"Since the financial crisis, in the absence of banks lending, crowdfunding and peer-to-peer lending took off. That awakened an appetite in the public psyche to invest in things directly." (Bevis Watts on why crowdfunding has become a growing source of investment for social enterprises over the past decade)
Tag: Social Impact
Disrupting Social Innovation
Exclusive interview with Phil Geraghty, Founder and Chief Crowdfunding Officer of the biggest crowdfunding platform in the UK: Crowdfunder.
STUART EMMERSON (SEUK): Crowdfunding is Now Mainstream
Oliver* met up with Stuart Emmerson, Regional Director, West Midlands Social Enterprise UK , the UK body for social enterprise to talk about social enterprises, social finance and the role of crowdfunding.
Business Woman Ana-Maria Pruteanu on crowdfunding, social impact, and what it takes to be an entrepreneur
“I do not think somebody becomes an entrepreneur. I think somebody is an entrepreneur.” EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW
Humanitarian Crusaders
Social Entrepreneurs share peculiar personality traits, a study reveals.
African Seeds
East African Regulators can Facilitate Crowdfunding Market Development. [REPORT]
Oliver* 