A global competition to launch the next generation of social enterprise
.png) When you like the Global Social Venture Competition on Facebook, you’ll be connected to a year-long community of social entrepreneurs who collaborate and share opportunities in social impact, VC funding, start-up workshops, and global inspiration. Some of the recent conversations on the GSVC Facebook page include the following: Hub Ventures is Recruiting World-Changing Startups for Spring 2013 Hub Ventures, a startup accelerator for for-profit companies solving big social and environmental challenges, is now taking applications for their upcoming Spring 2013 cohort. Startups can apply here. The early application deadline is 10/31 and the final deadline is 12/10. Hub Ventures provides funding and support to for-profit, scalable startups working in a variety of geographies and impact themes including economic opportunity/job creation, health & safety, collaborative consumption, environmental sustainability, and civic engagement. The program is based at the Hub Bay Area, a purpose-driven collaborative workspace, and provides startups with seed funding of up to $20,000, mentorship with experienced entrepreneurs and investors, guidance from the Hub Ventures founders, weekly workshops and speaker events, peer collaboration, and investor connections. Hub Ventures is part of the Global Accelerator Network, championed by TechStars, and is quickly becoming the gold standard accelerator for impact startups. More information at http://hub-ventures.com/. Learn Crowdfunding and Marketing techniques from the masters at IndieGogo Be some of the first to take advantage of IndieGogo’s new webinar training opportunities. Register here early to secure your spot. Upcoming webinars include “Introduction to Crowdfunding” and “Marketing Tips and Best Practices.” WANTED: The World’s Most Unreasonable Entrepreneurs Convinced you have the entrepreneurial spirit to continue to improve the lives of millions of people around the world? Accelerate your venture with mentorship from 50 seasoned entrepreneurs and investors, ranging from a Time Magazine Hero of the Planet, to the head of Google X, to an entrepreneur who’s lifted over 20 million farmers out of poverty. In the process, form relationships with 30 impact funds, like Acumen Fund, Good Capital, and First Light Ventures and pitch to hundreds of prospective partners and funders. Do it all while living under the same roof in Boulder, Colorado for 6 weeks with 25 entrepreneurs dedicated to defining progress in our time! Apply by October 25th, 2012 to attend the 2013 Unreasonable Institute! If you are a past GSVC entrant and plan to apply to the Unreasonable Institute, please email info@gsvc.org so we can let the team there know directly. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- As an added bonus, if you like us before Wednesday, October 31, you’ll be entered for a chance to win a FREE entrance to the 2013 GSVC conference on Friday, April 12. We’ll follow-up with the winner at the beginning of November. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Save The Dates The 2013 Global Finals will take place on April 11-12 in Berkeley, CA. We look forward to seeing you there! For those of you in the San Francisco Bay Area, join us for an Open Entrant Mixer at Hub Soma on November 14 from 6:30PM – 8:30PM. Details will be posted on Facebook. Stay Connected
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