Accelerate your impact
Accelerate your impact
2018 Annual Report
Miller Center for Social Entrepreneurship accelerates entrepreneurship to end global poverty and protect the planet
Charity
"Give a woman a fish, feed her for a day."
Education
"Teach a woman to fish, feed her for a lifetime."
The Power of Purpose
Social Entrepreneurship
"Teach a woman to run a fishing business, feed a village for a lifetime.
Miller Center for Social Entrepreneurship at Santa Clara University in Silicon Valley provides rigorous training and executive mentorship to help social entrepreneurs soar.
OUR FOCUS
Miller Center is passionate about the power of social entrepreneurship to transform the world. We focus on Climate Resilience for our planet and Women's Economic Empowerment. The world's poor and most vulnerable are bearing the brunt of climate change. Women make up half of the world's population yet represent 70% of the world's poor. Because women represent the majority, they carry a greater burden. They are also the ones actively leading their communities to find solutions.
Turning On the Lights
Climate Resilience
women's economic empowerment
Women Rising: Miller Center works to promote the economic empowerment of women by developing strong pipelines of investment-ready, women-led social enterprises and helping social enterprises better serve women.
Climate Resilience: We work with social enterprises that are helping communities adapt to climate change: Providing clean water, energy, and sanitation; enhancing agricultural production; and strengthening health systems.
APPLY TO THE GSBI
If you are a social entrepreneur who aims to combat poverty and protect the planet, we invite you to apply to the GSBI. Whether you are a for-profit, nonprofit, or hybrid enterprise, we provide programs that are focused on your business model and tailored to your needs.
We are looking for entrepreneurs who:
Lead an existing for-profit, nonprofit, or hybrid enterprise
Are operational and have a tested business model
Are ready for scale and investment
Develop innovative solutions to provide paths out of poverty
Completed applications are evaluated on:
Impact & Business Model
Marketing & Sales
Operations Model
Management & Team
Financials using the Stage Assessment Tool
“GSBI has been more helpful than any other program we’ve gone through. The weekly calls are great; they help with accountability. This is the most hands-on and involved program we’ve been part of.”
Applications for GSBI accelerator programs launching January 2019 are now closed.
If you would like to be notified of our next application cycle, click here.
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