Articles by Rob Katz
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Thursday
July 23
2009SOCAP09: So What? 3 Reasons Why You Need to Be There
Yes, another social enterprise conference is around the corner, and you’re thinking, "Do I really need to be there?" I hear you. Well, SOCAP09 is coming up and I AM going, so in the interest of transparency, here are the 3 reasons why you need to be there, too.
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Wednesday
July 1
2009Breaking News: Husk Power Systems Wins $250K Venture Competition
Husk Power Systems, a company we profiled here on NextBillion back in October, was announced today as the winner of the Global Business Plan competition sponsored by Draper Fisher Jurvetson and Cisco Systems. As the winning entrant, Husk Power walks away with $250,000 in seed funding, which they will use to build and operate more power plants...
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Wednesday
July 1
2009Social Capital Markets 09: Go to “Woodstock” with a 40% Discount
Well, there won’t be half a million of us, but as Bill Baue noted in a recent CSR Wire article, the Social Capital Markets conference (2009 vintage) is quickly shaping up to be an important event for our generation of changemakers, investors, intrapreneurs, policymakers and innovators.
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Tuesday
June 23
2009Intellecap Launches Magazine Dedicated to Social Enterprise
Intellecap launched Beyond Profit, a print and online magazine dedicated to the businesses, people and ideas within the social enterprise space, on April 28. The inaugural issue was released at Sankalp 2009, South Asia?s largest social enterprise business and investment forum.
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Monday
June 22
2009Stop Talking, Start Making: Maker Faire Africa
In this vein, I am really excited to learn about a truly innovative "non-conference". Maker Faire Africa, which will be held in Ghana this August, is no-talk, all-action. The 3-day event will bring together roboticists, hobbyists, blacksmiths - MAKERS - to jam collectively on home-grown solutions to local problems.
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Tuesday
June 16
2009Online Conference: The Role of the Private Sector in Poverty Alleviation at the Base of the Pyramid
NextBillion announces a unique opportunity for our community to participate in a global online conference called ?The Role of the Private Sector in Poverty Alleviation at the Base of the Pyramid? hosted by Base of the Pyramid expert Monica Touesnard.
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Thursday
June 4
2009Cornell Global Forum: No Green Without BoP
The audience at the 92nd Street Y sat and listened politely as a series of wingtip-shod introductory speakers took turns at the lectern. But when the cowboy boots hit the stage, the audience went nuts. Why? Those boots belong to Al Gore, former Vice President of the United States and now Chairman of Generation Investment Management.
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Monday
June 1
2009Cornell Global Forum Kicks Off
This afternoon in New York, the Center for Sustainable Global Enterprise at the Johnson Graduate School of Management at Cornell University convened its inaugural Global Forum on Sustainable Enterprise in New York City. One hundred practitioners will participate as delegates for two days of working sessions.
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