Qualities of Successful Social Entrepreneurs

So, what makes a successful social entrepreneur? In his book “How to Change the World,” David Bornstein disputes the common assumption that highly successful entrepreneurs are more confident and persistent than most others.

Instead, he found that what»

Jerusalem Event: Join ROI and PresenTense for Global Entrepreneurship Week

For one week, millions of young people around the world will join a growing movement of entrepreneurial people, to generate new ideas and to seek better ways of doing things. Countries across six continents are coming together to celebrate

In Israel for Sukkot? Come Join in The Future of the Jewish People

Visit the PresenTense Open House to experience first hand the future of Israel and meet the social entrepreneurs who are lunching and managing ventures that take on social challenges facing Israel and the Jewish People.

Located in the»

Owning Social Entrepreneurship

an excerpt from Boundless Drama of Creation by Seth Cohen:

I Hear a Symphony: The Sound of Jewish Social Entrepreneurship

As I continue to have discussions with members of my local and national Jewish community, I am constantly amazed»

WebLinks: Articles of Interest

Newest additions to our Resources library:

5 Mistakes Nonprofit Websites Make

The first website went up 18 years ago this month. Websites have done a lot of growing up since those early days, but there are still a lot»

Is Innovation a Driver in Jewish Engagement?

Innovation is the hot topic in the Jewish world these days and so there is no better time to point you to two articles from the current issue of the Journal of Jewish Communal Service.

On the Value»

Small Change Adds Up to Big Change

Focused around the idea that every time you use your credit or debit card the transaction amount is rounded up for charity, a new international initiative has launched and Israel was the first country to go live. »

How Does Innovation Grow

Where is the center of Jewish life?

The debate continues. Some say the Upper West Side and others Jerusalem. But, make no mistake, beginning on Monday, that center of Jewish life is clearly located on ‘coffee house row’ – otherwise»

Israel Venture Network Announces New Social Entrepreneurship Fellows

The IVN has recently announced the recipients of their 2009-2011 Fellowships.

Dedicated to developing and implementing innovative and sustainable social/economic solutions, the program supports and incubates highly entrepreneurial individuals who stand at the cutting edge of social change, developing and»

Welcome to the Present and Future Tense

Tamar Snyder writing in The New York Jewish Week

PresenTense Keeps Foot On The Gas Pedal

While Jewish nonprofits are largely scaling back their budgets and slashing programming, PresenTense, which was launched four years ago, is a rarity in»

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