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Waveborn Interview
Summer is approaching! To celebrate its arrival, Compass interviews Mike Malloy of Waveborn. Read below and check out Waveborn’s Indiegogo campaign! Q: Can you summarize the Waveborn business model for our student entrepreneurs out there? What does Waveborn do in a nutshell? Waveborn is a sunglasses company that combines affordable fashion with a mission...
Top TV Stuff Interview
Today we bring to Compass insight and perspective from entrepreneurs in an industry many student social entrepreneurs may not have had exposure to previously: that of television marketing. The story behind Top TV Stuff is one that any member of the Compass community can learn from, specifically with respect to brand messaging, creativity, and marketing....
Origin Stories: Drew Tulchin
As part of our Origin Stories series of interviews with social entrepreneurs, we talked with Drew Tulchin, Managing Partner at Social Enterprise Associates, about his experience in social entrepreneurship. A transcript of our interview is below. Compass Partners: Could you tell us a little bit about your background and how you became interested in social...
Volunteerism & Social Entrepreneurship
One question I think about a lot is why social entrepreneurship has become increasingly prominent in the past decade. I do not have a definitive answer, but some of the growth can likely be ascribed to the tremendous role volunteerism plays among today’s youth. As Robert Putnam notes in his classic book Bowling Alone, volunteerism is...
Wow Moments
As Compass finishes selecting our newest class of Fellows, we’ve been enjoying reviewing the “wow moments” that our applicants created for people in their communities. What is a wow moment? In short, it’s a moment that you create for someone that makes him or her stop what he or she is doing to say “Wow!”...
Origin Stories: Caitlin Koury
For the latest installment of our series about the “Origin Stories” of social entrepreneurs, we talked to Caitlin Koury, a Compass Fellowship alumna and the entrepreneur behind Healthy Leaders, a program to educate young people in the DC area about health issues. What does the word ‘social’ in social entrepreneurship mean to you? The word...
Calculating the Social Impact of Job Creation
When I talk to people about why social entrepreneurship is important, I’m often asked whether I think all entrepreneurship is social. “Entrepreneurship creates jobs, and creating jobs is good,” the argument goes. While there are some fundamental differences between traditional entrepreneurship and social entrepreneurship, I won’t deny that job creation is a generally good aspect...
Compass Pilots in Sweden
This post was written by Michael Durante, Compass’s VP of Expansion. From Gate 17 at Stockholm-Arlanda airport, my final window into Swedish culture after two weeks in this fine country, I write you this message. And what a two weeks it has been. Among navigating new city maps, public transit systems, currencies, and language barriers*,...
the [blank] canvas presents: the [kickoff]
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This post was written by Heather Hingston, a Compass Fellowship alumna, a Compass Mentor at American University, and Founder of the [blank] canvas. When I was an eensy-weensy high school student, I organized benefit shows in church basements for a charity about which I was very passionate. It had numerous challenges: finding an adult to...
Origin Stories: James Li
For our latest Origin Stories post, we interviewed James Li, a Compass Fellowship alumnus and CEO of REaction Strategy Group, a consultancy that works with nonprofits, foundations, and social entrepreneurs to create feedback loops that make giving more effective. Tell us a little bit about REaction and what you did this summer. REaction Strategy Group...
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