbooks/sat/questions.html

`Guide to Financing for Social Enterprise` : http://www.smallbusinessbc.ca/pdf/guidetofinance_june05_eng.pdf

`Bill Strickland` : http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/17/genius.html

`The Design of Leadership` : http://designconference.aiga.org/resources/content/2/7/0/7/documents/MSP_BillStrickland.mp3

`zigi` : http://www.xigi.net

`Social Impact Management and Social Enterprise: Two Sides of the Same Coin or a Totally Different Currency?` : http://www.aspeninstitute.org/atf/cf/%7BDEB6F227-659B-4EC8-8F84-8DF23CA704F5%7D/SOCIMPACTSOCENT.PDF

`The Next Sustainability Wave` : http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0865715327/103-7291725-3363854?v=glance&n=283155

`Grassroots Channel` : http://www.bcen.net/page.php?identity=podcast&sitemap_id=333

_`b:cen` : http://www.bcen.net/

`Experimental Entrepreneurship: Removing the 'Tin Cup Dependencies'` : http://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/article/1376.cfm

`Societal Wealth Creation via Experimental Entrepreneurial Philanthropy` : http://www.wep.wharton.upenn.edu/files/Paper327.pdf

`Social Enterprise Coalition Case Studies` : http://www.socialenterprise.org.uk/Page.aspx?SP=1483

`Making Markets Work for the Poor` : http://www.care.ca/downloads/publ/MakingMarketsWork-V1(wproposals)E.pdf


`Namaste Direct` : http://www.socialedge.org/events%20resources/021406/breakthecycle.mov

`Acumen Fund` : http://www.acumenfundblog.org/

`Nonprofit Finance Fund` : http://www.nonprofitfinancefund.org/default.asp

`New Ways of Capitalizing Social Enterprise` : http://www.allavida.org/alliance/axmar06b.html

`... the Bottom Line Is Impact, Not Profits` : http://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/article/1418.cfm

`If The Shoe Fits: Nonprofit or For-Profit?` : http://www.redf.org/download/other/REDF_If_the_Shoe_Fits_FINAL.pdf

`An Enterprising Failure: Why a promising social franchise collapsed` : http://www.ssireview.com/pdf/2006SP_casestudy_Tracey_Jarvis.pdf

`Innovations` : http://www.mitpressjournals.org/loi/itgg

`Everyone A Changemaker` : http://www.mitpressjournals.org/doi/pdfplus/10.1162/itgg.2006.1.1.80

`VSO` : http://www.vso.org.uk/

`Fundraising Guide for NGOs` : http://catalogue.vsoint.org/datastore/Docs/Misc/fundraising_guide_NGO.pdf

`Balancing Markets and Values` : http://www.riseproject.org/rise-sep-report.pdf

`RISE` : http://www.riseproject.org/

`Social Venture Network books` : http://www.svnbooks.com/

`Social Innovation Podcasting Channel` : http://www.siconversations.org/