Creating a writeable society by “writing the web”, is the profound message coming from Mozilla Festival, one of the largest digital culture conferences! It is organized by the global non-profit dedicated to open web and its tools, as creating a generation of web-makers. Obviously, digital literacy is an important asset nowadays. Technology has changed our lives and behaviors in every aspect even offline, facilitating public spaces, measuring and improving our quality of life e.g. health services, energy consumption, education etc. and establishing new accessible ecosystems.
With the Greek public sector unable to provide sufficient aid to those suffering from the economic crisis, third sector initiatives are looking to fill the gap with new models of social entrepreneurship. A recent change in legislation is enabling the promotion in Greece of new social initiatives to encourage entrepreneurship. A new framework for social …
Το crowdfunding κερδίζει ως εναλλακτική λύση χρηματοδότησης όλοενα και περισσότερο έδαφος με τις πλατφόρμες όπως το Kickstarter, το IndieGoGo, αλλά και το γερμανικό Seedmatch που ειδικεύεται στο crowdinvesting, δηλαδή στην χρηματοδότηση startups, ή το ελληνικό παράδειγμα του Groopio, ειδικά για όσους δε διαθέτουν ακόμα την απαραίτητη δικτύωση προς Επιχειρηματικούς Αγγέλους και επενδυτές. Οι πλατφόρμες, αν και ξεκίνησαν ως εργαλεία για νέους δημουργούς και καλλιτέχνες, μεταμορφώνονται σε ανοιχτές αγορές όπου καινοτόμα νέα προϊόντα και υπηρεσίες κάνουν τα πρώτα τους βήματα.
StartSomeGood empowers people from around the world to become social innovators. By connecting social entrepreneurs with the financial and intellectual capital they need to transform an idea for improving the world into a reality, together we can turn ideas into action and impact…We’ve taken the crowdfunding model — which is growing in popularity world-wide — …
My friend Kalsoon Lakhani launched one month ago, her startup, Invest2Innovate. With Kalsoom I share some interesting common points. Both young, into social entrepreneurship and both believing that a strong ecosystem and cultural aspects are of high importance in emerging markets. It is interesting to watch how ecosystems develop, especially if you are part of …