For founders building solutions around real‑world challenges, the opportunity with AI lies in how it can help you evolve the way you work efficiently. Microsoft’s latest update on Copilot Cowork explores the shift from AI as something we “ask questions to,” to something we can actually work alongside to help us turn ideas into actions. When time and resources are tight, having support that can help move things forward in the background, whether that’s pulling together research, structuring ideas, or keeping projects moving, can free up more headspace for the bigger picture. And ultimately, that’s what so many entrepreneurs in our community are focused on: creating meaningful impact, and finding smarter ways to scale it. 🔗 Read more: https://lnkd.in/epUNxFEG
Microsoft's Entrepreneurship for Positive Impact
Software Development
Inspiring and empowering every positive impact entrepreneur on the planet to achieve more for the Common Good
About us
Microsoft Entrepreneurship for Positive Impact supports the entrepreneurs, who are using technology to solve our world's most pressing challenges.
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https://www.microsoft.com/socialentrepreneurship
External link for Microsoft's Entrepreneurship for Positive Impact
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- Software Development
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- 10,001+ employees
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- impact, social entrepreneurship, innovation, AI, social impact, and sustainability
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Global challenges require bold, system-level solutions. That’s why we’re working alongside the Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship, in partnership with the World Economic Forum, a leading community of social innovators who are tackling some of the world’s most pressing challenges. Our collaboration focuses on advancing responsible AI in social innovation by equipping changemakers with the tools, training, and access they need, while bringing together key stakeholders to ensure technology is used equitably. Together, we’re helping unlock AI’s potential to drive positive impact worldwide. 🚀 Discover more: https://lnkd.in/eyjC5hap
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The belief that fluency isn’t defined by perfect sentences, but by the confidence to speak up in real conversations, sits at the heart of Loora. That’s why, on English Language Day, we’re spotlighting the work they're doing for hundreds of thousands of ESL professionals around the world where they build confidence through immersion and real conversations to create an experience that feels like speaking with a real tutor, available whenever you need it. 📚 The impact speaks for itself. Loora delivers millions of lessons every month, with grammar, rephrasing and pronunciation feedback across more than 300 million real sentences — with a 4.9 rating across both app stores, while Loora’s B2B programme is trusted by schools, universities and businesses worldwide. 📖 Learn more about Loora AI and how language confidence can open doors below.
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This #EarthDay, we’re celebrating entrepreneurs who are turning sustainability from a big ambition into practical progress that you can measure and manage. Across our community, we’re seeing innovation show up in the places that matter most: how businesses run, how resources are protected, and how supply chains become more responsible. And our innovators at Fruggr by Digital4Better, Shayp, Material Exchange, and Agrotools are doing just that by building for a more sustainable future! They’re proving that sustainability and strong, resilient businesses go hand in hand. 👇Scroll through to learn more
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On World Creativity and Innovation Day, we’re celebrating the entrepreneurs who turn bold ideas into real‑world impact. 🌍 Within the Microsoft Entrepreneurship for Positive Impact community, entrepreneurs are harnessing AI responsibly to tackle some of the world’s most pressing challenges — from sustainability and education to economic opportunity. Their work shows what’s possible when creativity is aligned to the UN Sustainable Development Goals and scaled with the right technology. Here’s how our Global Leader at Microsoft Entrepreneurship for Positive Impact, Anthony Virapin, frames the power of innovation when bold ideas meet the right technology. ⬇️
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ChangeNOW 2026 reminded us why turning innovation into action matters! This year, we brought together our Success Program Software Development Companies, partners, and the wider ecosystem to show how technology can drive real outcomes across Education, Nonprofit Solutions, and Sustainability. From NGO pitch sessions and solution led workshops to deep dives on scaling AI for good, the focus was on visibility, collaboration, and creating concrete opportunities for impact driven entrepreneurs. We were proud to host two key sessions that explored ways in which digital and AI ready tools can help nonprofits scale impact, improve efficiency, and strengthen mission delivery, and how the private sector can collaborate with AI for good startups to unlock meaningful change. Huge thanks to our innovators, partners, and jury members, and to everyone who leaned in to make these conversations count: Shayp, EduTech Global, Material Exchange, Fruggr by Digital4Better, Level IT, Springly, Anthony Virapin, EY, Emily Will, Sophia Otoo, MovingWorlds, and the Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship, HSO
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At Microsoft Entrepreneurship for Positive Impact, we spend a lot of time listening to founders building solutions for some of the world’s most pressing challenges. And across our community, a few shifts are becoming increasingly clear. One of the most notable is a move from experimentation to responsibility - Entrepreneurs are looking beyond implementing AI 'because we can', towards implementing it because it’s needed — designed with intention, governed thoughtfully, and built to earn trust from day one. We’re also seeing a shift in how solutions are built - More founders are co‑designing AI with communities, not just for them which is grounding innovation in lived experience and local context. This participatory approach is leading to solutions that are more inclusive and relevant, making them more likely to be adopted in the real world. Together, these trends point to a maturing impact ecosystem that places people and collaboration at the heart of innovation. Because lasting impact is about how decisions are made and whether the solutions we build truly reflect the communities they aim to serve.
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What began as a research project to explore new ways of preventing food waste has since grown into a powerful, technology‑driven platform. FoodFair was developed by Level IT, one of our Success Program innovators, with a clear goal: to prove that digital innovation could efficiently connect food donors with charities and create meaningful social impact. That early proof of concept demonstrated how technology could play a practical role in tackling complex, real‑world challenges. FoodFair’s journey shows how purpose‑driven innovation, developed by impact innovators like Level IT and supported by Azure, can turn an urgent idea into a scalable solution with lasting social and sustainable impact. 👉 Read the full story on Microsoft Unlocked: https://lnkd.in/eCcpFUpa
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In an AI‑first internet, trust is now a core founder's challenge. A recently published Microsoft report makes it clear: when synthetic media and deepfakes are easy to create, looking real is no longer enough. Trust directly affects customer decisions, partner confidence, and how resilient your brand is under pressure. For entrepreneurs, it is critical to build verifiability into how they communicate, as the real advantage won’t just be what they create, but how easily others can verify it. Read the report here 👉 https://lnkd.in/ghggqTkX
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