New College students host inaugural Social Entrepreneurship Conference

Event explores social entrepreneurship — a business approach that emphasizes using profits to implement solutions to social, cultural and environmental issues.

Two Sarasota college students founded a conference to open up a conversation about a new way to conduct business — making a profit while changing the world.
Daniel Schell, 20, and Emiliano Espinosa, 23, launched the inaugural Social Entrepreneurship Conference (SECON) at New College of Florida. Over a dozen business leaders spoke about social entrepreneurship — a business approach that emphasizes using profits to implement solutions to social, cultural and environmental issues.
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