I started Social Good Blueprint to examine how others are creating awesome social change… I wanted some inspiration, and thought you might too.  If you don’t want to miss this, you can sign up below and receive it each week in your inbox!

[1] Currently Playing – Episode 40

Posted a podcast presenting the Perfect Postpartum present… dive into Lilac Pack with founder Emily Lawrence: a “moms helping moms” company, providing care packages to support women in their postpartum period.  She shares her journey and her insights with some awesome tips for an entrepreneur fresh off their launch. 

[2] Driving Impact

EmpowerBus Moves Boldly Ahead to Provide Upward Mobility for All – with a title like that, how can you not increase the speed limit for Social impact? Aslyne Rodriguez and Jerry Tsai have been guests on the podcast with their startup EmpowerBus and they continue to grow their capabilities of connecting people with reliable on-time transportation… one of the biggest barriers for people living in low-income areas to access jobs they need to grow in their career.  “What’s unique about social enterprise, is that everyone can contribute to social impact through their purchases, volunteer time, lending expertise, in a collective effort to strengthen our communities,” says Tsai, “And that’s what EmpowerBus is all about.”

[3] Medium for Change

Jack Graham, built Year Here, a cool fellowship program, bring aspiring social entrepreneurs into the frontline of social problems, and providing support to get off the ground.  He says, “you don’t have to be rich to do good — but it helps” — where work in the social impact space commands lower salaries driving away top talent.  He makes an interesting argument, but I’m also met many entrepreneurs who succeeded simply because they had no choice of failure.  And I’ve seen some innovative ideas because some smart people care more about the world they live in then, the dollars in their bank account.

[4] Pave a Path with Social Enterprise Alliance

Opportunities to pave a path with Social Enterprise Alliance and their scholarship for membership are open until Feb 24th — they’re a great organization supporting social entrepreneurship, with 16 chapters throughout the US.  Plus they’ve got a good shop where you can buy stuff that makes an impact with Toasting Good.

[5] Social Impact Spotlight

#SocEnt highlight of the week – if you’re in Columbus, and you need some good coffee, you might check out Bottom’s Up – a coffeeshop working to reduce infant mortality.  They are on West Broad just past 315.  Great atmosphere too!

[6] Start Some Good

For some immediate impact, check out this project on Start Some Good: Training rural electricians to build solar grids… in Myanmar, where roughly two-thirds of the population live without access to the national grid, which leads to higher costs of candles and kerosene.  This project is upgrading a local village’s grid, with solar power to reduce their costs and create a better solution.  Lightbulb!