Forbes Editors’ Pick: “Platform Aims To Level The Playing Field For Small Business”
NEW YORK CITY (MARCH 31, 2018) — Institute’s FinTech platform, SourceFunding.org, featured by Forbes.
Institute's Financial Technology Platform Named "FinTech Innovation"
NEW YORK CITY (AUGUST 2016) - The Institute's financial technology platform known as SourceFunding.org was featured as a "FinTech Innovation" in the August 2016 Business & Management Review. The paper, titled "Exploring Corporate Social Responsibility with the Global Community," was presented at the International Academic Conference in Paris.
Excerpt from the Business & Management Review:
"W. Michael Short, founder of Short Enterprises and the Global Social Enterprise Institute, spoke on the importance of building dynamic and cross-sector public-private-nonprofit-foundation partnerships in advancing economic development, inclusive entrepreneurship, and innovation. In order to demonstrate this, Mr. Short highlighted the national financial technology (FinTech) initiative that he is spearheading in collaboration with the Clinton Foundation, Ashoka, the White House, various universities, a national network of small business technical assistance providers and financial institutions, among others. The initiative, a Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) sponsored “Commitment to Action” developed in the Ashoka U Commons, is focused on addressing a major barrier to growth cited by small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs): access to low-cost financing. This will be accomplished with the launch of the nation's first FinTech platform focused on community businesses, organizations, and entrepreneurs with a social-impact, mission-driven, or workforce development focus."
Institute Partners on Global Corporate Social Responsibility Conference
BROOKLYN, NY (June 14-17, 2016) - The Global Social Enterprise Institute co-hosted an international conference on Corporate Social Responsibility with Medgar Evers College, Startup Africa, and partners. The multi-day event included workshops and discussions on CSR, social entrepreneurship, community economic development, impact investment, financial technology, and cooperative enterprise. The conference's keynote speaker was Faith Taylor, Senior Vice President for Corporate Social Responsibility, Wyndham Worldwide. Institute founder, W. Michael Short, spoke on three panels during the conference and announced the national launch of the Institute's SourceFunding.org financial technology platform.
