Stanford Hosts Silicon Valley Roundtable for White House Office of Social Innovation

“The scarcity is not in the ideas,” said Garth Saloner, who is director of the Center for Entrepreneurial Studies and who will become dean of the Business School September 1, “the scarcity is in the organizational capacity to help grow these ideas.” Discussions explored, in particular, how the White House could help alleviate some of the obstacles nonprofits are facing when trying to raise capital to scale their programs. Participants also had a lot of suggestions for the White House to foster effective cross-sector partnerships that support social change.