Jim Kucher - The Capitalist Redemption

Doing well vs. doing good. Making money or making a difference. Mortal enemies no longer, these two opposing goals are now not just reconciled, but joined together in a potent mixture that is now brewing in projects large and small, around the globe. Social Enterprise, Creative Capitalism, Social Benefit Organization, Sustainable Business, Capitalism 2.0, Social Entrepreneurship. Call it what you will, the bottom line is that the market and the mission can be aligned to bring about self-funded ventures that produce lasting social impact. Imagine all the people, using the market to feed the world. It can be done. It is being done. Six blocks from Joe Squared. I’ll tell you how.

About Jim Kucher:

J. Howard (Jim) Kucher is the executive director of the Entrepreneurship Program at the University of Baltimore’s Merrick School of Business. The Entrepreneurial Opportunity Center (www.ubalt.edu/opportunity) which he founded in May of 2006, now directly supports 25 innovative ventures, and has reached over 2500 business leaders and innovators in the Baltimore region. One of the leading projects in this program is the Baltimore Social Enterprise Collaborative, which combines the vision and mission of the social entrepreneur; the insight of leading academics in business, public-private partnerships, non-profit management and public policy and the technical assistance of a hand selected cadre of graduate students to help build social benefit ventures that work.

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