Hey – I wrote a book!
Are you there, Hollyhock community? It’s me, Madeleine. For those of you who I’m having the pleasure of meeting for the first time, I’m the original creator of Lunapads (rebranded as Aisle in [...]
SVI Partner Spotlight: Vancity
Vancouver City Savings Credit Union or Vancity, as it is commonly called, has been a longtime partner of Social Venture Institute and Hollyhock. In the spirit of this partnership, Vancity has [...]
Leading the Way: The Birth of SVI Women
You’re never too old to join a revolution. At the ripe old age of 37, I took on a VP role at the Social Venture Network (now Social Venture Circle), having audaciously applied for the position [...]
SVI Partner Spotlight: Genus Capital Management
Genus Capital Management Inc. has been offering innovative investment solutions for more than a quarter century. Now, Genus is championing Canada’s divest-invest movement with Fossil Free and [...]
SVI Partner Spotlight: BDC
Getting funding as an entrepreneur is not always easy, but luckily The Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC) prides itself as being the only bank exclusively devoted to entrepreneurs. The BDC [...]
SVI Partner Spotlight: Horizon Distributors
Horizon Distributors has been supporting SVI and its community for over a decade. We sat down (virtually) with Vice President Terri Newell who shared what lessons she and Horizon have learned in [...]
Social Venture Institute Turns 25
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Innovative gathering for social entrepreneurs celebrates 25 years and goes virtual with BC, Alberta, California partnership A quarter of a century ago, the idea of “social [...]
Changing the Nature of Business: 25 Years of Social Venture Institute
25 years ago, Hollyhock saw a need. Business and entrepreneurship was clearly ready for a major refresh. The age of profit-only valuation was creating more and more inequity, environmental [...]