Q:  Where can you meet, network and hear from changemakers, social entrepreneurs and people committed to funding and supporting social enterprise?

A:  The New Jersey Social Entrepreneurship Summit - October 19 in Newark

Join the Conversation with our featured Speakers:

Craig Cuccia, Founder of Cafe Reconcile

Alfa Demmellash, CEO of Rising Tide Capital  

Cheryl Dorsey, President of Echoing Green

Panel Discussions and Networking, too.  The tentative agenda is below.

This summit is sponsored by PSEG and the U.S. Small Business Administration.

Who should attend?

Social entrepreneurs, nonprofit leaders, B-Corps, L3Cs, government officials, educators, business people and anyone interested in using entrepreneurship for social change.  Come and learn about best practices in social entrepreneurship, get connected to resources and like minded others.

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See our event on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/NJSocEnt

The objective of this summit is to raise the profile of social entrepreneurship in New Jersey by bringing leaders of the social sector and entrepreneurs who address social and environmental problems in their businesses together to learn from and support one another. 

We are particularly interested in bringing together leaders who are tackling these social and environmental issues in New Jersey and encouraging these social entrepreneurs or would-be social entrepreneurs to use innovative, sustainable, and profitable business ventures and social impact organizations as their vehicle for long-term change.

The program will feature a series of interactive speaker discussions and workshops that

• Inform the social sector and business community of the benefits and need for entrepreneurial approaches to addressing social and environmental issues. 

• Equip participants with tools to take steps toward building a social enterprise or social business 

• Facilitate networking with potential investors, experienced business leaders and individual entrepreneurs who are interested engaging in social venture initiatives in NJ 

• Announce the New Jersey Social Innovation Institute, an initiative to support new social ventures in the state of New Jersey.

Tentative Agenda - Subject to Change

8:30Registration Opens

9:30 Welcome

10:00 A Conversation with ... Craig Cuccia, Founder of Cafe Reconcile

10:45Networking

11:00Panel Discussions:

So You Want to Be a Social Entrepreneur

Show Me The Money

12:00Lunch AND Networking (lunch is included in the registration fee)

1:30A Conversation with ... Cheryl Dorsey of Echoing Green

2:15Networking

2:30Panel Discussions:

So You Want to Be a Social Entrepreneur

Show Me The Money

3:45  A Conversation with ... Alfa Demmellash of Rising Tide Capital

4:30  Closing Remarks

5:30Networking Happy Hour (Location: NJPAC Theater Grill)

This summit is sponsorsed by PSEG and the U.S. Small Business Administration.

For more information go to www.njsesummit.org