Your Mark On The World

October 30, 2014 - Read the full Your Mark on the World article and watch the interview here: http://bit.ly/1DzQ0yu. Subscribe to this podcast on iTunes by clicking here: http://bit.ly/ymotwitunes or on Stitcher by clicking here: http://bit.ly/ymotwstitcher. At its recent fall conference, the Social Venture Network recognized four entrepreneurs with its Innovation Awards. Among the winners was Alfa Demmellash, CEO of Rising Tide Capital. Alfa shared some of her thinking with us. Explaining what it means to be a social entrepreneur, she said, “Being a social entrepreneur means leveraging business principles and sensibilities to create solutions that combat social issues.” "I am passionate about the possibilities that occur when individuals see the world around them differently, and believe they can actually make a difference," she added. "A lot of people have great vision and ideas but are held back by fear of failure and other people’s opinions. You have to inoculate yourself against those internal and