Category Archives: Impact Investing and Startup Financing

GSSE Venture Prepares to Scale Up Solar Business in Peru

Posted on December 21, 2016 by

12/21/16 – The Global Social and Sustainable Enterprise MBA program has been educating entrepreneurs since 2007 at Colorado State University. In our very first cohort, a team of students started PowerMundo, which continues distributing off-grid clean energy products in Peru. … Continue reading →

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Saving the Best for Last: Improving the Quality of Life for the Elderly

Posted on July 20, 2016 by

7/20/16 – This guest post is written by three students in the Global Social and Sustainable Enterprise MBA program who are working on finding ways to improve the quality of life for the elderly. Please join Nick, Shorouk, and Labeat … Continue reading →

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Ready, Set, Field Work! Student Entrepreneurs Getting their Hands Dirty

Posted on May 12, 2015 by

In a few weeks, 20 students in the Global Social and Sustainable Enterprise MBA program at Colorado State University will initiate on average 40 days of field work. This experience is a key differentiator of this MBA program, but also … Continue reading →

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Pulling Together to Beat the Middlemen

Posted on October 14, 2014 by

10/13/14 – This post is written by Armand Tossou, a Fulbright scholar from Benin who is an MBA Candidate in the Global Social and Sustainable Enterprise MBA program at Colorado State University. Armand and his co-founders Aaron and Leana are starting a … Continue reading →

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Funding the Future: Getting Student Entrepreneurs into the Field

Posted on May 2, 2014 by

In order to make a business work, it has to be tested. Entrepreneurs can’t expect to make a million dollars on their first try, and it’s often hardest to make the first sale. But getting to the point of the … Continue reading →

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Making A Difference: You Have to Walk the Talk

Posted on March 31, 2014 by

The Global Social and Sustainable Enterprise MBA program is proud to present the 7th cohort of ventures. Over the past several months, they have grown from fledging ideas into realistic enterprises. They have pivoted, crashed and burned, risen from the … Continue reading →

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Building Momentum: GSSE student venture sprouts from a passion for sustainability

Posted on March 24, 2014 by

3/18/2014 – This post was written by Natalie Hansen, and was originally posted on the College of Business website. A small fungus has taken over the sustainable enterprise world — and is improving the lives of rural Vietnamese farmers in the process. … Continue reading →

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Stay Tuned… GSSE Students Going Above and Beyond

Posted on March 4, 2014 by

Stay tuned for updates regarding some of the awesome successes of our Global Social and Sustainable Enterprise MBA students, alumni, and ventures over the past several months.  Too much good stuff to review in one single post, so this will … Continue reading →

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Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is: The Importance of Being Business Savvy

Posted on February 14, 2014 by

2/13/14 – This guest post is written by current GSSE MBA Candidate Katie Bessert. Katie is starting an impact investing fund that focuses on the water industry. “We all stand for something, and my bias is to do things that … Continue reading →

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The Triple Bottom Line: How are we counting what?

Posted on November 13, 2013 by

11/13/13 – This guest post is written by Alistair Cook, a student in the 7th Cohort of the Global Social and Sustainable Enterprise MBA at Colorado State University. The Global Social and Sustainable Enterprise MBA is marketed as a ‘triple … Continue reading →

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