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Public Innovators: Connecting Government with Entrepreneurial Solutions to Today's Toughest Problems
This web site features Research Findings on Social entrepreneurship 13 specific recommendations for creating a more supportive environment for social problem solving, and practical applications by building off their work with the Louisiana Office of Social Entrepreneurship, Public Innovators guides and supports public officials and government agencies seeking to advance transformative and sustainable solutions to today’s toughest social problems.
http://www.publicinnovators.com/

The Institute for Social Entrepreneurship website offers a collection of resources and articles on social entrepreneurship, including an introduction to social entrepreneurship that includes case studies of enterprising nonprofits and a good list of other print and online resources.
http://www.socialent.org/index.htm

National Center on Nonprofit Enterprise (NCNE) provides services and resources to support the economic and business decision-making issues facing the nonprofit sector. They provide a variety of articles related to nonprofit enterprise.
http://www.nationalcne.org/ (Click the Research link and then working papers link)

Directory of Social Enterprises
Community Wealth Ventures and Social Enterprise Alliance have assembled a directory of nonprofit organizations with business ventures and strategic alliances as a reference tool to help build a broad network of social enterprise practitioners around the country.
http://www.communitywealth.org/Directory of Social Enterprises.htm

Eight Basic Principles for Nonprofit Entrepreneurs
This article offers up lessons from the pioneers in the field of social entrepreneurship.
http://www.socialent.org/pdfs/8BasicPrinciples.pdf

Social Enterprise/Social Entrepreneurship
The Free Management Library's page on Social Entrepreneurship is a collection of links to many other resources.
http://managementhelp.org/soc_entr/soc_entr.htm

Community Wealth Ventures' Latest Publication
"Achieving Impact and Sustainability through Market-Based Approaches: Discussion Highlights"
In October 2007, CWV gathered together philanthropic leaders for a summit in Washington, DC to explore how to use
market strategies to fulfill the missions of non-profit organizations. Presentaters included: Sean Closkey, The Reinvestment Fund; George Gendron, Clark University Graduate School of Management; Mario Morino, Venture Philanthropy Partners; Bill Shore, Share Our Strength - Community Wealth Ventures; Jennifer Vanica, Jacobs Family Foundation - Jacobs Center for Neighborhood Innovation; and Julius Walls, Greyston Bakery.
This new publication is a summary adaptation of the presentations and discussions of the day.

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