Wildhearts
WildHearts is a social enterprise in Glasgow, Scotland, that sells office supplies and document management services to large companies. WildHearts use the profits to offer entrepreneurial education and micro-finance for young people in the UK [...]
The Skema Generation
It was a wet cold dark winters day in Iceland back in 2013 that I met Rakel Sölvadóttir of Skema at her office at Reykjavik University. The weather contrasted what I soon discovered was a [...]
Clarifying your mission and purpose
What’s your mission and purpose? For a social entrepreneur it’s a calling, if you will. A call within that is a culmination of life circumstances that strikes a chord of not-being-able-to-sit-back-anymore...something needs to change. Your [...]
Business model of sustainable knitwear company
A Lithuanian team behind sustainable hand made knitwear - The Knotty Ones decided to do their socially minded business by engaging low-income women across Lithuania. Three young women founders of The Knotty Ones are big [...]
Eco-friendly shopping bag Poko
Poko is the most comfortable eco-friendly shopping bag that has ever been made. Weighing in at 10g, Poko is the lightweight champion but it is also reusable for hundreds of times and machine washable so [...]
Success story:
“It is impossible to plan everything for the journey ahead so go with your gut and navigate while driving” Name: Gustav Bratt Position: CEO of Giggle.se What is your connection to SSES, and how has [...]