Center for Social Innovation

Social Entrepreneur Series

This ongoing series of workshops and talks is designed to support aspiring social entrepreneurs at Stanford with critical training, resources and inspiration.

• Idea Fair: showcase your social innovation idea and meet other students across Stanford schools who share a similar passion. Held in conjunction with the GSB Social Venture Club.
• Social Venture Structure Lab: think through the implications of corporate structure (for-profit vs nonprofit vs hybrid), financing, governance, and more. The workshop will prepare participants to consider unexpected challenges and opportunities, while safeguarding their mission and vision for their venture.
• Impact Investing: learn more about this emerging area of finance for social entrepreneurs, and network with potential funders.
• Pro-bono office hours: are your chance to receive one-on-one legal counsel on basic social enterprise start-up issues.
• Social Innovation Live: join ongoing calls with social entrepreneurs in the trenches and discuss their experience. Calls are recorded and shared in the Social Innovation Live podcast series.
• Social Entrepreneur Panels: listen to the movers and shakers of this world as they share their experience with you on campus.

The Annual Conradin Von Gugelberg Memorial Lecture on the Environment

Understand what sustainability means for today's leaders and explore business opportunities in the fast evolving fields of clean technology, renewable energies, environment conservation and more.

This lecture is spearheaded by the Von Gugelberg Memorial Fund, established by members of the MBA Class of 1987 to honor the memory of their classmate, Conradin von Gugelberg, who died shortly after graduation. Inspired by Conradin's love for the outdoors and commitment to environmental protection, particularly conservation and recycling, the Von Gugelberg Fund aims to inspire and support students and alumni interested in environmental issues.

The Latest

McNutt Describes How Cowboys, Engineers, and Scientists Plugged the BP Oil Leak

When oil began gushing into the Gulf of Mexico last year, scientists, engineers, and operations workers all had different ideas about what to do. The biggest lesson may have been getting these different groups to work together, Marcia McNutt of the USGS told a Stanford Graduate School of Business audience.

Social Innovators Forum

Student-clubs contribute to an ongoing series of talks and discussions bringing to campus the greatest minds in social innovation. This is your chance to find out what people in the trenches are doing, what works and what doesn't, what strategies they are using to effect change.

This is also a unique opportunity for you to ask questions about their personal experience as leaders and innovators.

The Latest

Private Equity in Africa

Africa represents a promising frontier for many global entrepreneurs. In this university podcast, Thomas Gibian, chairman of Emerging Capital Partners, discusses his experiences as such an entrepreneur.

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