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Entries by Diane Sontum
The Heart of Crowdfunding
The heart of crowdfunding beats like a drum—ba-dum, ba-dum, ba-dum. It calls us to community—to help each other, build each other up, raise each other’s barns. The heart of crowdfunding beats like a drum—ba-dum, ba-dum, ba-dum. It calls us to community—to help each other, build each other up, raise each other’s barns. Crowdfunding campaigns carry […]
What’s your vision of a robust
social enterprise sector?
What does a robust social enterprise sector look like to you? It’s great to be in Chicago at the SEA Summit touring social enterprises, learning, and meeting people doing The Great Work. Darius Ballinger kicked off the conference and encouraged us to approach our work from both the micro and macro levels. He said the […]
A vision and an idea whose time has come
In the summer of 1997 I sat in a circle of woman who had come together to explore the intersection between leadership and womanhood. We spent time in silence on a Wyoming mountainside, and it was there that I saw a vision unfold of a world transformed through business. I saw entrepreneurs working together to […]
An Ancient Sandal Goes Modern; How Jorge Gurrola is Bringing Innovation and Economic Opportunity to East Los Angeles
If you are looking for something new in outdoor footwear, Jorge Gurrola has just the thing.
Announcing The Local Crowd’s 2019 Crowdfunding Cohort
Cohort members will receive free services such as training, coaching, and networking. In addition, cohort members will have an opportunity to earn back the standard 5% platform fee by meeting specific goals.
Now is the time to crowdfund!
If you are a business or organization founded on the principle of doing something good for people or the planet—and you’d like to raise some money to help you do it better—now is the time for a crowdfunding campaign on TLC. Why now? Because TLC wants to help people like you, and our current NSF […]
Are you a social enterprise hero?
We want to meet you!
In last week’s blog I mentioned our new research project with the National Science Foundation. We are excited about this and are trying to figure out ways to talk about it simply, concisely, yet compellingly. We tossed around ideas for an elevator speech during our Jekyll Island trip, and serendipitously, we had an opportunity to […]
The Stories We Tell Ourselves
Kim and I recently had the opportunity to speak at the Electric Cities of Georgia Forum. We met great folks from Georgia’s communities (including our own Sadie Krawczyk from Monroe!), and squeezed in some walking/talking time along Jekyll Island’s awesome beaches. We talked about our new NSF research project and how excited we are to […]
Social Enterprises Invited to Participate in NSF Study on Crowdfunded Finance Methods
Research & Development to provide support for the emerging Fourth Sector of the economy. The Local Crowd, LLC, a Wyoming-based company, is the recipient of a $225,000 National Science Foundation grant designed to support the emerging fourth sector of the economy. “We are seeing a huge push for socially and environmentally responsible business,” said Diane […]