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Socentex Returns, an LA Update, and Breaking StartingBloc News

June 7th, 2010 |  Published in SocEnt LA  |  2 Comments

Socentex Returns

It is incredible how much the social entrepreneurship space has changed in the past 3 months, both globally and particularly in Los Angeles. Before continuing, I want to say that I am continually astounded by the incredible talent, energy, drive, passion, and sheer size of the Los Angeles social enterprise and innovation community. When I met up with Maria Springer (of Kito International, now a fellow at the Unreasonable Institute), Karen Leventhal (of LA Social Innovators), and others at the first LA Changemakers tweetup back in December, I knew few people and was joining a community that was certainly present, but lacked some of the cohesion that a social enterprise community truly needs in order to flourish.

LA Social Enterprise Update

Well how times have changed.  Now, Social Enterprise Tuesdays are a bi-weekly norm (make sure you note the amended time to Wednesday this week).  New social enterprises pop up out of the woodwork daily.  StartingBloc’s presence is  increasing in a huge way (hint: Los Angeles Institute 2011…).  Kiva hosts microfinance panels, and InVenture builds out an incredible organization for funding third-world social enterprises.  The Hub LA is preparing to launch its space for LA social entrepreneurs to innovate, collaborate, and co-habitate in a shared work environment.
And Urban Social Entrepreneurs aims to bring social entrepreneurship, this global movement for social change, to America’s own urban communities.

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BREAKING NEWS: StartingBloc Coming to Los Angeles in February 2011

The HUGE news – and Socentex.com may be be the first to break this news – is that StartingBloc will officially be bringing its world-class Institute for Social Innovation to Los Angeles!  The dates are tentatively scheduled for February 10-14th, 2011.  Learn more about the incredible StartingBloc program at http://www.startingbloc.org/home and connect with the StartingBloc LA Board at http://www.startingblocla.org/.  The announcement was made at an official launch event last night, hosted at GOOD headquarters in downtown Los Angeles.

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About the author

Auren Kaplan is the Director Social Media for The Hub LA. He also serves as Ambassador to Urban Social Entrepreneurs and on the board of StartingBloc Los Angeles.


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