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The Three ‘Tyrannies’ Shaping BoP Business Today: Hart details the evolution of the sector at the II Base Forum
As a keynote speaker at the IDB’s BASE II Forum International Thursday in Medellin, Colombia, Stuart Hart recognized the important moment that BoP strategies and practices are having worldwide. He pointed to three "tyrannies" that are holding back the business movement.
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Does Your City Have What it Takes? : Sandbox Network launches expansion campaign
Founded in 2009 by entrepreneurs from Switzerland and Germany — including current CEO Nico Luchsinger — Sandbox presently has more than 800 members in 25 hubs spanning four continents. Now the New York City-based network is looking for cities around the world eager to become part of a global entrepreneurial ecosystem.
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Diagnosing Jaundice by Phone: How ClikJaundice is using mobile technology to empower parents at the BoP
Jaundice is a potentially serious but easily treatable condition affecting about half of the world’s newborns. But at the BoP, limited access to health care can make it difficult to diagnose, putting babies at risk of severe brain damage. Now, in India, a new mobile tech product called ClikJaundice is providing remote diagnosis of jaundice at an affordable price.
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Cracking the Code on Affordable Health Care – Part 2: An Interview With Dr. Devi Shetty, Founder of Narayana Hrudayalaya
Devi Shetty is one of the world’s most celebrated surgeons, and the founder of Narayana Hrudayalaya, one of India’s largest hospital chains.
He has pioneered a radically affordable (and profitable) health care model for heart surgeries and other care. In part 2 of our Q&A with Dr. Shetty, we discuss Narayana Hrudayalaya’s innovative use of technology, and its ambitious plans for the future.- Categories
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Women Deliver Conference 2013: Why it pays to invest in women
In the biggest conference this decade focusing on girls’ and women’s health and rights, Women Deliver brought together more than 4,500 leaders and advocates -representing over 2,200 organizations and 149 countries – in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
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Cracking the Code on Affordable Health Care – Part 1: An Interview With Dr. Devi Shetty, Founder of Narayana Hrudayalaya
Devi Shetty is one of the world’s most celebrated surgeons. His patients have included Mother Teresa, and his list of accomplishments is the stuff of legend. But Dr. Shetty’s biggest legacy may be his work in pioneering a radically affordable health care model through Narayana Hrudayalaya, one of India’s largest hospital chains. In part 1 of this Q&A, he lays out the advantages (and sacrifices) of this model.
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The Profit vs. Nonprofit Tug of War: From investors to employees, why my social business did a 180
After operating as a non-profit for a year and a half, I decided to flip BLISS to a for-profit. As a nonprofit, we were attracting the wrong people and the wrong money. This is something I had feared, but when it started coming true, it hurt our progress more than I could have imagined. I learned this the hard way, but having a purpose other than profit, such as creating social impact, is not sufficient reason to be a non-profit.
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NexThought Monday: There’s a First Time for Everything: Acumen and Dow’s Technical Assistance Initiative brings together MNCs, startups
On May 14-16, Acumen held its first summit of social enterprises and global corporations to explore opportunities for collaboration aimed at expanding access to critical goods and services for poor communities in East and West Africa. The event was the formal kick-off of the Technical Assistance (TA) Initiative, a partnership between Acumen and Dow launched as a Commitment to Action at the Clinton Global Initiative.
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