The Social Entrepreneurship Atlas
Sample content — a living map of social entrepreneurs that shortens the path to resources.
Context
Social entrepreneurs in Iran often work in isolation, with little visibility into one another's work.
Problem
The lack of a shared map causes duplicated effort, isolation, and missed collaboration.
Insight
What these founders needed most wasn't capital first — it was visibility and connection to peers.
Vision
A living, open map where every social entrepreneur can register themselves and be found.
Strategy
Start with a small core community, build trust, and grow the map gradually rather than forcing early scale.
Process
Founder interviews, designing a taxonomy of impact areas, and shipping a usable first version within weeks.
My role
Defined the vision, led a small delivery team, and designed the initial user experience.
Team
A small team of one product designer and one developer, with volunteer input from several founders.
Design & technology
A lightweight web platform focused on searchability and easy self-registration.
Challenges
Convincing founders to share information without an established track record for the platform.
Solution
Seeding the map with known, trusted figures in the community as the first entries.
Outputs
A first version of the map and a self-serve registration flow for founders.
Verified results
Pending — measurable results will be added via the CMS after public launch.
Next project
Chartaq