Case #1803.0

Upwardly Global: Building a Model for Assisting Immigrant Professionals

Publication Date: September 19, 2005
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Abstract:
This social entrepreneurship case focuses on the start-up and first four years of Upwardly Global, a San Francisco-based nonprofit founded to help place immigrant professionals in jobs commensurate with their levels of skill and education. The case tells the story of "UpGlo" founder Jane Leu, describing how she reached the conclusion that both government-funded refugee aid programs and private sector job placement firms were failing immigrants with professional backgrounds.

Learning Objective:
The case is designed to be used to explore the "invention" phase of social entrepreneurship, allowing for discussion of the variety of organizational types and strategies that an entrepreneur might consider (e.g., advocacy versus service provision)  and even such basic issues as how one can be certain that an idea is worth pursuing.

Other Details

Case Author:
Howard Husock
Faculty Lead:
Herman (Dutch) B. Leonard and Mark Moore
Pages (incl. exhibits):
17
Setting:
United States
Language:
English
Funding Source:
The Catherine B. Reynolds Foundation Leadership Fund for Social Entrepreneurship at Harvard University