36 SXSW V2V 2015
Time
Room Name: Core Conversation
Barrett
Ward
FashionABLE,
Founder & Chief
Executive Officer
Bryan
Papé
Miir,
Founder & Chief
Executive Officer
Brittany
Merrill
Underwood
Akola Project,
President &
Founder
Kirsten
Dickerson
Raven+Lily,
Founder & Chief
Executive Officer
For the majority of American history, solving social problems has been seen as the job
of government, religious groups and charities. Yet in the last ten years there has been
an unprecedented boom of 'social entrepreneurship'—the idea that for-profit business
models can be leveraged to generate meaningful change for the world's most pressing
issues. While a creative use of capitalism, can businesses that pursue a double bottom
line of purpose and profit truly succeed?
In this panel, three social entrepreneurs —Barrett Ward of fashionABLE, Kirsten Dicker-
son of Raven+Lily and Brittany Merrill of Akola Project —will share the catalytic expe-
riences that inspired them to start their mission-driven businesses, and the trials and
triumphs that they have experienced along the way. The panelists will candidly discuss
what it takes to build an ethical and competitive enterprise that not only thrives, but
helps others do the same.
Can Business Build
a Better World?
4:30pm
Raphael 1: Panel
MONDAY
