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Who Is a Good Fit for a Career in Nonprofit Entrepreneurship?

Sep 8, 20236 min read

Who Is a Good Fit for a Career in Nonprofit Entrepreneurship?

This article provides a concise overview of the traits that Charity Entrepreneurship deems most valuable for a career in nonprofit entrepren

Joey Savoie

Apr 4, 20212 min read

Saving a Life Every Day

Arthur felt the smoke first; it stung his eyes and filled his lungs. As he turned the corner the sight of the house on fire lit up the...

Entrepreneurship Explained: Nonprofits, For-Profits, and Social Ventures

Joey Savoie

Mar 1, 20215 min read

Entrepreneurship Explained: Nonprofits, For-Profits, and Social Ventures

There are many ways to use entrepreneurship to make the world a better place. Our organization Charity Entrepreneurship focuses on the...

Impactful Opportunities Around and Adjacent to Charity Entrepreneurship

CE Team

Feb 12, 20211 min read

Impactful Opportunities Around and Adjacent to Charity Entrepreneurship

We recently hosted an online event, “Impactful opportunities around and adjacent to charity entrepreneurship”. In this short talk and Q&A...

How Your Team Benefits from Charity Entrepreneurship

Joey Savoie

Apr 9, 20203 min read

How Your Team Benefits from Charity Entrepreneurship

We have written previously about the expected value of founding an impactful charity in direct terms, considering the largest and most...

The Impact of Charity Entrepreneurship on the NGO Sector

Joey Savoie

Apr 5, 20205 min read

The Impact of Charity Entrepreneurship on the NGO Sector

Founding a new organization has a wide range of effects on the charitable sector as a whole. If a charity is good, it can raise standards...

CE Team

Jan 29, 20203 min read

Should I Start a Charity Now Or Later?

Is now the right time? Am I experienced enough? These are two major questions for many potential charity entrepreneurs. Here’s our take....

Charity Entrepreneurship Impacts on Your Future Ability to Do Good

Joey Savoie

Dec 13, 20196 min read

Charity Entrepreneurship Impacts on Your Future Ability to Do Good

We have written previously about the expected value of founding an impactful charity, considering only the largest and most direct...

Four Reasons Why You Should Consider Charity Entrepreneurship Besides Impact

Patrick Stadler

Dec 9, 20195 min read

Four Reasons Why You Should Consider Charity Entrepreneurship Besides Impact

Helping hundreds of thousands of beneficiaries with an evidence-based and cost-effective program: that’s your ultimate goal as a charity...

CE Team

Dec 5, 20194 min read

I Have a Charity Idea. Any Advice?

We often get asked for advice about a charity idea somebody has had. Every charity and entrepreneur will need different advice, but in...

Application Process for the 2019 Charity Entrepreneurship Incubation Program

CE Team

Sep 15, 20195 min read

Application Process for the 2019 Charity Entrepreneurship Incubation Program

INTRODUCTION We at Charity Entrepreneurship recently ran our first formal two-month charity incubation program in London, which resulted...

Why charity entrepreneurship is one of the highest-impact things you can do

CE Team

Feb 24, 201922 min read

Why charity entrepreneurship is one of the highest-impact things you can do

In this talk from EA Global 2018: London, Joey Savoie, Charity Entrepreneurship's director, discusses why charity entrepreneurship is one...

Why top performers shouldn’t go to university. There are better ways to signal competence

CE Team

Jan 15, 20195 min read

Why top performers shouldn’t go to university. There are better ways to signal competence

In this post I am not going to argue that university is largely about signaling competence; Brian Caplan and many other writers have...

Which jobs will best prepare you to become a charity entrepreneur?

CE Team

Dec 12, 20184 min read

Which jobs will best prepare you to become a charity entrepreneur?

The first thing to consider is whether you need a job to prepare yourself for charity entrepreneurship as a career path. A number of...

What traits make a great charity entrepreneur

CE Team

Jul 18, 20185 min read

What traits make a great charity entrepreneur

“I’m convinced that half of what separates the successful entrepreneurs from the non-successful ones is pure perseverance.” -- Steve Jobs...

Why EAs in particular are good people to start charities

CE Team

Jun 4, 20188 min read

Why EAs in particular are good people to start charities

There have been previous posts about the impact of founding a new GiveWell top charity, the impact of charity founding, and some of the...

Why founding charities is one of the highest impact things one can do

CE Team

Jun 3, 20186 min read

Why founding charities is one of the highest impact things one can do

Track record and tractability Historically, some of the highest impact individuals in the EA movement and across the broader world have...

CE Team

Oct 28, 20155 min read

Why charity entrepreneurship?

This article was co-authored by Kieran Greig, Joey Savoie, and Katherine Savoie. A number of considerations suggest that charity...

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