This past few weeks has been an exciting blur. I recently had the opportunity to participate in the Utah Student 25 Event, where David Kasteler and I placed in Utah’s top 3 student entrepreneurs. Third place isn’t bad for a true social venture to place in a competition like this.
I expect to see […]
This past week I, (John Keller) had a great opportunity to participate in the BYU Entrepreneur of the Year event. This is the first time in nearly 5 years that I’ve entered a competition like this. Amid building a number of different businesses, it was a challenge to find the time and focus […]
This past Friday, I had the great opportunity to attend the Ernst and Young Entrepreneur of the year award. It was an inspiring program to see so many talented and driven entrepreneurs who had been successful in their ventures. Perhaps the most inspiring part of the program was how many of the entrepreneurs […]
There’s a video on the site that raises a question I’ve thought a lot about lately. Most people spend days shopping around to buy a car. How much time did you spend finding someone to diagnose your health?
Okay, so I’ve probably padded this blog with plenty of tags and content regarding me and social entrepreneurship. The fact of the matter is that entrepreneurship in general deals with the harnessing of resources and social entrepreneurship is an extension of that applied to social problems. For profit, non-profit, etc. it’s making a […]
Here’s a brief link to an article about John Keller and social entrepreneurship in Utah written up by Utah Ceo Magazine.
Despite the extremely light -hearted conversations that I had with Tammy regarding the article. I think it turned out quite fine.
Although Utach Ceo Magazine in a relatively new magazine, it’s got […]
This past week I had the great opportunity to attend part of the Utah Nonprofits Association Conference. The West Valley Cultural Arts Center was busy with hundreds of passionate and dedicated individuals exchanging ideas and working to advance their representated causes.
It my privelage to attend a lecture led by Alan Hall regarding Social Entrepreneurship […]
So it looks like Sandy City is on track for the new Proscenium complex to move forward.
Perhaps one of the most exciting aspects of the Proscenium project is the significant portion of Venture Philanthropy that it represents. Adding an arts-and-culture zone to Sandy’s down town business center provides not only a incredible […]
Social Entrepreneurs want things to be different. Is that too much to ask? I think most people would agree that there are plenty of resources in the world. Most people will also agree that the allocation and distribution of these resources are extremely inefficient. So we want to change it. […]
A good friend once told me that happiness was as much in taking as it is in giving. This may appear to be a simple justification for looking forward to birthday or holiday gifts. But what I’m really interested in is sustainability. I’ve been exploring more about growing businesses and starting new […]