The global development landscape is changing — and social enterprises are increasingly a formidable player in the space. But in order to achieve impact, the question of scaling inevitably arises.
At the core of scaling social enterprises? A strategy for financing the journey.
This August, Devex — in collaboration with the Skoll Foundation — is convening a panel of experts from the USAID Global Development Lab and social enterprises to discuss how social enterprises can create a sustainable funding strategy. The one-hour, practically focused webinar will cover:
at the end for audience questions. You are welcome to send them ahead of the event to [email protected].
At the core of scaling social enterprises? A strategy for financing the journey.
This August, Devex — in collaboration with the Skoll Foundation — is convening a panel of experts from the USAID Global Development Lab and social enterprises to discuss how social enterprises can create a sustainable funding strategy. The one-hour, practically focused webinar will cover:
- Guidance for forming a funding strategy
- Tips for identifying the best sources — for each part of the scaling journey
- Lessons learned from successful social enterprises
Admission is complimentary for all Devex members.
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Alexis Bonnell
Division Chief of Applied Innovation and Acceleration, U.S. Global Development Lab of USAID Alexis Bonnell is the Division Chief of Applied Innovation and Acceleration in the U.S. Global Development Lab of USAID. Alexis has delivered humanitarian and development programming in over 25 countries, in almost every sector from education to stabilization. Her more than 20 years of experience in management and communications has provided her incredible opportunities to work on/with: Wall Street, “Dot.coms”, Middle East Peace Plan, Afghan and Iraq Elections, global emergency response coordination and major logistics operations. Her focus
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Andrew Youn
Executive Director and Co-Founder, One Acre Fund
Andrew Youn has lived in rural Africa for the last 11 years, learning from the largest group of poor people in the world: smallholder farmers. When he first visited Kenya in 2006, he was an MBA student who knew very little about farming. During that first trip, he met two farm families. One family was harvesting two tons of food on a single acre of land and thriving; the other was going hungry. He began asking questions.
Eleven years later, the organization he founded, One Acre Fund, serves more than 600,000 farm families, providing them with the financing and agricultural training they need to increase their yields and climb out of poverty. Youn is also the co-founder of D-Prize, an organization that funds early-stage startups that are innovating better ways to distribute proven life-enhancing technologies. He is a former management consultant at Oliver Wyman, and he received his MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University. |
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Adam Grunewald
CEO and Co-Founder, Lynk Adam is the co-founder and CEO of Lynk, a platform designed to provide technology-based solutions for the massive informal labor sectors of countries around Sub-Saharan Africa. Adam spent five years at Google as a project manager working on new and emerging projects in the United States and Kenya. Driven by the insatiable urge towards entrepreneurship and the goal of transforming the informal sector, he created Lynk in late 2015. These days you can find Adam in workshops, hardware stores, cooking schools, construction sites or anywhere else that
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Catherine Cheney (moderator)
West Coast Correspondent, Devex Catherine Cheney is a Senior Reporter for Devex. She covers the West Coast of the U.S., focusing on the role of technology and innovation in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals. Prior to joining Devex, Catherine earned her bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Yale University, worked as a web producer for POLITICO and reporter for World Politics
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