2014 Social Enterprise Conference: Innovative Revenue Models for Social Impact

2,334 views · Published 3 December 2014 · 27:19 · Indexed 6 November 2026

Channel: Columbia Business School · 2014 · Education

Watch on YouTube

Great ideas may be the first step for social impact, but it is critically important to consider how that idea can be sustainably funded. In this intensive workshop at the 2014 Social Enterprise Conference, teams used the Business Model Canvas to help a social entrepreneur workshop his/her real-time critical revenue challenges. 

Among the session leaders were: Lizzie Bildner ’15, Former President and Founder of Sharitive, Inc;  Kate Canfield, Client Engagement Manager at Inspiring Capital; Kesha Cash ’10, Director of Investments of Impact America; Jimmy Chen, Co-founder and CEO of Propel; Swami Ganesan, Co-founder of PaisaBack; Brian Jones, Founder of Kin: High-Impact Travel; Prashant Mehta, Co-founder of Conscious Step; 
Christopher Reim, Managing Director of CDVCA; and Yael Silverstein ’13, Chief Strategy & Operations Officer of Inspiring Capital.

Learn more at http://www.columbiasocialenterprise.org

More from this channel