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EntrepreneurFinder is a free interactive resource designed around the needs of entrepreneurs, students, skilled individuals, professionals and investors. The idea behind the site, is to give our users the ability to take control of their professional and entrepreneurial careers from start to finish. And, provide them with tools to find employment or create ways to become self employed. The site assists everyone from students looking for mentors to recruiters and entrepreneurs looking for professionals to investors looking for the next great company in search of funding. By bringing these people together, EntrepreneurFinder will start to act as an online feeder system for entrepreneurship, funneling all the key resources needed to a single freely accessible platform. 20% of new jobs come from start-ups. We need to do all we can to give motivated individuals the tools that they need to build a successful company and employ others.
Luke - 01/19/2012
Finding the people with the skills needed to help realise ideas can be extremely difficult, especially when you lack the necessary network of contacts. The Creative Co-Op is an enabler for all young creatives, allowing them to source collaboration from amongst their peer group.
Max - 01/14/2012
Inspiring young citizens to co-create social impact in their communities.
Yogesh - 01/09/2012
"Wouldn't it be great if young people could find out about jobs or skill-building, mentoring & learning opportunities, entrepreneurship, and, say, rock-and-roll-camp for girls - through a single RSS feed? And what if the feed was customizable - so that said young people (or parents/guardians/mentors) could subscribe to an organization (that hosts such activities), a venue (near home, for example), or a specific firm where said young people might really, really want to work?"
Kristin - 01/06/2012
I want to revolutionise the way that refugees, asylum seekers and trafficked persons access rehabilitation by providing a national network of Rehabilitation Advocates, drawn from the refugee community. This is complimented by expert training for service providers. This places refugees at the heart of the solution to the problem and improves their integration prospects.
Lucinda - 04/26/2011
south London has little or no social enterprise network, spaces, support to get your ideas off the ground etc. I want to create this and get a social enterprise buzz going south of the river. what I need to get going is: social entrepreneurs / social enterprises in south London Venues to hold informal networking events Some oher team members to help get this going advice and support and ideas - what else can we do? what is needed?
Isebail - 04/13/2011
Email : temiodear@hotmail.com
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Interests : Social Firms, social enterprise, social entrepreneurship, social innovation
Email : ted.fowler@bristol.gov.uk
Organization : Economic Development, Bristol Futures Division, Bristol City Council
Role : "Officer":- team worker
Interests : appreciative inquiry, asset transfer, citizen engagement, co-creation, economic development, entrepreneurship, equity and social justice., placemaking and leadership, civic entrepreneurship, Partnership: risk and trust, Problem solving, commons
Organization : KAGIDER Women Entrepreneurs Association of Turkey
Role : MBA Intern
Interests : biomimicry, collaboration, complexity, design-thinking, empowerment, philanthropy, social entrepreneurship, social innovation, start ups, sustainability, transparency, project incubation, catalytic social change, cross country running, the great outdoors, laughing, languages, art history, yoga
Email : sarah.wixey@jmp.co.uk
Organization : JMP
Role : Associate
Interests : Social inclusion, accessibility, sustainable travel, physical activity, healthy lifestyles, equity and social justice., ageing well, anthropology, apps, book sharing, changing the way we grow and manufacture our food., cities, citizen engagement, civic engagement, co-creation, co-design, collaborative decision making, community, community engagement, community mapping, connecting social innovators with great resources, creativity, cycling, deaf, design for all, disability, disabled people, entrepreneurship, general innovation around making the environment more accessible for everyone, health and wellbeing, inclusion, local food systems, local government, mental health, mapping, migrants, networking, older people, poverty, psychology, pubic policy, public engagement, public sector innovation, regeneration, schools, social entrepreneurs, social innovation and innovative policy making, sustainability, third sector, travel, urban planning, urban spaces, web 2.0, young people
Organization : Enspiral
Role : Connector
Interests : action, activism, apps, asset transfer, change, civic engagement, co-creation, co-design, co-working, collaboration, collaborative consumption, communication, communities, communities of practice, communications, community development, community engagement, culture, design, design thinking, Conscious Consumers, disruption, digital, e-learning, bio-mimicry, energy, enterprise, entrepreneurship, enviroment, filmmaking, graphic design, infographics, innovation, innovators, inspiration, internet solutions, local, local food systems, open innovation, open enterprise, organic, participative design., community sector, emancipation, regeneration, service delivery, social, social business, social change, social enterprise, social entrepreneur, social entrepreneurship, social gaming, social innovation, social media, social venture, sustainability, technology, tech, transition towns, transformation, user experience design, volunteering, web design, web development, youth
