Articles by Kyle Poplin
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Guest Articles
Friday
November 13
2015Scott Anderson / Kyle Poplin / James Militzer
Weekly Roundup 11-13-15: What’s in a Name?
According to Pamela Hartigan, director of the Skoll Centre at Oxford University’s Saïd Business School, “social enterprise” is a mindset, not a “sector,” and we’d all be better off recognizing that.
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- Health Care, Social Enterprise
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Friday
November 6
2015Weekly Roundup 11-6-15: Rotary provides blueprint against disease, but passion’s hard to duplicate
Polio has almost totally been eliminated and Rotary International deserves much of the credit. As an added bonus, this U.S.-based service organization composed of business and professional leaders has given the world a playbook to fight deadly diseases.
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- Uncategorized
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Guest Articles
Friday
October 23
2015James Militzer / Scott Anderson / Kyle Poplin
Weekly Roundup 10-23-15: Impact Investing Recovers from ‘The Cooties’
Most people don’t associate Department of Labor policy changes with excitement. But this week’s announcement of changes to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) has primed the impact investing movement to party like it’s 1994. We explore the move in this roundup, along with some inspiring words on what every social entrepreneur should ask themselves, and some critical points on business school ethics.
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- Impact Assessment, Investing
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Friday
October 16
2015Scott Anderson / James Militzer / Kyle Poplin
Weekly Roundup 10-16-15: The built-in drama of SOCAP
The world of double-bottom-line investment is still in its infancy, relatively speaking, and it’s growing. The key players are still trying to understand each others’ motivations and how best to work together. That intricate, evolving dance between investors and investees is, at the end of the day, what SOCAP is all about, and why it’s so compelling.
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- Energy, Environment
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Guest Articles
Tuesday
October 6
2015‘We Need to Partner More’: Business Call to Action panelists discuss new ways of thinking necessary to achieve SDGs
The best way to achieve the Sustainable Development Goal of “ensuring healthy lives and promoting wellbeing for all at all ages” is through innovative cross-sector collaborations. That was the takeaway from a breakout panel discussion – “Toward a Healthier Future: Catalyzing Partnerships to Drive Better Health” – at the Business Call to Action’s sixth annual forum.
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- Environment, Health Care, Social Enterprise
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Wednesday
September 30
2015Why the Aid Model is Perverse (Part 2): Tech startup mWater dreaming of the day health and wealth structures are under local control
mWater CEO Annie Feighery says, "We have to keep doing a better job at getting the word out that digital monitoring can help every single aspect of the aid industry do its job better. There are so very many malthusians out there who say things like, 'Technology is not a solution.' Imagine saying that to a librarian organizing card catalogues in 1995. Technology is the solution."
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- Agriculture, Health Care, Technology
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Guest Articles
Tuesday
September 29
2015Creating an Exit Strategy for Aid (Part 1): Nonprofit mWater, in striving to eliminate diarrheal disease, runs like a for-profit Silicon Valley startup
The world met the Millennium Development Goal target for water – doubling the number of improved water sources by 2015 – but that accomplishment won't save lives unless those new water sources are safe. Making sure they are is the goal of a nonprofit tech startup, mWater, that's being run like a for-profit tech startup in Silicon Valley.
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- Agriculture, Health Care, Technology
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Friday
September 25
2015Scott Anderson / James Militzer / Kyle Poplin
Weekly Roundup 9-25-15: The Pope, SDGs and why VW’s eco impact lies matter to social enterprise worldwide
The setting couldn't have been grander for Business Call to Action’s (BCtA) sixth annual forum Thursday in New York City where the Sustainable Development Goals were the focus. The streets were buzzing with anticipation of Pope Francis’ arrival later in the day, but some were disappointed with his climate change pitch. We look at both, plus what B Labs can teach VW.
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- Environment, Transportation
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- transportation