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DLC Center for Entrepreneurship and Social Innovation
01 Center for Entrepreneurship and Social Innovation
At DLC Social Impact, through design thinking we aim to put the people we serve at the center of design, innovation and the implementation process. We have seen the power of design-thinking in solving day-to-day problems that touch human lives. We want to help our Partners identify what matters to people inside and outside their organisations to increase the reach of their mission.

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DLC Entrepreneurship for Economically Weaker Section
02 Entrepreneurship for Economically Weaker Section
We recognize the need to support social change makers to build scalable and sustainable businesses. Our Social Innovation and Incubation Community, identifies businesses working on innovative solutions to solve global problems and equips them with the right resources to accelerate their growth and touch the maximum number of human lives positively.

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DLC Design Thinking
03 Design Thinking
Finding the right mentor can be a large determinant of success for social entrepreneurs. The commitee will facilitate connections between promising entrepreneurs and mentors based on the entrepreneur’s goals and mission. Our mentorship programs ensure that entrepreneurs receive insightful advice, accountability, support and encouragement to scale and build a successful business while solving for some of the world’s most pressing problems.

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DLC Support Women Entrepreneurs
04 Support Women Entrepreneurs
Beyond basic access to financial and human capital, supporting women entrepreneurs involves a holistic approach. The Community is responding to data which shows that if women and men around the world participate equally as entrepreneurs, the global GDP could ultimately rise by approximately 3% to 6%. It could boost the global economy by $2.5-$5 trillion. The Community is committed to tapping and nurturing the latent power of women entrepreneurs.
The Global Leadership Summit
The Global Leadership Summit is your infusion of fresh ideas, actionable concepts, leadership principles and heartfelt inspiration.
Date & Time: August 4-5, 2022
Venue: Austin

International Conference on Social Entrepreneurship and Innovation
Date & Time: May 23-24, 2022
Venue: Montreal, Canada

The Problem
Like most corporations, social entrepreneurs face challenges in scaling up their businesses. These challenges can be related to funding, people, technology, business strategy and processes.
Who can help
Anyone who has experience and expertise scaling a business and willing to share their knowledge for a good cause and bring about positive change
What can you do
You can lend your expertise to these organizations to help them overcome a specific issue through mentorship, knowledge sharing and experiences.
#DLCSocialEntrepreneurs
Supporting women entrepreneurs can unlock a $2 - $5 Trillion opportunity. Only 2.3% of the VC funding went to women led businesses in 2020. DLC Social Impact is fighting to change this, get involved now #DLCsocialentrepreneurs #DLCSocialImpact
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ASKED
QUESTIONS
To accelerate impact towards the United Nations’ SDGs (Sustainable Development Goals) – the world’s to-do list.
DLC believes that the UN SDGs provide the most holistic and universal framework to measure impact.
By laying the focus on SDGs we quantify and report social impact with a global measure of success
Irrespective of whether you are a DLC Member or not, anyone keen to volunteer time / effort / resources for DLC Social Impact causes is welcome to sign up.
With the aim to bring about positive social change, DLC maps and facilitates partnerships between its global community of Entrepreneurs, Professionals & Young Leaders with carefully vetted NGOs and NPOs. DLC is present in 15 Chapters in 7 Countries. Every Chapter has mutually independent DLC Social Impact Cause Committees to tackle any/all the 54 causes identified under 20 core areas
No. DLC is fully funded through Membership subscriptions. It holds no monetary interest in extending its platform for the DLC Social Impact movement. DLC is merely a catalyst for positive social change
Impact partners