Canadian
Business Magazine - Outlook 2008
During times where recruitment presents many challenges, it is important
for companies to revise any preconceived notions on where to recruit
and how to retain employees. December 24, 2007
Profit
Magazine - Entrepreneur of the Month, Ralph Chiodo
Social responsibility and business should go hand in hand, believes
Ralph Chiodo (president of Active Green + Ross). December-January
2008
National
Post - Outside the Box Funding
Ralph Chiodo, president and founder of Active Green and Ross, and
Bill Young, president of Social Capital Partners, are working together
to put qualified people with a desire to succeed into their own
shops. December 3, 2007
Globe
& Mail - The Double Bottom Line
It's the new world of social entrepreneurship, where organizations
work to
both benefit society and run variable businesses. December 4,
2007
Franchise
Voice Magazine - Innovative New Financing Option for Franchises
with a Social Conscience
Two challenges for franchise operators - financing their
business and finding good employees - can turn into a win/win/win
solution, for the employer, employees, and the community at large.
Globe
and Mail - Franchising With A Social Twist
A socially minded program provides low-interest loans to
franchise operators in exchange for job guarantees. October
17, 2007
Toronto Star - All They Need is Someone to Give Them a Chance
Hiring and training people who might otherwise fall through
the cracks boosts bottom line.
June 16, 2007
Toronto Star - Ideals on WHEELS
An in-depth look at one of Toronto's for-profit social
enterprises, and a portfolio company of Social Capital Partners.
March 20, 2005
Toronto
Star - Social Enterprise
Charitable investing with a conscience, a look at the phenomenon
of venture philanthropy. February 18, 2005
Toronto
Star - Smaller Charities have larger woes
Bill Young thinks that it may be time to devise an alternative
organization, bridging the divide between the private sector and
the non-for-profit sector. December 26, 2004
New Dreamhomes
All through the House, a recipient of seed funding from
Social Capital Partners, seeks niche market while serving the community.
December 15, 2004
Toronto Star - Social Agency Cleans House
A look at All Through the House, a home cleaning service
based in Toronto which was a recipent of seed capital from Social
Capital Partners. November 20, 2004
Winnipeg Free Press
- Go-slow approach pays off for Inner City Renovations
A portfolio client of Social Capital Partners. February
5, 2004
The Challenges of Venture Philanthropy
Bill Young and colleagues discuss the challenges of venture philanthropy
in the National Post Business, December 2003.
Bill Young Discusses Social Enterprise in The National Post
Bill Young describes some of the challenges and rewards of creating
new approaches to philanthropy with reporter Sarah Scott in this
story from December 2002.
Social Capital Partners Makes First Social
Enterprise Investments
September 19, 2002
SCP uncovers hundreds of Social Entrepreneurs in Canada through
business plan competition and invests in two innovative business
models
Making
Waves: Canada’s Community Economic Development Magazine
Spring Edition, 2002
Joanne Norris talks about the environment for social entrepreneurship
in Canada and SCP’s strategy to support social entrepreneurs.
The Toronto Star - April 22, 2002
A Canadian executive joins a new breed of technocrats applying business
principles to charitable undertakings
Globe and Mail - March 18, 2002
Bill Young figures he got rich by getting lucky. Now he's giving
money away to help people whose luck has run out...
National Post - February 19, 2002
While the venture capital industry has taken a lower profile in
the wake of the high-tech meltdown, one area attracting more interest
is venture philanthropy...
Canadian News Wire - February 19, 2002
Plan that best employs disadvantaged populations wins $15,000 and
a chance at up to $1 million in funding... |
