Hard Work and Hustle: The Necessity Entrepreneurs
04.24.2019
Through hard work and hustle, SBS's women entrepreneurs are working their way out of poverty and providing a sustianable living for themselves and their families....
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Do What You are Terrible At to Build the Most Important Muscle
03.27.2019
Stepping out of your Comfort Zone A little over a year ago, I hosted a holiday wine, cheese and chocolate party. Everyone was mingling and having a great time. That’s when a neighbor mentioned that her broomball team was looking for female players, and asked my...
Measuring Facts
03.20.2019
Measuring Facts ~ For more than a decade of my career, I have been a nonprofit fundraiser. So, when I was presented the opportunity to join Street Business School (SBS) in Uganda this year, I came with the critical eye of a development professional. I...
5 Forces Driving Gender Balance Around the World
03.15.2019
Gender Balance: Every year on March 8, International Women’s Day serves as a celebration of everything women achieve and a call-to-action for advancing gender parity. This year’s theme, Balance for Better, calls on business, government and civil society to build a gender-balanced world—and it extends...
SEX-TRAFFICKING PREVENTION – THE FORGOTTEN P
02.27.2019
Sex trafficking is one of the worst tragedies occurring in the 21st century. Studies show that modern slavery is more prevalent today than during the Transatlantic Slave Trade’s most prolific years. The most common figures estimate there are 45.8 million people currently enslaved worldwide. 1 Of...
5 Top Reads In 2018
02.27.2019
When I went through the list of books and articles that I read last year, I had no idea how I was going to choose the top five. It took time, but I did narrow it down. While the following “top reads” seem vastly different...
International Women’s Day: My Take On Gender Equity
02.27.2019
My Take on Gender Equity - About ten years ago I was at a conference, sitting in the back of the room, listening to one newly-minted MBA after another talking about his next brilliant idea for changing the world. From my years of experience, I...
A night of boldness: A homecoming of old and new friends
02.04.2019
In November, Street Business School (SBS) hosted its first homecoming event for our many friends in the Colorado community. We brought our supportive community together to celebrate an evening focused on boldness and entrepreneur. More than 120 guests joined us as we pushed the envelope...
Is “Financial Sustainability” being hijacked?
12.10.2018
The quest for financial sustainability is in danger of becoming an unhealthy trend in which earned income is assumed to be the gold standard for all philanthropic work. Funders understandably want to know when their funding will no longer be needed. But for some funders...
6 Trends Shaping Entrepreneurship in Africa in 2018
12.10.2018
The nonprofit Street Business School has been teaching Ugandan women how to launch their own businesses for more than a decade. Its programming has already reached more than 60,000 people, who increased their incomes by an average of 211 percent by starting small, locally-based businesses....
What is Social Franchising?
07.30.2018
Franchising can go beyond cheeseburgers and coffee shops. A growing number of social enterprises believe this powerful business model can help them change the world. Companies use franchising to achieve scale. By licensing their knowledge, business model and brand to third parties, franchises expand faster than...
Top 5 Tips to Stay Relevant in a Changing World
04.06.2018
By Devin Hibbard I was honored to present at the Sankalp Africa Forum about how organizations can stay relevant in this rapidly changing world of #GlobalDevelopment, #PovertyEradication and #SocialEnterprise. I shared the following Top 5 Tips for Staying Relevant gleaned from more than a decade with BeadforLife...