Arnobio Morelix, a social entrepreneur and research analyst at the Kauffman Foundation, takes a look at The Venture. The Venture is a social entrepreneur competition designed to award $1 million total to the winner or winners. The judges are Adrian Grenier of HBO's Entourage and Alexandre Ricard.

1. The Venture
A Social Entrepreneur competition designed to
award $1 million

2. The Venture
THE VENTURE WAS CREATED TO INSPIRE
BUSINESS THINKERS AND GIVE
ENTREPRENEURS AN INCREDIBLE
OPPORTUNITY TO WIN THE RIGHT WAY.
IF YOU BELIEVE THAT THROUGH BUSINESS AND
INNOVATION, YOU CAN CREATE POSITIVE
CHANGE - IT'S TIME TO STEP FORWARD.

3. THE JUDGES

4. ADRIAN GRENIER
STAR OF HBO’S
ENTOURAGE
“SOCIAL GOOD
ADVOCATE” FOR DELL
CREATED FILM ABOUT
WHALES AND RAISED
AWARENESS FOR
OCEAN NOISE
POLLUTION

5. ALEXANDRE RICARD
CEO OF PERNOD
RICARD
HELPED PERNOD
RICARD PURCHASE
ALLIED DOMECQ

6. Process
Over 1,000 applicants
Narrow to group of 16 competitors
Narrow to 5 finalist who will each have a chance to
win or share $1 million

7. Criteria
The judges will be looking at the following…
Longevity of business
Core principles
what they are trying to do from a social perspective

8. Important Dates
16 finalist announced May 11th 2015
Final judging planned for July 24th 2015 in San
Francisco