MashupEntrepreneurship

From MashupCamp

Open (Source) Social Entrepreneurship

Convener: Jair, Imaginify

MashUpCamp2, Day 1, Session 2, 11:15-12:15

Notes:

• Exploring trends in Social Entrepreneurship
• How can collective wisdom empower them to be more effective for all?
• Should we be asking those who wish to help the greater good to open their own and/or organizational (economic, ecologic and sociologic) footprint to the public when in this role.
• 1) Social Problems 2) Context 3) Potential Solutions

Physical

• Solar Backpack plus wifi webserver (Disaster Recovery 2.0) http://www.treehugger.com/files/2004/09/voltaic_solar_b.php
• Open-Micro/Nano-Financing
  • Distinctions between invention and innovation
  • Not advertising, instead humanitarian
• Free/Open Source Software Devices
  • Aidworld's Device Email Service (Solar Linux) http://www.aidworld.org/Wiki.jsp?page=EmailService
  • $100 Laptop (Crank Linux) http://laptop.media.mit.edu/
• Local & Bioregional Implementation

Digital

• Last Mile Project http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Last_mile
  • Neo-(e)mailman for internet access in remote regions
• DIY Project (section) for Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DIY
• Best Practices (section) for Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Best_practices
• Global Ideas Bank & "How about a Global Solutions Bank?" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_ideas_bank

Resources

• RDVP.org @ Stanford(Reuters Digital Visions Program)
• Worldchanging.com
• Globalgiving.com
• Ashoka.org
• EchoingGreen.com
• Youthgive.org
• GlobalIdeasBank.org
• Make Magazine http://www.makezine.com
• Craft Magazine http://www.craftzine.com (Coming in Fall 2006)
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_entrepreneurship
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wisdom_of_crowds