This Innovative Charity Crowdfunding Event Turns Your Donations Into 'Dragon's Den'

While social enterprise has been the flavor of the month (or year) in the Asian startup scene, we're beginning to see a new shift. An environment is forming that empowers ambitious charities that want to have a big impact, without pursuing profit or mixed-purpose models.

Nowhere is this more obvious than 10×10, a model supporting a wide range of charities in Australia (and now around the world). I had the pleasure of attending my first 10×10 recently, to see how charities are forming in the age of high growth startups.

The concept is relatively simple: 10 people each invite 10...