Articles by Scott Anderson
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Friday
May 6
2011Friday Roundup ? 5/6/11: How ’Flexible’ Should Profit/Nonprofits Be?
Two bills that have been introduced in the California Legislature that would carve out two new business/nonprofit hybrid designations.One would create so-called "flexible-purpose corporations," while the other would designate B corps. But for nonprofits and charitable foundations, the change is disquieting.
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Thursday
May 5
2011New NB Roles for Lall and Kendall, the Best of April ’Deviants’ and All
We recently announced several changes to the NextBillion team. In fact, with Francisco Noguera moving to the role of staff writer and a host of new scribes joining, there was too much news for one post. I’d like to take a few graphs to make a few more editorial announcements. Plus - the top-read NB posts for April. Was there wisdom in the crowds?
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Monday
May 2
2011NexThought Monday: Thanking Veterans, Welcoming New Faces
NextBillion is and always will be a work in progress - whether it?s the user mechanics of our site, the design or the content. Our writers are no exception. So, change happens. Today, we want to welcome some new NextBillion staff writers, but also honor editors/writers who have contributed mightily to the success of NextBillion over the years.
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Tuesday
April 26
2011Join the Twitter Chat With Ashoka, NextBillion on Affordable Housing
NextBillion will be teaming up Ashoka from 3-5 p.m. EST on Wednesday, April 27 to talk about sustainable, affordable housing innovations for low-income consumers. We want to hear your ideas, questions and examples of successful collaborations between entrepreneurs, companies and the public sector in developing affordable housing solutions.
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Friday
April 22
2011Friday Roundup ? 4/22/11: Adapting to Climate Change
In the next 30 years, 60% of global population growth will be concentrated in Asian cities. A new report by Intellecap, the Rockefeller Foundation and the Asian Cities Climate Change Resilience Network identifies key opportunities for building profitable enterprises that also help citizens adapt to the symptoms of global warming.
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Friday
April 15
2011Live Video Stream of APTE Summit
NextBillion is happy to host a live video stream of the Alleviating Poverty Through Entrepreneurship (APTE) Summit 2011 at The Ohio State University which begins at 9 a.m. Eastern today. The summit brings together students, professionals, and community members to connect with each other and learn about market-based approaches to solving poverty.
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Wednesday
April 13
2011Green Shoots: The Best of March on NextBillion
In March - at least in this hemisphere - our thoughts turned to spring’s green shoots and starting anew. Though we didn’t necessarily plan it this way, many NextBillion articles examined the challenges faced by farmers, value chains and the role of large agri-business last month, and were among the most-read posts.
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Friday
April 8
2011Friday Roundup ? 4/08/11: Honoring Prahalad
Next week marks the one-year anniversary of C.K. Prahalad’s untimely death. And two universities are working to honor and advance his legacy and philosophy that business can address social challenges on a global scale.
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