THE ROOT OF THE PROJECT!
This is the book that sparked it all.
Written by UNC-Chapel Hill Chancellor Holden Thorp and entrepreneur Professor Buck Goldstein, this is a MUST READ for anyone interested in ENTREPRENEURSHIP or INNOVATION in today's Universities.
World’s Biggest Problems Archive
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Entrepreneurship shaped student’s global path
Wyatt Bruton, a 2011 UNC graduate teaching at Zhiying Middle School in Guangdong, China, details how entrepreneurship shaped his Carolina experience. -
Project Inspire Africa
The first installment of a scintillating reality television series, PROJECT INSPIRE AFRICA presents a hot entrepreneurship contest featuring 30 candidates carefully selected across multi-ethnic East Africa with one goal i.e to showcase their business acumen in a reality TV show that will give the winner more than enough capital, networks... -
Nourish International gets campuses involved in fighting poverty
What began as a student club at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill is now a thriving student movement out to tackle global poverty, with 23 university chapters and counting. Throughout the school year, students run and develop small-scale businesses, honing their entrepreneurial chops and learning to make an idea... -
Social Entrepreneurship Resources
We want to provide students and entrepreneurs of diverse interests with the resources to pursue their passions. In addition to individual university resources, we’ve compiled a list of organizations and groups that exemplify social entrepreneurship. These are business, NGOs, and other groups that want to help make the world a... -
What are you doing to solve the world’s biggest problems?
We asked fellow UNC-CH students what they thought the world’s biggest problems are, how to solve them and if the universities should be involved in that mission. What did they say? Take a look to see their sensible, thought-provoking and innovative answers: Solving the World’s Greatest Problems from tomas asecio... -
The teenage sensation of TOMS Shoes
One of the most well-known examples of social entrepreneurship not only does good, but has become a fashion statement. -
Global Fast takes on an Indian Water Well
Interested in sacrificing lunch in order to aid in the building of a clean water well in India? Join us by going to our site to make an account through which you may donate to a charity organization or project of your choice. Global Fast is a way of donating... -
UNC Innovation Lab Seeks Breakthroughs for Safe Water
In many countries around the world, people are warned to “boil their water” before they use it because the water might be contaminated. This risk is even higher further away from water sources (even those that might actually have safe water to begin with) due to inadequate plumbing and other... -
Brazilian Engineer Creates Electricity-Free Light-Bulb
Light is something most of us in the first world take for granted, but in many countries, a person’s electrical bill can be even higher then their salary. With many having to sacrifice this commodity a Brazilian engineer found a clever way to provide homes with light for virtually nothing.... -
Project 7: You Buy Coffee, They Give Aid
Project 7 embodies two social entrepreneurship principles: Adopting a mission to create and sustain social value and engaging in a continuous process of innovation, adaptation, and learning.