Pop!Tech - Social Innovation Accelerator Launched

Rob Katz — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 14:29:13 -0400

Today at Pop!Tech, curator Andrew Zolli announced the launch of the Pop!Tech Social Innovation Accelerator. I'll have most of the official press release copied below, but I also want to add my 2 cents.

First of all, this is a great idea, though it isn't the first "social innovation accelerator." Santa Clara University has its excellent Global Social Benefit Incubator, for example. Ashoka calls itself a social enterprise accelerator. WRI's New Ventures program is essentially a sustainable enterprise accelerator. Acumen Fund incubates social innovators that deliver services to the BOP, of course.

OK, so the Pop!Tech Social Innovation Accelerator is not necessarily "one of a kind" per se. That said, if it can leverage the awesome Pop!Tech network to help push BOP enterprises forward, then it will be a success. So, without further ado, details on the Pop!Tech Social Innovation Accelerator:

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