This document discusses social innovation and entrepreneurship. It notes that while many social entrepreneurs are emerging to address social issues, current systems have not fully adapted to support them. It explores how hackers, makers, and crowdsourcing can drive social innovation but questions if these solutions can scale to create widespread impact. The document advocates for continued evolution of the social entrepreneurship ecosystem and investment models to help social innovators achieve greater success and change.

1. “Social
innovation?
Oh, you
mean like
Tom’s shoes!”

3.  50 States + Puerto Rico, US
Territories & DC
 564 Tribes, Tribal Nations
 30K Towns, Cities & 20K
Municipalities
 3.6M Sq Mi (9.8M Sq Km)

4.  308M People
 1 in 8 Foreign-born
(Dziękujemy świata/Thank you world!)

5. Your Host (that’s me…)
 Researcher/Analyst
 Business-owner
 Student
 Aspiring Rainmaker
(social
innovation, policy, g
ov2.0)
 Portlander, Oregoni
an

6. WHAT IS…
ENTREPRENEURS
E-SHIP
“WHAT’S THE “CAN IT
RETURN?” SCALE?”

8. “[S]ystems have
not yet caught
up, and
frustration
abounds…”
Antony Bugg-Levine &
Jed
Emerson, Innovations

9. Photo by atomicjeep

10. WHAT’S
EMERGING
HACKERS &
MAKERS:
SOCIAL
INNOVATORS?
CROWD GOV2.0
FUNDING CHAMPIONS
OUR WAY EVERYWHERE
FORWARD? BUT UP TOP?

11. Hackers/Makers/DIYers

12. 33 needs
MONEY MATTERS

13. Photo by CaptainMcDan
A new kind of government?

14. WHAT WE
NEED
ENTREPRENEURS INVESTMENT “CAN IT
E-SHIP ECOSYSTEM SCALE?”
EVOLUTION
HACKERS = CROWD GOV2.0
SOCIAL FUNDING CHAMPIONS
INNOVATORS? OUR WAY EVERYWHERE
FORWARD? BUT UP

15. Why does
the shift
matter?

20. Dzięki!
(Thanks!)
Kristin Wolff
@kristinwolff
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