The #StartingGood Virtual Summit is an annual free-to-access virtual summit presented by innovation agency and cause-crowdfunding platform StartSomeGood.

Over 11-20 May 2020, we brought together 30+ world-renowned social entrepreneurs, changemakers, and innovation leaders to talk about creating a lasting positive impact in the world.

This year, the Summit included action workshops, panel discussions, in-depth interviews and interactive experiences with game-changing social entrepreneurs, through which we aim to support, upskill and inspire the next generation of change leaders.

What is your PURPOSE?

What good will you START?

What IMPACT will you make?

What LEGACY will you leave?

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At StartSomeGood, we’re convinced that we are entering the Era of Purpose. We see this all around us. In the demands from graduates for meaningful work, from consumers for quality ethical products and from investors for companies that combine profit and purpose.

2020 is our fourth year running the #StartingGood Summit and we are thrilled to be bringing you a stellar line up of over 50 changemakers, innovators, movers and shakers who are making the world a better place.

Previous Summit guests include Nobel Peace Prize winner, Muhammad Yunus, Clay Shirky, Founder of Donor's Choose, Charles Best and Co-Founder of Charity Water, Scott Harrison.

See the amazing speakers you'll learn from with the 2020 #StartingGood Summit!

"The Starting Good Summit has opened my eyes to to many elements of the Impact Economy that I was unfamiliar with even though I work within it. From challenging beliefs, to not only focussing on theory but also practical ideas and solutions, it's given me invaluable ideas to spark change in our growing ecosystem here in Spain. The quality of speakers was top notch with players from around the world and the 'freemium' pricing meant that so many more people can get involved and be part of the conversation. I applaud the team behind StartSomeGood and will be back next year!

- Skyla Rabadi, Entrepreneurs Community Manager at Ship2B, a social impact accelerator in Spain

INSPIRATION | INSIGHTS | MINDSET | ACTION | #RESTARTINGGOOD

The #StartingGood Virtual Summit is presented in five streams:

1. INSPIRATION - Seasoned changemakers share their stories on the journey of entrepreneurship revealing their biggest learnings on their path to creating tangible social change.

2. INSIGHTS - Experts open the lid on specific topics like community building and social change in a time of physical distancing, climate positive business, ethical fashion, impact funding, and social entrepreneurs contributing to health campaigns.

3. MINDSET - Here we explore the ways in which effective leaders keep their head in the game, maintain their energy and focus, cultivate health and wellbeing for self and others, and avoid burnout.

4. ACTION - These sessions are highly practical how-to workshops on the work of entrepreneurship including starting up and pivoting, purposeful marketing; recruitment and team culture; fundraising and financial management.

5. #RESTARTING GOOD - Supported by the NAB Foundation, these sessions draw together funders and founders with expertise to help us recover and build resilience in the face of disaster.

The #StartingGood Summit is for:

Aspiring changemakers with a passion to change the world.

#StartingGood will give you the foundation to do so - with knowledge, advice and practical tips to get you started.

Innovative thinkers, full of wild ideas, ready to solve the world's toughest problems.

#StartingGood will help you turn those ideas into a reality, and shape them into a sustainable social enterprise.

Experienced entrepreneurs who want to incorporate more "purpose" into their work.

#StartingGood will provide opportunities for you to learn more about how profit and purpose can work together.

Whether you are passionate about ethical leadership, cultural and environmental resilience, human rights, tackling climate change, education or gender equality there is something for you at the Summit