Ignite Philly Re-Cap

Posted on 03. Mar, 2010 by Garrett in Noteworthy

Thanks to Ignite Philly for giving GoodCompany Ventures a chance to present all the ways in which Philadelphia is becoming a national hub for social enterprise. Philly was one of more than 50 cities around the globe participating in Global Ignite Week.http://ignite.oreilly.com/.  GCV was one of about 16 presenters in the sold out event at local hipster hangout, Johnny Brenda’s.

GCV’s mission of building a community of service for social entrepreneurs must have some resonance.  Even though our region’s tech blog ,Technically Philly, observed that I was neither young enough or hip enough to be there, their headline for the event was “Ignite Philly 5 Marks Age of Social Entrepreneurs . . . “  I’ll take it. http://bit.ly/bdeURy

The thrust of the presentation was to call out for the crowd many of the people and organizations that are working to build a comprehensive ecosystem of support for social entrepreneurs in Philly.

I promised we’d post links to these local organizations.  I hope you’ll find a group that suits your interests and get involved.

Sustainable Business Network: http://www.sbnphiladelphia.org/

BCorp: http://www.bcorporation.net/

Murex: http://www.murexinvests.com/

Investors’ Circle: http://www.investorscircle.net/

Philadelphia Social Innovations Journal: http://www.philasocialinnovations.org/site/

Mission Mob: http://www.blakejennelle.com/category/missioneurs/

One Response to “Ignite Philly Re-Cap”

  1. Jia Ji 4 March 2010 at 7:48 am #

    My favorite quote from the linked Technically Philly post:

    “Decked out in the sleek white dockers of a yacht captain, Melby did what a good Ignite presenter should, he helped unveil a whole new industry.”