Social entrepreneurs and social innovators are tackling and diminishing many of the world’s problems. They achieve significant positive social impact through the creative and aggressive mobilization of people and other resources.

This course will cover a select set of topics associated with social innovation and entrepreneurship whether nonprofit or for-profit. By taking this course you will share in the professors’ combined 45 years of social entrepreneurship experience, and you will learn how to:

Launch social entrepreneurship projects which have high-potential of significant positive social impact
Direct energy and limited resources to efficiently launching those projects with the most promise
Apply tools and frameworks to testing and scaling your own social enterprise
The 25 most promising social entrepreneurs who successfully complete the University of Pennsylvania’s Coursera Course on Social Entrepreneurship will be selected as fellows for the 2016 Global Social Impact House (GSIH). GSIH is a seven-day residential program that provides fellows with the tools, community and training they need to advance their ventures. Workshops are customized and explore advanced concepts in business models, design thinking and personal leadership. The program is also designed to help fellows build meaningful, global connections while living together in a beautiful ecolodge in Costa Rica. The Center for Social Impact Strategy at the University of Pennsylvania will provide full scholarships to every fellows, including room and board. Fellows are responsible for covering travel and visa-related expenses to and from Costa Rica. The program will be held the third week of January 2016.

The session for this course starts on Monday, September 14th and ends on Sunday, October 18th!

More information and registration here.