While looking for info on the difference between Social and Cultural Entrepreneurship, I found this very interesting article by Courtney E. Martin & Lisa Witter from the Standford Social Innovation Review. The authors state that through paradigms that: [...] "Identifying and understanding the distinction between cultural entrepreneurship and social entrepreneurship is important for a number … Continue reading Social or Cultural Entrepreneurship: An Argument for a New Distinction
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Cultural Manager sharing ideas and knowledge on how culture can develop through entrepreneurship.
Bloomberg Businessweek article by Francesca Di Meglio gives a good insight into the new MIT Business Plan Competition focusing on "innovative use of the arts as a core component of business plans ... an extension of MIT’s annual $100K Entrepreneurship Competition:. More info here.
An article by Philippe Mwema Bahati, gives an idea on how cultural businesses can help social and environmental problems caused by poverty to be given a chance through tourism. I quote: "...Yet to turn culture into a tourism commodity, it should be available, as Bart Gasana, the chairperson of the chamber of tourism in the … Continue reading Rwanda: Why Culture Is Essential for Tourism