Cheryl is a social entrepreneur and the President of Echoing. This global nonprofit company has awarded more than $27 million in start-up capital to over 450 social entrepreneurs worldwide since 1987.

While interviewing and selecting entrepreneurs she applies the pressure test:
-Passion threshold
-Show us your battle plan
-Idealogy vs pragmatism

She also shared a few skills to develop in order to be a good social agent:
- Core identity formation and aligment: mean it
- Focus and ability to execute with alacrity: going to execute and build on your own business mission
- Solution oriented: solving problems vs idea generation
- Ressource magnet: human capital is key
- Deep foundation of believing

Visit Echoing Green to learn more about their social work: www.echoinggreen.org

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