Conversations around racial justice continue to extend into the global development community, and as Street Business School CEO Devin Hibbard observed last summer, “frankly it’s about time.” For far too long, nearly all foreign development aid has gone to international organizations based in wealthy countries,...
This is often a time for contemplation and gratitude as millions around the world celebrate December holidays and look toward the new year ahead. In this second holiday season impacted by the pandemic, we find ourselves reflecting on the inspiring ways people have come together...
Street Business School is on a mission to stamp out extreme poverty by lifting up a new generation of business entrepreneurs, and we aren’t doing it alone. We coach NGOs to use our ready-to-deliver social entrepreneurship training program to help those they serve build confidence...
By Devin Hibbard The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, or SDGs, put forth a bold agenda to advance equality and social uplift around the world, with powerful targets that include eradicating poverty and ending all forms of discrimination against women and girls globally by 2030. With less...
By Devin Hibbard Social entrepreneurship applies market-driven principles to solve social or environmental problems. Put another way: Social enterprises make money, but they balance their quest for revenue growth with a motivation to have a positive impact on the world. Given the modern boon of purpose-driven businesses,...
By Devin Hibbard The murder of George Floyd at the hands of police in May 2020, coupled with the coronavirus pandemic and its disparate impact on communities of color worldwide, have forced a global reckoning around racial justice. More and more people are beginning to ask questions...
(BOULDER – Colorado) BRAC, the largest NGO in the world, has contracted Street Business School (SBS) to contribute to their Empowerment and Livelihood for Adolescents (ELA) curriculum. With an entrepreneurship curriculum that is proven to triple the daily income of families living in poverty, SBS...
By Devin Hibbard It’s not as easy to define social entrepreneurship as you might think. Social enterprises can be for-profit or non-profit, big or small, multinational or hyper-local. But all social enterprises and social entrepreneurs all have a few things in common: They apply market-driven principles...
By Devin Hibbard The United Nations Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), which ran from 2000 to 2015, are largely considered one of the most successful anti-poverty campaigns in history. In addition to reducing global poverty by nearly half, the success of the MDGs resulted in greater equity...
By Devin Hibbard There is no one more resilient than a woman entrepreneur, and millions of tenacious women continue to prove this every day. Research makes clear that women entrepreneurs are facing a disproportionate impact from the coronavirus pandemic. Woman-owned businesses are more likely to operate in...
NGOs fighting to empower women living below the poverty line are challenged by our new reality. COVID-19 compels us to alter our day-to-day practices to protect ourselves and others. These necessary changes have unintended consequences. Those living in poverty are particularly vulnerable to the pandemic...
During a presentation about Street Business School (SBS), I asked a group of busy professionals what giving back meant to them. One woman said she had grand plans of becoming more involved with her favorite nonprofit, and instead “ended up just writing another check.” I had...
