Roman Aranin: wheelchair pilot
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Roman Aranin: wheelchair pilot

Roman Aranin is a social entrepreneur from Kaliningrad (Russia). In the past, a military pilot, then a successful entrepreneur, Roman broke on a paraglider. The result is an almost complete lack of ability to move independently. Even today, after many years of rehabilitation, Roman needs a special assistant to breathe freely. Roman did not give…

Ideas for social businesses
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Ideas for social businesses

Russian foundation “Our future” has opened the online platform to collect and share the ideas of social business. Any start-up or company can list their information on a project idea, business model, prototypes and results. Portal experts select projects to share best cases, assist networking and community building. Social entrepreneurs may use the portal also as an…

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Social entrepreneurship in Russia

The overview from Gendirector (CEO) magazine covers the general concept of social entrepreneurship in the Russian context. Starting from definitions, the article continues with the examples of business models and ideas for business for Russian startups. Gendirector also discusses how to measure the impact of social investments as well as where to get financing and consulting services for…