Articles by Nitin Rao
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Monday
October 1
2007Sattva: Raising Equilibrium in Social Change
Every month in Bangalore, a team of volunteers ? many from the IT industry - collaborate to prepare Sattva, a newsletter on social innovation. These are members of a non-profit consulting firm I Think I Have A Solution (ITIHAS) The vision at Sattva is:To be an effective platform for the...
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Monday
October 1
2007Solutions That Sustain
Outlook magazine recently profiled a new breed of social entrepreneurs in India (The article: The Spirit of Ants, can be read for free once an account is created at Outlookindia.com)When I last wrote about a micro financier role in partnering for financial literacy, I did not know that Chetna...
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Tuesday
September 18
2007Talent Strategy for NextBillion Enterprises
On NextBillion.net, we have discussed business models, strategies, and funding for successful enterprises aimed at the world?s poorest citizens. Another critical issue is getting the right talent.Sure, you are catering to the Next Billion people. Sure, you have unprecedented hype - and...
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Sunday
August 19
2007Coincidence or Cross-Subsidy?
Here is an interesting case of serendipity where a product designed for a developing market has found application in a bigger and more mature market albeit in a niche space:For over a decade, Procter & Gamble has been distributing sachets of its PuR water purifying powder at cost in...
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Friday
August 17
2007Tapan Parikh: Simple Innovations, Big Impact
Tapan Parikh (left) has proved that innovations need not be as complex as they are made out to be. Often, simple ideas make the best impact. What makes Tapan different ? and Technology Review’s 2007 Humanitarian of the Year ? is that he saw in mobile phones an accessible opportunity for...
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Wednesday
August 15
2007Mighty Light: Empowering Lives
On NextBillion, we recently covered an editorial from Arun Maira of The Boston Consulting Group in India. Maira wrote that the organizations which will succeed in BOP markets will be those which don?t merely down-size existing products but invest in developing innovative business...
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Thursday
August 9
2007Global Institute for Social Innovation
I recently had the opportunity to join 95 other StartingBloc Fellows from 25 countries for the first Global Institute for Social Innovation at London Business School. The Global Institute for Social Innovation is a 4-day long educational conference focusing on corporate social innovation, social...
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Wednesday
July 4
2007$3000 Car: Role of Government
After my post Small Car Activity and the article in the Independent criticizing the new venture, I received the following mail from a friend in Bangalore:The demand for automobiles is growing primarily because of the neglect by the government of metropolitan transport infrastructure, leading...
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