Reason # 6 - You want to make a difference

Another reason to check out the Venture Development Center:

We like to feel good about the business missions we support. That is why we seek out those who are pursuing double or triple bottom line ventures - those who set out with a vision to build a profit focused company that is socially and environmentally positively impacting the world.

UMass Boston is a magnet for those dedicated to improving people’s lives using the power of enterprise as a powerful force for change. It has outpaced the nation in the growth of sponsored social science research. Most of this research is driven by a desire for social change, and it is shared with society in a way to have an impact. And through its many ethnic institutes, it has a finger on the pulse of the world. We know that there are opportunities all over the world for social enterprises that commercial enterprises have missed. We can help you to see and seize a gap in the market.