About
The Social Entrepreneurship School aims to bridge the gap between entrepreneurial best practices, an innovative learning from experienced international practitioners and the application of these lessons to diverse societal challenges.
We believe that the most effective teachers and inspirers of entrepreneurship are the actual entrepreneurs.
This is why we do not have professors. Instead, we have successful social entrepreneurs who want to share their knowledge and experience with people who are motivated people and willing to improve and take action for their own communities.
The Entrepreneurship and Social Entrepreneurship Schools are expanding to various regions throughout the world. Join us, so that you can empower your startup ideas and learn how to create your own social or private enterprise.
Speakers
Check out our speakers:
Ketevan Vashakidze
President EU Foundation
Melina Taprantzi
Founder, Wise Greece
Nana Chkareuli
Founder Ikorta
Boris Kiknadze
Founder & CEO WeHelp
Natali Kenkadze
co-founder of Generator 9.8
Eka Datuashvili
Program Manager, CSRDG
Mauro Verderosa
Founder of Psynd
David Usupashvili
Former Chairman of the Parliament of Georgia
Activities
12-DAY WORKSHOPS WITH SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURS
FOCUS ON SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND ACTIVITIES TO PROMOTE THE PUBLIC GOOD
VISIT CORPORATE
AND INNOVATIVE NON-PROFITS
TOP PROJECTS
AWARDS
The Social Entrepreneurship School Georgia will take place in Tbilisi from February 6th to the 17th, 2017. It will provide participants with a unique opportunity to widen their social enterprise horizons, improve the public sector's performance, and develop their own entrepreneurial ideas for the public good.
During the 12-day program, passionate people from all around the world will have the opportunity to meet and challenge the most successful social entrepreneurs and non-profit leaders. They will also have the opportunity to discover the social entrepreneurship world through visits with government officials, private companies, non-profits, and individuals who focus on innovations for the public sector.
Participants should expect a very busy schedule, filled with activities and challenges for everyone!
You will meet, discuss and compete with participants from different countries to create and implement strategies that will improve the public sector. Participants will be organized into teams. These teams will have the mentorship of past graduates and will be eligible to receive small amounts of venture capital to implement their projects.
Participants will share opinions and experiences with successful entrepreneurs and will also have the opportunity to contribute to the development of a new business or non-profit start up idea in an interactive way.
Additionally, you will network with fellow aspiring entrepreneurs, non-profit, and government leaders during breaks, activities and off campus site-visits. These opportunities will help you to deepen your knowledge of the latest innovative social entrepreneurship practices while also expanding your network.
On the completion of the school,
you are expected to be able to:
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Demonstrate an understanding of entrepreneurship and identify the key success factors of social business startups and non-profits
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Adopt a can-do attitude to face any challenges
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Exhibit an ability to make use of publicly available information and data in creative ways in order to improve public sector performance
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Gain a better understanding of working as a team
RULES TO RECEIVE THE 3’000 EUR PRIZE
Dear EntrepreneurshipSchool winning team, congratulations!
Your team has the possibility to obtain the money, there are two ways to get it:
1) Your team creates a company with the aim to carry on the project pitched during the EntrepreneurshipSchool.
All team participants must be shareholders of the company or communicate to us their intention not to carry on the project.
This company invoices 3’000 EUR to us.
We send you the money on the company’s bank account.
ALTERNATIVE
2) Your team is not ready to open a company yet but the money will serve to growth your business idea or to pay for the first expenses related to its creation. In this second case you need to:
A) Contact us before the expenses take place to inform us
B) Put all your team in cc: everyone must approve and confirm that your expenses are related to the project-pitch at the EntrepreneurshipSchool
C) Obtain our approval On the refund of these expenses
D) Make the payment, keep any receipts related to it and send them to us in order to be refunded
Preliminary Agenda
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Applications for Social Entrepreneurship School in Tbilisi 2017 are closed
