Zoombala™ http://blog.zoombala.com North America's 1st Social Network / Online Community made for Social Entrepreneurs by Social Entrepreneurs Sun, 02 Nov 2008 21:13:45 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Zoombala.com 1st press release launched! http://blog.zoombala.com/2008/11/02/zoombalacom-1st-press-release-launched/ http://blog.zoombala.com/2008/11/02/zoombalacom-1st-press-release-launched/#comments Sun, 02 Nov 2008 21:13:45 +0000 admin http://blog.zoombala.com/?p=39 Press Release: Zoombala.com – North America’s 1st Social Network & Online platform for Social Entrepreneurs

]]> http://blog.zoombala.com/2008/11/02/zoombalacom-1st-press-release-launched/feed/ 0 Entrepreneur Commons http://blog.zoombala.com/2008/10/30/entrepreneur-commons/ http://blog.zoombala.com/2008/10/30/entrepreneur-commons/#comments Thu, 30 Oct 2008 17:59:29 +0000 admin http://blog.zoombala.com/?p=35 Many of you tracking the growth in the Social Finance industry may have heard of Entrepreneur Commons but for those that have not here is a quick 101 on Entrepreneur Commons.

Entrepreneur Commons Deal Flow

Entrepreneur Commons Deal Flow

Entrepreneur Commons™ is a not-for-profit for and by entrepreneurs dedicated to helping them finance their ventures. We provide is a platform hosting a social network of entrepreneurs, which promotes mentoring between entrepreneur members and which manages a seed investment fund.

Here is their most recent presentation at Socap08. Click here to view.

Their focus for the first line of loans from the fund is Social Entrepreneurship.

Why should you care?

More on the concept, format and definition of “the box” to confirm this is something for you here.

Organization website: http://www.entrepreneurcommons.org/

Facebook Group: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Entrepreneur-Commons/40783338760

]]> http://blog.zoombala.com/2008/10/30/entrepreneur-commons/feed/ 2 Zoombala™ is an online initiative created by CSEF.ca. Founding Sponsor is Inspiris.co.uk http://blog.zoombala.com/2008/10/21/zoombala%e2%84%a2-is-an-online-initiative-created-by-csefca/ http://blog.zoombala.com/2008/10/21/zoombala%e2%84%a2-is-an-online-initiative-created-by-csefca/#comments Tue, 21 Oct 2008 21:32:03 +0000 admin http://blog.zoombala.com/?p=20 For those new to Zoombala™ – here is a quick backgrounder on this online initiative.

It is an online initiative/program created and owned by The Canadian Social Entrepreneurship Foundation. To learn more about them click here.

CSEF’s blog “Social Entrepreneurship @ Work”, a fantastic online resource, is located here.

The Official Founding Sponsor of Zoombala™ is the London, UK based company Inspiris. Learn more here.

Inspiris - Zoombala Founding Sponsor

Inspiris - Zoombala Founding Sponsor

Zoombala™’s current Official In-Kind (International) Sponsors are:

  • Aleare.com.ar [Designer and Developer of our Logo and Splash Page(s)] based out of Buenos Aires, Argentina.
  • SocialAtom [Social Marketing Services and Advice] based out of Flordia, USA.
  • VKI Studios [SEO Services and Advice] based out of Vancouver, Canada.
  • JainSachin [Programming] based out of Bangkok, Thailand.
  • Will Rossiter [Support & Social Network Original Design and Layout (to be seen upon Beta Launch)] based out of Wellington, New Zealand.

