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Announcing This year's EI Forum
By: David H. Kim The concept of disruption is a fascinating one and has been particularly significant for entrepreneurship and for understanding the dynamics of innovation. Economists like Joseph Schumpeter (1883-1950), a contemporary of John Maynard Keynes, championed the notion that disruptive innovation leads to “creative destruction”, a well-know...
May 5, 2014 -
Business Plan Competition Winners Announced
After a rigorous six month process, the Center for Faith & Work is excited to announce the 2014 Entrepreneurship & Innovation Business Plan Competition Winners. For-Profit: China Vision In China, 50% of preventable blindness is due to untreated cataracts. ChinaVision is going to help change the way eye care is provided in China. Not-For-Profit: ...
May 5, 2014 -
CFW Stories: EI & Firebone Theatre
Firebone Theatre received a Center for Faith & Work Entrepreneurship Initiative grant in 2013. Their founder, Chris Cragin Day, talks about the company's entrepreneurial essence, their experience in working with Ei and CFW, and the impetus behind Firebone's work. "You don’t think of theater people as entrepreneurs, but actually that’s exactly wha...
March 25, 2014 -
Arranging Flowers to Nourish the Soul
By: Bethany Jenkins Esther Larson is a part-time, self-employed florist (www.essiesflowers.com) and senior manager of affiliate development for Hope for New York. She is also a former Gotham Fellow through the Center for Faith & Work. How did you become interested in arranging flowers? I’ve been working with nonprofit, anti-poverty orga...
February 18, 2014 -
Is Technology Hope for the Hopeless?
By: Chris McNerney and Daniel Lee Super Bowl XLVIII earned the distinction of being the most watched television program in U.S. history with 111.5 million viewers. That’s over a third of America’s population. Several more millions who had no particular interest in the part where the Seahawks trampled all over the Broncos tuned in for Bruno Mars’ record-b...
February 13, 2014 -
Beyond the BPC
By: Tracy Thorton Only a few months after my Not-For Profit, A House on Beekman, won the Center for Faith & Work EI Business Plan Competition (BPC), it became clear to me that big changes were ahead. I had heard how difficult the first year of a venture can be, and I wanted to be able to devote my full time to being a Director of Operations. In order to be ...
February 5, 2014 -
EI Competition Winner Receives National Coverage for Work Against Human Trafficking
Gotham Fellow and EI Business Plan Competition Diana Mao of the Nomi Network was featured on a panel on Fox News discussing what can be done to prevent modern day slavery. The U.S. State Department says over 27 million men, women and children are victims of human trafficking. 27 Million Modern Day Slaves and What You Can Do to Prevent It
October 10, 2013 -
Brooklyn Entrepreneurs
By: Calvin Chin Brooklyn start-up MakerBot, a 3-D printer manufacturer, is being acquired by a strategic buyer for about $400 million. This transaction further cements Brooklyn as more than a growing consumer brand. It is a bonafide hotbed of entrepreneurial activity and and new ideas. As Manhattan becomes more overpriced for residents, start-ups, and share work ...
June 27, 2013 -
Entrepreneurship for Artists
Ei featured in this article Regent’s CforE featured in Kingdom Business in April 2010.
April 10, 2013 -
Ei Forum-RISK
By: Calvin Chin Putting aside the occasional storm of the century or most recent Hollywood end-of-world movie, how often do you think about RISK? Do you wake up wanting to take more risks, or wondering how to avoid it? How do you even define risk? As a community of believers and people who are seriously investigating the bold claims of Jesus, we should regularly ponder...
March 21, 2013
