Press Conference to be held at noon on October 19 at the 2nd New Jersey Social Entrepreneurship Summit at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center
NEWARK, N.J., Oct. 13, 2011 - PSEG and the Center for Urban Entrepreneurship and Economic Development at Rutgers Business School will co-host a press conference to announce the launch of the New Jersey Social Innovation Institute (NJSII), the first statewide effort to create new social enterprises and businesses. Social entrepreneurship is a form of entrepreneurship that integrates social goals and social or environmental problem solving into its core business model. Employing this unique model simultaneously creates economic and social value and generates jobs in the community

Selected entrepreneurs and organizations will take part in a six-month initiative that will begin in January 2012. NJSII is accepting applications from now through November 7, 2011. For more information about the NJSII and the NJ Social Entrepreneurship Summit,...