Posts Tagged "social venture challenge"

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Posted on May 7, 2021

Rwandan Summer Learning Opportunity Emerges First in SVC

Six unique finalist teams pitched their startup projects in the eighth annual Social Venture Challenge, all aiming to improve lives worldwide.

Posted on April 29, 2020

SVC Finalists Part Three: Building On-campus Transformation

For three Social Venture Challenge teams, Thursday night's Final Showcase is a chance to build transformation on campus. Meet the teams and their creative startups.

Posted on April 28, 2020

SVC Finalists Part Two: Impact on the North Shore

Meet two Social Venture Challenge finalists teams who are poised to make an impact here on the North Shore. On Thursday they go head-to-head with five other teams in the Final Showcase.

Posted on April 27, 2020

SVC Finalists Part One: Empowering Women in Uganda and Ethiopia

Seven student teams are preparing for the most entrepreneurial Social Venture Challenge finale yet. First, meet two teams who are developing creative plans to empower women in Africa.

Posted on April 8, 2019

Meet the 6th Annual Social Venture Challenge Finalists

With a wide range of motivations and plans, the five student teams will pitch their startup ventures to a panel of expert judges on Thursday evening for the 6th annual Social Venture Challenge Final Showcase.

Posted on November 7, 2018

Alana Mann ’19: Trading in the End Times for a New Beginning

At age 16, Alana Farley went up to the airport counter in Kauai, Hawaii, and bought a plane ticket to California. She had a rolling backpack filled with her belongings and was hoping to leave the island before the missing child report caught up with her.

Posted on May 2, 2018

First-Year Wins 2018 Social Venture Challenge with Music Making

Caleb Britton ’21 not only won an auspicious sum of $5,000, but is also the only first-year student to take first place in the five-year history of SVC—an annual, campus-wide competition for student teams looking to jump-start their nonprofit or business ventures.

Posted on August 18, 2016

Gordon Team Boosts Fair Trade Business Expansion in India

Gordon students and alumna collaborate to expand operations for Anugra, a fair trade textile enterprise that helps women in India escape poverty.

Posted on July 12, 2016

When Microloans Make Maximum Impact

When Peter Vance ’17 spent four months with friends in Madagascar, he was struck by the fact that most local people scraped by through subsistence farming. In response he started Miray Community Development, a microloan organization for small business owners.

Posted on April 27, 2016

Social Venture Challenge Brings Out Gordon’s Entrepreneurial Spirit

At the third annual Social Venture Challenge, Gordon's best and brightest entrepreneurs showcased their start-up business ideas in front of an esteemed panel of judges to see who would take home their share of the $10,000 prize to kick-start their idea.