Articles by Francisco Noguera
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Monday
March 7
2011NextThought: Quick Reflections from Harvard’s Social Enterprise Conference
The students of Harvard met and exceeded expectations at their annual Social Enterprise Conference through a healthy mix of panel discussions, hands-on workshops and a student-driven entrepreneurial spirit that was palpable in every hallway.
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Friday
February 25
2011Friday Roundup – 2/25/11: Exploring the Link between Mobile Money and mHealth
Mobile money and healthcare for the poor have been prominent on the pages of NextBillion and the blogosphere in general this week. In light of these concurrent discussions, I’d like to point your attention to a thought-provoking report that bridges them and analyzes the links between mobile banking and mobile health.
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Saturday
February 12
2011Friday Roundup – 2/11/11: “Egyptians Have Inspired Us”
Today we had the privilege of witnessing history taking place. I stood in front of a TV as Barack Obama delivered his speech at 3pm. His words reminded me that choice and dignity -so fundamental to the NextBillion conversation- were at the very core of the historic events we’ve witnessed this past week.
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Friday
January 28
2011Friday Roundup – 1/28/11: Trends to Watch in 2011
Our friends at Dowser.org have published a set of really interesting interviews over the last days. The result is a series titled "Trends to Look for in 2011" featuring several thought leaders and practitioners in the social enterprise space. I would encourage you to give it a careful read.
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Wednesday
January 26
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Friday
January 21
2011Friday Roundup – 1/21/11: Support Your Favorite Unreasonable Entrepreneur
The Unreasonable Marketplace opened to the public yesterday, featuring the finalists in the race to participate in the Unreasonable Institute this summer in Bouder Colorado. Over the next month and a half, 45 social enterprises from around the world will be rallying waiting for our support!
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Friday
January 14
2011Friday Roundup – 1/14/11: Reflecting on Enteprise and Disaster Recovery
Let me try to build an argument starting from two seemingly unrelated ends.The first end is Brazil, which has been prominent on the NextBillion agenda this week, and particularly the unavoidable discussion of economic inequality that follows any conversation about the country.
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Friday
December 24
2010Looking Back at The Best of 2010
It’s the end-of-year holiday season and we take some time to reflect on what 2010 meant for the Next Billion and the Base of the Pyramid idea. Starting on Monday you’ll have a chance to read a special series...
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