Fellowship: Global Social Benefit Incubator

Start: Jan 15, 2006
Location: Santa Clara University, California, USA

The Global Social Benefit Incubator (GSBI) provides an intensive two-week residential program (value - US$ 20,000) that enables successful technology innovators to scale their endeavors and achieve sustainability. Application deadline is January 15, 2006.

Presented by Santa Clara University’s Center for Science, Technology, and Society and the Leavey School of Business Administration, the GSBI offers the unique context of a Jesuit university dedicated to social justice combined with leading resources of Silicon Valley.

The GSBI combines classroom instruction, case studies, and best practices with carefully matched mentoring on the specific scaling and sustainability challenges of each participating organization.

During the two-week in residence program (July 29 - August 12, 2006), participants will develop know-how in critical areas of business planning, including technology and service innovation, target marketing, business models, finance and organizational capacity building.



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Global Social Benefit Incubator 2008 on Social Edge
Submitted by Jill Finlayson on December 27, 2007 - 17:39.
Starting immediately, social entrepreneurs around the world should visit Social Edge, www.socialedge.org/features/gsbi, to apply to Santa Clara University’s sixth annual Global Social Benefit Incubator (GSBI), a two week boot camp in Silicon Valley. There is no application fee and the first exercise is due January 22, 2008. Up to 20 candidates, who best demonstrate a sustainable and scalable approach to addressing urgent human needs throughout the world, will each receive a full scholarship valued at US$20,000 to attend the GSBI. To read full press release, visit Social Edge press room at www.socialedge.org/about-us/press-room.
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