Dennis Shaughnessy Teaching Professor, Entrepreneurship and Innovation d.shaughnessy@neu.edu 617.373.7892 Expertise angel investing, business and poverty, economic development, emerging markets, impact investing, innovation and intellectual property, microfinance, social entrepreneurship, venture capital Dennis Shaughnessy in the Press Boston.com Mandela’s passing: Social justice to economic justice By Dennis Shaughnessy Each year for the past six summers, forty undergraduate students studying global social enterprise at Northeastern University have had the privilege of privately meeting with Nelson Mandela’s close friend and fellow Robben Island prisoner, Dr. Ahmed Kathrada. This past year, students also met with the retired Archbishop Desmond Tutu, a colleague and confidant of […] Dennis Shaughnessy for Northeastern Global News The business of doing good The business of doing good In May, some 30 Northeastern students began the Social Enterprise Institute’s monthlong field study program to Cuba and the Dominican Republic. In June, they returned with a deeper understanding of life in Latin America. Remembering Nelson Mandela Remembering Nelson Mandela Northeastern faculty experts weigh in on Nelson Mandela’s life and legacy. Students help South African businesses grow Students help South African businesses grow On a Dialogue of Civilizations program in South Africa this summer, students worked closely with local entrepreneurs to deliver sustainable and socially responsible solutions for a variety of challenges facing their businesses. Helping impoverished small business owners, one microloan at a time Helping impoverished small business owners, one microloan at a time Northeastern’s Social Enterprise Institute has been changing the lives of impoverished people in South Africa and the Dominican Republic for the last several years. 3Qs: Business for global good 3Qs: Business for global good Dennis Shaughnessy, founder and director of Northeastern's Social Enterprise Institute, says students encounter a transformative experience by participating in a range of programs aimed at addressing global poverty. Micro-financing a better life Micro-financing a better life Students will spend spring break in the Dominican Republic, designing a microfinance business plan to alleviate poverty in the developing country Q&A with Dennis Shaughnessy: Fighting poverty, one loan at a time Q&A with Dennis Shaughnessy: Fighting poverty, one loan at a time Dennis Shaughnessy has worked as a senior executive, a chief legal officer and as an attorney for entrepreneurs. But the experiences that really stayed with him were the stories of people he met on business trips, for whom a couple hundred bucks can make all the difference in their lives. Using his business and entrepreneurial background, Shaughnessy, who is now an academic specialist in entrepreneurship and innovation, has forged a second career to help them. Young entrepreneurs help South African community Young entrepreneurs help South African community Students helped South African “micro-entrepreneurs” write business plans and build financial models in an effort to boost job creation.
Boston.com Mandela’s passing: Social justice to economic justice By Dennis Shaughnessy Each year for the past six summers, forty undergraduate students studying global social enterprise at Northeastern University have had the privilege of privately meeting with Nelson Mandela’s close friend and fellow Robben Island prisoner, Dr. Ahmed Kathrada. This past year, students also met with the retired Archbishop Desmond Tutu, a colleague and confidant of […]