Email : russell@preselipartnerships.com
Organization : Preseli
Role : Director
Interests : collaboration, coaching, community development, complex and multiple needs, entrepreneurship, ethical business practice, health and wellbeing, mentoring, open source, open space, participatory decision making, problem solving, realising potential, social innvoation, solution focused, startups, sustainability, strategy, usability, Making a difference, new ideas, social entrepreneurship
Organization : Marsh Farm Outreach
Role : Director
Interests : activism, affordable homeownership for low income households, asset transfer, big society, catalytic social change, changing the way we grow and manufacture our food., change, citizen engagement/voice, citizen engagement, citizenship, civic engagement, civil rights, collaboration, co-working, collaborative, collaborative decision making, collaborative governance, collaborative technologies, communities, community activism, community assets / transfer, community buildings, community development, community development trusts, community engagement, community engagement; design; youth leadership; personal development; sustainability, community hosts, community management / ownership, community media, community organisation, community solutions, conscious consumers, doing more with less, emancipation, enterprise development, grassroots projects, grassroots projects to empower communities, helping people into work, inclusion, innovation for inclusion, local economic development, local economies, new economics, organisation, outreach, participative design., participatory budgeting, permaculture, public and voluntary and community sectors, renewable energy, self education, social business, social change, social enterprise, social enterprise and giving communities voice, social inclusion, social innovation, social innovation and innovative policy making, social innvoation, social interaction, unemployment, urban co-production, volunteer, volunteering, social entrepreneur, social entrepreneurs, social entrepreneurship
Organization : TheGivingMachine
Role : Founder, Managing Director
Interests : collaboration, community solutions, consumer research, education, Fundraising, learning, local economies, public spending data, social enterprise, social entrepreneurship, social entrepreneur, social media, social networking, social networks, social venture
Organization : Make Something Happen
Role : Founder
Interests : social entrepreneurship, design-thinking, citizen journalism, Africa, anthropology, education
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Role : Projects
Interests : action, and social change, anthropological studies, anthropology, apps, app store, art, arts, arts education, arts funding, asset transfer, big society, career guidance, challenge competition, change, citizen engagement, citizen engagement/voice, citizen journalism, city space, civic engagement, co-creation, co-design, co-production, co-working, collaboration, collaborative, collaborative consumption, collaborative decision making, collaborative governance, collaborative technologies, commissioning, commons, communications, communities, communities of practice, community, community assets / transfer, community buildings, community development, community management / ownership, community mapping, community media, community solutions, complexity, connecting social innovators with great resources, consumer research, consumption, creative industries, creativity, crowdsourcing, culture, culture change, democracy, design, design thinking, digital tech, disruption, doing more with less, empowerment, enabling spaces, empty buildings, engagement, entertainment and community events, entrepreneurship, event facilitation, forecasting, get togethers, government, graphic design, helping people into work, high/low/sub/all culture, human services, incentive structures, innovation, innovation platforms, innovation problem solving, innovators, intercultural communication, local, local economies, local food systems, localgov, local government, local government communities, london, london 2012, mapping, mutual education, networks, network society, new forms and styles of work, nudge, olympic legacy, opengov, open government, open innovation, open source sharing, organically grown public services, our society, participation, participative design., participatory budgeting, politics, poverty, public engagement, public participation, public policy, public sector, public service, public sector innovation, public service reform, public services, public spaces, public value, real world and online engagement, service design, shared understanding, social app store, social business, social change, social design and thinking, social enterprise, social entrepreneur, social entrepreneurship, social innovation, social interaction, social network analysis, social networking, social networks, social practices, social reporting, visual thinking