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Karen Runde

Karen Runde

Karen Runde is Director of Alumni Programs at Miller Center for Social Entrepreneurship located at Santa Clara University where she helps the social enterprise alumni community continue to scale their impact. Prior to joining Miller Center, Karen worked at As You Sow, promoting corporate social accountability around conflict minerals and cotton. Karen holds two Master of Science degrees in Environmental Studies & Sustainability Science from Lund University and Roskilde University and a BA from UCLA. In her spare time, she teaches barre classes at Pure Barre Burlingame.

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Karen Runde - April 17, 2017

Introducing the 2017 GSBI Accelerator Cohort

“When I heard, “And the winner is Wendo Dorcas” that evening I took the trophy to my room, sat on my hotel bed and cried until my ribs hurt. I cried for the woman who did not have confidence in herself, who considered herself inferior, who was fearlessly afraid, who was so proud of herself for doing something she had never done before. She had pitched and won. Yes! The villager as I commonly, proudly, refer to [as] myself, had won $10,000 plus a trophy.”
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Karen Runde - April 17, 2017

Announcing 17 GSBI Online Social Enterprises for 2017

ANNOUNCING 17 GSBI ONLINE SOCIAL ENTERPRISES FOR 2017

Graffiti artists, egg farmers, and soccer players couldn’t possibly have anything in common – could they? When it comes to fighting poverty they can! Social enterprises from all over the world, working with people from all different kinds of backgrounds, overlap in that all of their missions focus on doing good through business.
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