Just came across this blog by Mike Lee on Socialedge on Sustainable Capitalism in Emerging Economies. There are some interesting responses on where the private and public sector need to meet in order to create a strong structure for a support system for serving the BOP.

While putting together our online platform, we are also moving full steam ahead with the planning for our next event. While we know we want an annual flagship event in San Francisco each year, we are also looking to one to two smaller and more dedicated events. A question that arose out of this year’s conference was how to bring government into the conversation. We had them at the table (UNDP, the Federal Reserve, OPIC etc), but it was clear more conversation was needed on how public and private organizations need to work together in the social capital space. We have been talking with some of our early collaborators, Rob Katz of Nextbillion.net and Francisco Noguera of Nextbillion.net and the World Resources Institute, on their thoughts on how to collaborate with the goverment to advance the sector. While on the WRI website, I came across this video which was produced for their 25th anniversary. I thought it perfectly summed up some of the major focus points at hand. We’re proud to have the opportunity to work with such great organizations as we move SoCap Media forward.

This is an email thread from the Social Enterprise list between me and Jim Fruchterman:”

Kevin Jones said: Why is going the non profit route not the best choice for many social enterprises,  Jim?

“Fruchterman: I think that if you have an idea that helps society and makes a lot of money, it’s far easier to start as a for-profit.  Startup capital is much easier to find, and almost everybody you’ll interact with understands for-profits better (employees, business partners, the press).  And, if you succeed, it’s easier to find funding to go to scale.