Social Entrepreneurship Day Panel 2008
A photo gallery of the second annual Social Entrepreneurship Day panel on the Stanford University campus.
More than 150 people gathered at this standing-room-only event, which featured a lively discussion on ways to fund social enterprises.
At the end of the panel, one aspiring entrepreneur asked, “At what stage do the funders come in when funding a social venture, and what are they looking for?”
Click here to hear how Jenny Shilling Stein, Executive Director of the Draper Richards Foundation, answered this question.
Click here to hear how Amy Clark, Global Fellows Program Leader of Ashoka, answered this question.
Click here to download an audio file of the entire discussion.
Jessica Jackley Flannery, Co-Founder and Director of Business Development of Kiva.org
Audience members read the Stanford Social Innovation Review while waiting for the discussion to begin.
Jessica Jackley Flannery recounts how she “did whatever it took” to finance Kiva.org.
The audience spills into an adjoining room.
Kriss Deiglmeier, Executive Director of the Center for Social Innovation, GSB
Kriss Deiglmeier invites audience members to ask the panelists questions.
The panel: moderator Kriss Deiglmeier, Jenny Shilling Stein, Jessica Jackley Flannery, Amy Clark, Suzanne McKechnie Klahr
Jenny Shilling Stein, Executive Director of the Draper Richards Foundation
Jenny Shilling Stein advises entrepreneurs to do their research before meeting with her.
Panelists: Jenny Shilling Stein, Jessica Jackley Flannery, Amy Clark, Suzanne McKechnie Klahr
Suzanne McKechnie Klahr, Founder of BUILD and an Ashoka Fellow
Panelists: Jenny Shilling Stein, Jessica Jackley Flannery, Amy Clark, and Suzanne McKechnie Klahr
Jenny Shilling Stein, Executive Director of the Draper Richards Foundation
Jenny Shilling Stein engages with audience members.
Amy Clark, Global Fellows Program Leader, Ashoka, explains the Ashoka Fellows Program in more detail.
Suzanne McKechnie Klahr, Founder of BUILD and an Ashoka Fellow, fields questions from the audience.
Kriss Deiglmeier and Jenny Shilling Stein advise attendees.