This piece was written in collaboration with Rita Ferrandino, President of Education Design Studio, Inc.How do we inspire and support the next generation of social impact entrepreneurs? What role can colleges have to inspire these entrepreneurs to build social impact into their entrepreneurial ideas? These weekend-long experiences of building a bare-bones business can expand academic experiences for college students and also spawn our next generation of social impact entrepreneurs. We recently hosted a Startup Weekend with three liberal arts colleges in the Philadelphia area. They knew their students were hungry for a snapshot on how to grow their ideas into a company with social impact.

Source: Forbes May 04, 2018 15:22 UTC