Social Enterprise

Mike Brown '11, has a unique perspective on change, having already brought it to thousands of people's lives through his nonprofit. Ian Tyree at The Bottom Line interviewed the next co-president of the International Development Club to find out how he does it.

By Dan Gennaoui '11, from The Bottom Line.

Bruce Usher, who was the CEO of EcoSecurities Group and is an adjunct professor, has joined the Executives in Residence Program.

The Social Enterprise Program, together with Columbia Business School alumni Keith Timko '02, Real Estate Advisory & Development Services (nonprofit real estate development firm), and Ben Kornfeind '05, Dunn Development Corporation, has launched a Community and Real Estate Development Interest Group.  The scope of the group is quite broad and will include discussion in areas at the intersection of:•    Community development•    Real estate development•    Community development finance

Mayor Michael Bloomberg awarded $20,000 to Greenext Technology Solutions as the winner of the NYC Next Idea Competition, which was sponsored by the Economic Development Council and co-organized by Columbia Business School.

Professor Linda Green speaks about healthcare and touches upon some of the changes proposed by the current presidential administration.

More than 50 MBA students spent the summer working with socially engaged organizations in NYC. 

The Social enterprise field and Program at Columbia Business School examined, by Kimberly Kinchen, Hermes, Summer 2009.

Echoing Green, a nonprofit organization that invests in early-stage social entrepreneurial initiatives, has awarded David del Ser ’08 a 2009 Echoing Green Fellowship.

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