Promote Group Entrepreneurship

Ashoka Fellows working together are creating a network of incalculable power. All around the world, Ashoka facilitates collaborations of Fellows sothat they can learn from one another, share valuable knowledge and insights, and leave better equipped to advance their work.

As a result of global collaborations, Ashoka is able to distill the most effective patterns and unify them into a “mosaic”— a synthesis of the commonalities and intersections of key principles that guide Fellows’ individual solutions. These overarching mosaics are then disseminated globally, and form the basis of our programmatic initiatives specific to each field of work, such as youth development or the environment.

In this way, group entrepreneurship not only helps Fellows become more successful, but it also helps Ashoka identify cutting edge trends and implement them more broadly.

Build Sector Infastructure

In order to succeed and become sustainable, social entrepreneurs—much like business entrepreneurs—require support structures tailored to their needs. Ashoka is building an infrastructure that supports the growth and expansion of the field of social entrepreneurship, including seed financing and capital, bridges to the business and academic sectors, and strategic partnerships that deliver social and financial value.

Ashoka has long recognized the importance of collaboration with other sectors, particularly business, whose models of competition and innovation provide critical lessons for citizen organizations. Our work in this area is helping close the historical gap between the business and civil society, creating important avenues for integration and synergy between both communities.