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NexThought Monday – Back to the Future: Why micromilling could make a juicy impact investment
Solutions and innovation won’t come from established sources. It will take new models and entrants that will shift the agriculture sector. A new wave of entrepreneurial innovation needs to grip the food value chain as it has the technology sector.
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- Agriculture
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Weekly Roundup – 8/24/13 : Busting Internet (and business contest) balloons
The question of whether the poor really need the Internet is playing out, but this time the debate is playing out between the titans at Facebook, Google and Bill Gates.
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- Technology
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Beware of Strangers Bearing Gifts: Social entrepreneurs often fail to realize not everyone is as altruistic as they are
Social Entrepreneurs are driven by their selfless desire to make the world a better place. They often fail to realize that not everybody out there is as altruistic as they are.
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How Meals at School Help the Kyrgyzstan Economy: 12 years after launching Food For Education, Mercy Corps looks back
The reality is that a school meal may be the only meal a child receives in a day, and it can make the difference between future success and a lifelong struggle with poverty.
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- Agriculture, Health Care
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- nutrition
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Putting a Face to Social Innovation: Without adoption, there can be no innovation
Having a hard time defining social innovation? So did I, but as I recently learned social innovation is one of those things you simply “know when you see.” I recently had the opportunity to participate in an exciting panel on the matter at the II BASE Forum International, a large-scale international event celebrated by the IDB in Medellín, Colombia in June.
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- Impact Assessment
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5 Things Big Business Could Do to Give Social Enteprise a Boost: With the CSR bill passed in India, there are more ways to collaborate
With the new Companies Bill passed earlier this month, there are huge expectations on how this new wave of corporate giving will impact the social entrepreneurship industry. But beyond the legislation, here are five initiatives that Indian big business could engage in to fast-track the growth of the social entrepreneurship industry in India.
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‘There is no element of the market that is really safe’: Hewlett Packard’s Paul Ellingstad on health care innovation, and doing business at the BoP
The BoP hasn’t traditionally been a major focus of multinational corporations. But that’s starting to change, as major players start looking to the younger, faster-growing developing world for future growth. NextBillion Health Care spoke with Hewlett Packard’s Paul Ellingstad about the promise of technology, the importance of innovation, and the challenges and opportunities in the BoP market.
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- Health Care, Technology
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Incubating Aquaculture Businesses at the Base of the Pyramid
Successful projects, dwindling funds. What’s an innovative NGO to do?One answer: Build a deal pipeline for impact investors looking for investable ventures.WorldFish, a Malaysia-based spinoff of the the “green revolution” pioneer CGIAR (Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research), reached this crossroads in 2010.
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- Agriculture, Environment
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- impact investing
