“From our Skoll Foundation-funded research, we found that over 65 percent of practitioners couldn’t find the resources they needed, and, if they had completed research, didn’t know where to share it,” explains Kim Alter, the managing director of Virtue Ventures. This database became, an on- and off-line initiative to arm change makers with the tools they need to succeed.
In order to address the high demand for assistance in the rapidly growing citizen sector, Virtue Ventures began compiling consulting solutions, research papers, social impact metrics, business plans, marketing templates, financial forecasts and myriad other documents useful for social entrepreneurs. This reasoning became the mainstay behind Virtue Ventures, a consulting firm focused on furthering social ventures that was founded in 2000.
As the business revolution known as social entrepreneurship rises and the population of social entrepreneurs grows, so does the need for efficient and effective tools, resources and support.
