Introducing the Entrepreneur-to-Entrepreneur Network
The E2 network engages entrepreneurs in the biggest "bigger than ourselves" movement any entrepreneur could be a part of - Everyone a Changemaker. Membership is an honor. Our members step up to provide transformational co-leadership in their metro areas, region or globally.
Bringing together visionary entrepreneurs to tackle the world's most pressing problems.
Won't you come solve with us?
Influence for Good
How Highly Resourced Individuals can Support Systems Change
This report is for every Highly Resourced Individual (HRI)* who wants to help build a better future. We need powerful forces of change to address the compounding crises that strain our societies today. In this publication, carried out in collaboration with Ashoka, Generation Pledge, Echoing Green, Catalyst 2030, and McKinsey & Company, we look at how to strengthen personal capabilities for systemic change – the latest in our series aiming to equip stakeholders with tailored guidance.
*Highly Resourced Individuals are those with considerable wealth and general ability to influence social, business, and political circles, typically entrepreneurs, founders, or CEO’s of companies.
Entrepreneur-to-Entrepreneur, E2, is an invite-only, exclusive network of high impact, visionary business entrepreneurs. We know that entrepreneurs and social entrepreneurs share the same DNA. Entrepreneurs are striking new ground and are often making a bet on themselves when others haven't. Social entrepreneurs define themselves before being defined. We are open sourcing the newest, best big pattern ideas our social entrepreneurs are leading and demonstrating patterns with entrepreneurs who are tackling big issues in health, environment, gender, technology, and humanity.
We are bringing together the most powerful entrepreneurs and social entrepreneurs around effective solutions for the good of all while breaking the paradigm in which isolated investments pursue isolated impact.
Thoughtful cultivation and member selection ensures the interactions within the network bring maximum value to both sides.
Together, we are creating an unparalleled force for transformation at a regional, national, and global scale. All in the shared service of a more equitable and sustainable world.
THE NUMBERS SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES. LET'S TALK IMPACT.
Ashoka Fellows
4,000+
across 95+ countries
60%
have created new markets and value chains
93%
have influenced public policy
84%
have reported that Ashoka has helped them grow their impact
Entrepreneur-to-Entrepreneur members go through a rigorous search & selection process. Network members are selected for their ability to change systems - both in their industry and in society.
MEET SOME OF OUR FOUNDING MEMBERS
Once you are part of Ashoka, you are in it for life. It sets a very high bar for the rest of the philanthropy we get into because I can see these are people driving true change.
Anne Wojcicki, Founder Of 23andme
Anne Wojcicki, Founder of 23andMe, traveled with Ashoka to visit Sunitha Krishnan, an Ashoka Fellow in India. This visit brought Anne face-to-face with child survivors of human trafficking. Anne was so impressed by Sunitha's innovative approach to protect India's children that she went on to contribute unrestricted financial resources, insights, and her network. Anne's contribution helps Sunitha and other Ashoka Fellows change national policy and replicate their innovations around the world.
Funding Ashoka is rewarding because I know it will help identify and support social innovators who are changing education. Especially in the era of AI, we need to make sure that future generations can thrive.
Brian Kim, Chairman and Founder, Kakao.
Brian Kim, Chairman and Founder of the South Korean tech giant Kakao, joined Ashoka as an enthusiastic supporter of Hye-Shin Chung, an Ashoka Fellow in South Korea who enables ordinary citizens to help the people around them overcome trauma. Brian then co-created a national multi-million dollar initiative with Ashoka focused on building the new field of "future education" and accelerating the educational paradigm change in South Korea by bringing innovators together.
EXCLUSIVE MEMBER BENEFITS
A selected member generously gives: experience, energy, resources, and strategic insights. In return, Ashoka provides its network members with an opportunity to:
Co-lead a systems change initiative with global impact
Access a global network of socially committed entrepreneurs and companies
Exponentially increase the social return of their philanthropic investments
Engage their employees with Ashoka to help them step into leadership and impact
Attend round tables with the leadership team and other exclusive Ashoka events
Go on learning journeys to visit Fellow organizations around the world
LIFE IS A JOURNEY
Just like our visionary members' created their successful businesses through hard-work, grit and determination, we work together to co-create life-long journeys for sustainable global impact.
Members are invited to join Ashoka's extensive network of Fellows, young changemakers, and team members across 90 countries to co-create a world where changemakers thrive. Network members contribute their financial resources, as well as their experience and insights in the shared service of a more equitable and sustainable world.
Whether we want to or not, we’re here. We live in a changemaker world. Ashoka builds and cultivates a community of change leaders who see that world now requires everyone to do their part. Together, we collaborate to transform institutions and cultures worldwide.
EMPOWERED CHANGEMAKING = FOR THE GREATER GLOBAL GOOD
What more powerful alliance can there be than the E2 partnership between top pattern-changing social and business entrepreneurs? The members, all committed to the good, open their worlds and extraordinary abilities to one another.
Bill Drayton,
Founder and CEO of Ashoka
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Create your legacy with Ashoka.
Njideka U. Harry
Vice President, Leadership Group Member
Strategic Entrepreneurship Relationships
Entrepreneur-to-Entrepreneur [email protected]
