Global Social Venture Competition

The purpose of GSVC is to actively support and promote the creation and growth of successful social ventures around the world. We define a social venture as an enterprise that has both financial and social goals integral to its purpose. We strive to elevate the visibility of the field and the quality and quantity of new ventures through our annual business plan competition. Each year our competition rewards a number of social ventures that are most likely to succeed in accomplishing their financial and social missions.

We also work to educate and increase the pool of leaders who can start and grow social ventures. We do this through a dedicated relationship to business schools and to MBA students throughout the world. We will also educate a wider audience of faculty, investors, entrepreneurs, and the broader business community on the value of socially responsible business models as well as the viability of such models. By reaching the students, investors and entrepreneurs of today we hope to create a new generation of future business leaders, one that values both the profit and social potential of business.

• Neha Mehta wrote (2 months ago):

  GSVC Executive Summary Online Submission Jan 20, 2010 Deadline:
  
  If your team is based in US, Europe (non-French speaking), Africa or South America, a friendly reminder to please submit an Executive Summary via the You Noodle application by January 20, 2010. For more details about the competition and the executive summary round, please visit http://www.gsvc.org/the_competition
  
  If you have questions, please refer to our FAQs (http://www.gsvc.org/the_competition/frequently_asked_ques...)or contact us at gsvc@haas.berkeley.edu

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• Ian Fisk wrote (4 months ago):

  The William James Foundation has announced 8 competitions that together provide $100,000 in cash and in kind support for sustainable entrepreneurs. Entrants can be of any age or from anywhere in the world. First round deadline is December 4th. Details at: www.williamjamesfoundation.org/press.

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• Ian Fisk wrote (1 year ago):

  Folks:
  
  The William James Foundation Socially Responsible Business Plan Competition supports startup mission-driven for-profit organizations. You do not need to be a current student or affiliated with a particular school. We are accepting executive summaries from now until December 12th, 2008. We are deliberately earlier than similar projects (like GSVC) so you can enter our competition and use the feedback for GSVC. Details at http://younoodle.com/groups/william_james_foundation_comp... Contact me with questions at ian.fisk@willamjamesfoundatiton.org
  

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• Silvia Lacayo wrote (1 year ago):

  April 1st is the deadline for early bird registration to the GSVC Symposium on Social Entrepreneurship, happening at the UCSF Mission Bay Conference Center in San Francisco. Visit www.gsvc.org to register!

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• Melissa Higbie wrote (1 year ago):

  2008 Symposium on Social Entrepreneurship
  UCSF Mission Bay Conference Center
  San Francisco, California
  
  SATURDAY, APRIL 19, 2008
  
  To register and for more information, visit www.gsvc.org

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