When people hear "a home for social entrepreneurship", they sometimes picture an office with a sign. But a home is first of all a place where someone is waiting for you, knows your name, remembers where you were last time and where you're trying to go.
At Alumot, guidance starts wherever a venture is. When there's only an idea, we help understand who it can serve, what already exists and how to test it. When the venture is running, we help scale, raise resources, develop the business model and build partnerships.
And who provides the guidance? Volunteers with experience in social entrepreneurship and business development. They bring knowledge, questions and connections, and work with entrepreneurs on what needs to happen now, not on theory.
This home is already full: seventeen ventures operate at Alumot today, from retiree communities working for the environment to technology making the world accessible to deaf people. Every one of them began as one person's idea.
If you have an idea that doesn't have a name yet, that too is a beginning. Talk to us.