Social Venture Network is unlike other business associations. SVN is made up of more than 460 of the brightest and most innovative engaging socially-conscious business leaders in North America. And SVN members typically join our network with something to give—rather than simply something to get.

For the overwhelming majority of our members, SVN has proven to be a source of new friends, business contacts, personal insights, critical information, and new opportunities. Most importantly, SVN is uniquely positioned at this time to make a positive impact in the world and in your role as a leader.

Founded in 1987, SVN is a community of leaders— company founders, private investors, social entrepreneurs and key influencers—who share a commitment to building a just and sustainable world through business. The relationships and initiatives born within our network have ranged from lasting friendships to investment deals to founding organizations.

Through our network—its events, programs and technology-individual change—makers are able to deepen relationships and to work together with greater social impact. SVN inspires and supports action at three inter-related levels: individual, organizational and societal.

• Individual — SVN cultivates personal development by encouraging the expression of values through work and moving beyond leadership as traditional heroism or domination.
• Organizational — SVN fosters business partnerships that forge new models for social-purpose enterprise, particularly those that generate profitable opportunities in disenfranchised communities.
• Societal — SVN encourages public service and social action by leveraging the voices of business leaders to bring about positive social change.

SVN's semi-annual gatherings—each spring at our members-only gathering and each fall open by invitation are extraordinary events that regularly attract many of the most insightful and inspiring speakers on the planet. I hope to see you at one of our Social Venture Institutes or Fall Conferences.

Sincerely,

Deborah Nelson
Executive Director