Tag Archives: social entrepreneur

Meet our Next 29 World Changers: Introducing Cohort 9

Introducing Cohort 9! It is our biggest cohort to date at 29 students. Each year, our pool has become more competitive, and the qualifications of our students more impressive.  This is in no small part due to the impressive accomplishments, and … Continue reading

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Three Takeaways in my First Steps as a Social Entrepreneur

This article was originally posted on Dowser. It 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 Yesse, Aaron, … Continue reading

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Building Momentum – How YOU Can Help MamaCarts

5/1/13 – This is an excerpt from an entry originally posted on MamaCarts’ blog on April 30.  It is reposted here as a follow-up to an earlier post where we introduced our followers to this fabulous social enterprise.  MamaCart’s mission is to create food … Continue reading

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Seeing Is Believing: The Power of Social Enterprise via Photos

Thanks to our wonderful GSSE MBA alumni for providing these wonderful photos. Enjoy! -Kat

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Introducing MamaCarts: The Complete, Clean, and Delicious Way to Solve Urban Food Insecurity

4/2/2013 – This guest post is written by Rachael Miller, (GSSE MBA ’12 and RPCV Benin ’06-‘08), about her new endeavor to solve urban food insecurity. She and three classmates graduated last year, but continue to build profitable ventures that … Continue reading

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Wow Kenya: Harnessing the Creativity and Energy of Young Entrepreneurs

Wow!  Big things are happening in Kenya, and I’m not talking about the recent presidential election.  Yes, the world has breathed a collective sigh of relief that a highly contested election did not lead to a repeat of the violence … Continue reading

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9 Inspirations from an Impressive Social Entrepreneur

Autumn must be the season for fantastic entrepreneurs to visit CSU, because I have been blessed to meet many this year, including Jessica Jackley, co-founder of Kiva.org, who spoke in early November I first learned of Kiva a few years … Continue reading

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