Roundup of social business ideas from Springwise
Howard Lake | 2 February 2012 | News
Springwise.com publishes a weekly round-up of new business ideas from around the world, and more and more of them seem to have a charitable or social enterprise element to them.
Here are a few that have featured recently.
Halfsies
With every half-sized restaurant meal, a donation to fight hunger
Halfsies is a social initiative offering restaurant-goers a choice that provides a healthier portion size, reduces food waste, and supports the fight against hunger.
TousDonateurs
When consumers watch ads, advertisers donate to charity
TousDonateurs is a French site that enables consumers to watch video ads in exchange for donations to the charity of their choice.
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Lucky Ant
First ever hyper-local crowdfunding platform
Lucky Ant is a hyper-local crowdfunding platform, featuring one neighborhood business a week for the community to support.
Pubslush
A crowdfunded, book-publishing platform with non-profit extension
PUBSLUSH is a publisher with a non-profit extension that enables book fans to fund the new novels they wish to see published.
Peoplefund.it
Crowdfunding site enables supporters to volunteer their time
Peoplefund.it is a crowdfunding site from KEO Films that is designed to connect fledgling community projects with people interested in supporting them.
Timbooktwo
“Buy one, donate one” promotional videos
For every video they make for a tourism company, Timbooktwo will produce another free for a charitable organisation.
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About Howard Lake
Howard Lake is consultant editor of UK Fundraising. He founded the site in 1994 and successfully sold it in 2022. As director of Giving X Ltd he is exploring growing giving on a massive scale.
He is the founder of Fundraising Camp and co-founder of GoodJobs.