Zoombala™ has been supported and funded by private donors (entrepreneurs and social entrepreneurs) globally (From Tokyo to Toronto):

  • Courtney E
  • Craig A
  • James D
  • Paul A
  • Ben S
  • Adrian E
  • Karim H
  • Annalea K
  • Leo W
  • Will R
  • B.B
  • James Ad
  • Matt P
  • Derek W
  • Nina P
  • Catarina A
  • Dinning Hunter Lambert & Jackson
  • Chris H
  • And many more……[Click here for the soon to be updated list.]
]]> http://blog.zoombala.com/2008/10/21/zoombala%e2%84%a2-is-an-online-initiative-created-by-csefca/feed/ 0 Zoombala™ on Twitter http://blog.zoombala.com/2008/10/21/zoombala%e2%84%a2-on-twitter/ http://blog.zoombala.com/2008/10/21/zoombala%e2%84%a2-on-twitter/#comments Tue, 21 Oct 2008 20:57:36 +0000 admin http://blog.zoombala.com/?p=16 Hello Everyone!


Zoombala™ is beginning to execute it’s social marketing plan in order to built up awareness and momentum around our upcoming Beta Launch.

We need all the users we can get and are asking users interested in what we are doing to sign up now to receive an invite to the Beta launch!

You can follow our development on Twitter: https://twitter.com/zoombala
Cheers for now!

Team Zoombala™

]]> http://blog.zoombala.com/2008/10/21/zoombala%e2%84%a2-on-twitter/feed/ 1 Zoombala™ is looking for an online blogger! http://blog.zoombala.com/2008/10/21/zoombala%e2%84%a2-is-looking-for-an-online-blogger/ http://blog.zoombala.com/2008/10/21/zoombala%e2%84%a2-is-looking-for-an-online-blogger/#comments Tue, 21 Oct 2008 20:34:43 +0000 admin http://blog.zoombala.com/?p=13 Zoombala™ is looking for an online blogger with a passion for World Changing news! Please email us at zoombala [at] csef.ca if you are interested in joining our growing team! ]]> http://blog.zoombala.com/2008/10/21/zoombala%e2%84%a2-is-looking-for-an-online-blogger/feed/ 0 Laurel Centre 2nd Annual Conference on Social Entrepreneurship http://blog.zoombala.com/2008/10/13/laurel-centre-2nd-annual-conference-on-social-entrepreneurship/ http://blog.zoombala.com/2008/10/13/laurel-centre-2nd-annual-conference-on-social-entrepreneurship/#comments Mon, 13 Oct 2008 19:03:28 +0000 admin http://blog.zoombala.com/?p=8

“Waterloo — For a weekend in November, promising and existing social leaders will converge in Waterloo, Ontario to learn, discuss, and further their individual quests to change the world. Free the Children Chief Executive Director Marc Kielburger will help launch the weekend with his keynote lecture at the 2008 Annual Conference on Social Entrepreneurship. From November 14-16, 2008, the Laurel Centre for Social Entrepreneurship will host their second annual conference, an event that will bring together students and practitioners of social entrepreneurship for a three-day conference jointly hosted by the University of Waterloo and Wilfrid Laurier University, both in Waterloo, ON.

Through a series of workshops, keynote lectures, panel discussions, and an exhibition, the conference, under the title “Change the World,” will explore the advancement of social entrepreneurship both internationally and here at home, featuring the three key themes of health leadership, education, and international development. The Laurel Centre was founded in late 2007 after the success of the first Waterloo Conference on Social Entrepreneurship, which saw more than 200 people come together from around the world to collaborate on the bridging of the passion for social change together with a business-minded discipline.”

Please click here to read more

]]> http://blog.zoombala.com/2008/10/13/laurel-centre-2nd-annual-conference-on-social-entrepreneurship/feed/ 1 Zoombala™ begins internal Beta testing! http://blog.zoombala.com/2008/10/13/zoombala%e2%84%a2-begins-internal-beta-testing/ http://blog.zoombala.com/2008/10/13/zoombala%e2%84%a2-begins-internal-beta-testing/#comments Mon, 13 Oct 2008 18:30:47 +0000 admin http://blog.zoombala.com/?p=3 Zoombala™ is North America’s 1st social network and online platform developed by Social Entrepreneurs for Social Entrepreneurs. Zoombala™ will connect aspiring social entrepreneurs to the financial resources, mentors, potential business partners, and educational resources they need to succeed.

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