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Echoing Green seeds fellows through its own fundraising, and has no financial stake in the businesses it funds.
FORBES: Social Entrepreneurship, American Idol- Style
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They also get health care and professional development for two years, and access to Echoing Green conferences for four years.
FORBES: Social Entrepreneurship, American Idol- Style
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Cheryl Dorsey of Echoing Green (at 02:30 mark in video below) explains how she spots winners from among the 3, 500 business plans that enter her annual competition.
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He currently serves on the board of directors of Echoing Green, the Washington Regional Association of Grantmakers, and the advisory board of the American Humanics Nonprofit Workforce Coalition.
WHITEHOUSE: THE WHITE HOUSE
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Echoing Green, started in 1987 by General Atlantic co-founder David Hodgson and others, funds organizations that seek to create social change in fields like economic development, health and education.
FORBES: Social Entrepreneurship, American Idol- Style
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These 10 competitors were selected through an online contest that showcased 25 semi-finalists of the fellowship program run by Echoing Green, a global nonprofit that provides seed funding and technical assistance to emerging social entrepreneurs.
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It was thanks to the intelligent panelists we brought on stage: venture capitalists Marc Andreessen of Andreessen Horowitz and Jim Breyer of Accel Partners, Salesforce.com CEO Marc Benioff, and social venture investor Cheryl Dorsey of Echoing Green.
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This particular panel, at the Forbes 400 Summit On Philanthropy last June, included two Silicon Valley venture capitalists Marc Andreessen and Jim Breyer, along with Dr. Cheryl Dorsey, a Harvard-trained pediatrician, former White House fellow, and now the president of Echoing Green, a pioneer in the social entrepreneurship movement.
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The call for a fair funding formula to prevent them losing out to school sixth forms has been echoing across the green benches.
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