Gathered around a large, sun-drenched table in the SoMa neighborhood
of San Francisco on a Friday afternoon are financial advisers,
activists, marketers, designers, coders, lawyers, and a half-dozen more
local entrepreneurs. There are representatives from the microlending
empire Kiva, social justice organization
MercyCorps, and a solar-energy company based in India. At the table's
head is David
Bornstein, author of How to Change the World: Social Entrepreneurs and
the Power of New Ideas, widely considered to be the bible of
social entrepreneurship, who casually addresses the group as they tuck
into deli sandwiches and takeout sushi.
This is not some kind of exclusive golden-circle conference. This is a typical day at Hub SoMa, a 8600-square-foot shared workspace for socially focused enterprises, where a visitor at any hour of the day will witness similar exchanges between the several dozen startups, business incubators, and non-profits that inhabit the space. And today, acknowledges managing director Alex Michel, as he grins and gestures to the remains of a few white wine bottles left on a counter, you may also see a few hangovers from a massive opening party that rocked the space the night before.
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Author: Alissa Walker
