Entrepreneurship for the Public Good
The Program in Entrepreneurship for the Public Good works to 1) provide students with an understanding of public entrepreneurship and to 2) support the efforts of public entrepreneurs in our community.
The Doug and Andrea Forrester Speaker Series on Entrepreneurship for the Public Good
The Doug and Andrea Forrester Speaker Series on Entrepreneurship for the Public Good offers opportunities for students to learn from entrepreneurs and experts on entrepreneurship. We feature entrepreneurs who will share their experiences with the campus and community about their innovative work to create and sustain organizations that benefit the public good.
The first event in our Doug and Andrea Forester Speaker Series on Entrepreneurship for the Public Good was held on December 7.
Speakers:
Hans Dekker, President, Community Foundation of New Jersey
Alfa Demmellash, Executive Director, and Alex Forrester, Chief Operating Officer, Rising Tide Capital
Stacy Holland, Chief Operations Officer, Philadelphia Youth Network
Tom Szaky, Chief Executive Officer, TerraCycle, Inc.
The second event in our Doug and Andrea Forester Speaker Series on Entrepreneurship for the Public Good was held on April 18.
Speakers:
Joseph Plumeri, Executive Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, The Willis Group
Larry Reed, Chief Executive Officer of the Opportunity International Network
Joan Verplanck, President, The New Jersey Chamber of Commerce
Moderator:
Tom Sullivan, Chief Executive Officer, Princeton Partners
Social entrepreneurship coursework for students
The program began with a newly developed course in social entrepreneurship that brought students together with community organizations to create enterprise plans. Three student teams completed social enterprise plans for NJ nonprofit entrepreneurs. The students had taken a social entrepreneurship course during spring 2005 before working on the plans. In that course, they focused on learning about social entrepreneurship and acquiring the core analytic concepts and skills necessary to plan a social enterprise.
The course is being offered again in Spring 2008.
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