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Pooling data to make it easier to find social entrepreneurs

1 September 2009
Alliance magazine

The Skoll Foundation, PopTech, ideablob and Civic Ventures have pooled their data to create the first open database of social entrepreneurs. The Social Entrepreneur API (Application Programming Interface) will allow philanthropists, investors, press and fellow entrepreneurs to find social entrepreneurs based on keyword, location, cause area, population served, and a variety of other factors.

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