The 7 Pillars

GCSEN was founded on a foundational blend of 7 pillars.

1. Innovation

Constant innovation of technologies, frameworks, courses and content: 

Ignacio Despujol	Kristin Backhaus	Steve Mariotti
Patricia G Eisner	John Cary

2. Teaching and Learning

Education of existing, emerging, and aspiring social entrepreneurs. Assures program quality and establish differentiation and competitive advantage: 

Stephanie Singleton	Prof. Paulo Gomes	Dr. Eric Strauss
Richard Berman	Charlie Lord	Bob Dean
Prof. Jay Rao

3. Community

Facilitating communities of social entrepreneurs within & across academic institutions. Enables lifelong social entrepreneurship learning for students and faculty: 

Julie Kantor	Jamie Kent	Jennifer Kushell
Georgia Beattie

4. Thought Leadership

Influences social entrepreneurship policies and practices through thought leadership:

Charlie Lord	Prof. Mary Kate Naatus	Michael Shuman
Charles Venti

 

5. Marketing

Traditional and social media marketing approaches to increase student attraction. Increases number of students interested in social entrepreneurship:

Yana Averbukh	Lauren Birnbaum	Michael Ward
Jamie Kent	Flor Nájera	Jason Reuben

6. Capital Access

Provides easier and more effective access to all viable sources of startup funding. Increases capital available to student social ventures: 

Stephen Silver	Ben Parvey	Matthew Gilmore
Mark Ferri	Laird Q. Cagan

7. Acceleration

Bridges learning to practice through coaching, mentoring and other business acceleration approaches. Accelerates growth and success of student social ventures, turning dreams into realized dreams:

Cameron Mckenzie	Len Green	Bill Towell
Colby Creedon