About us
The Positive Social Impact Meetup Group is a gathering of founders, entrepreneurs, developers, technologists, creatives, innovators and tinkerers focused on how to best make a positive social impact with their startup locally, regionally, nationally and globally.
This is your place to connect with other social entrepreneurs, social enterprises, b-corps, triple bottom line (TBL), environmental, social, and governance (ESG), corporate social responsibility (CSR) folks working on building a better world thru business.
A first-in-kind research by the Schwab Foundation’s Global Alliance for Social Entrepreneurship finds that there are approximately 10 million social enterprises worldwide, which collectively generate around $2 trillion in annual revenues, creating over 200 million jobs. The sector now outranks other mainstream industries by annual revenue, such as telecom and apparel. Moreover, social enterprises align their missions with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), notably in creating decent work, driving climate action and reducing poverty and inequalities.
Many of these social enterprises are focused on one or many of the 17 sustainable development goals.
PS. words. "social impact" and "change the world", are interesting and often used words. But come on know, social impact can be...negative. And many people and businesses change the world...for the worse. Don't do that. Focus on a net positive uplift for outcome of the business. Also, keep in mind, no margin, no mission. Doing good but not having a great business model baked in, kinda tough to scale.
Upcoming events
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- $25.00
Founders Better World Coffee: Tuesday 7/7
Honey latte cafe, 1033 SE Main St, Portland, OR 97214, United States,, Portland, OR, USWhat might happen, in our community and around the world, if once a month—on 7/7, 8/8, 9/9, 10/10 etc.—we encouraged each other to do one thing to make our corner of the world a bit better?
That's exactly what Ami Dar, founder of idealist.org asked, and this is Portland's answer.
We are Portland's startup founders. We are Portland's social entrepreneurs. We are Portland's business owners. We make business, and we make business do good things.
First, we're going gather at the asscrack of the morning (8:00am) at Portland's Honey Latte Cafe.
Honey Latte Cafe was founded with a love for serving people, establishing lasting relationships and cultivating a community. Their focus is to be able to provide a safe and welcoming space where people can come to connect with others who share the same appreciation for quality coffee, tasty plant-based bites and human connection.
Around 9:00am after some great coffee and way too much caffeine we're going to B-Line Urban Delivery a Certified B Corporation seeking to enrich the fabric of our cities by reducing congestion and CO2 emissions, developing local green-collar jobs, partnering with local manufacturers and small businesses, doing our share to help those in need in our community, and generally believing in the premise that business can be a catalyst for positive change and has a responsibility to the common good.
From 9:00am to 10:00am we'll hear from B-Line founder Franklin Jones at their Headquarters (1140 SE 7th Ave, Ste. 190) about the ins and outs of starting up a mission based business in Portland and hearing what's working and where they could use some help.
Our Meetup Group, strong in entrepreneur and founder street cred, will offer ideas to increase revenue and overall positive impact.
- Event tickets: $25
- Includes $5 towards breakfast, $5 for a tip, $7.50 to B Line, $7.50 to Kiva
- Space is limited to 1010 folks @ $5 breakfast = $50 to Honey Latte Cafe
10 folks @ $5 tip = $50 tip
$75 to B Line, they can direct how they want the funds spent
3 women entrepreneurs in developing countries supported
12,642 current founders supported on 5/14/26 and will grow to XX,XXX after July 7th
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