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Growing Up Fast, What the Dalberg Survey Tells Us About Successful Social Entrepreneurs
Want to find out what made the good enterprises great - and not just in anecdotal form? Dalberg Global Development Advisors clearly thought so. Working with Harvard, the consulting firm polled more than 60 social entreprenurs to find out how they lept the hurdles that every venture faces. Check out the survey and a replay of the live webinar.
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- Education, Social Enterprise
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- impact investing, research, scale
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Does ’the Cloud’ Have a Silver Lining for the Poor? New Sources of E-Transaction Data Hold Promise
Financial services firms in wealthy nations depend heavily on data to design their products and tailor products to consumers. A very basic example is using credit scores. This data-driven approach has been largely impossible for banks that would pursuing BoP customers. But that may be changing as several startup firms are gearing for launch.
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- Technology
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From the Field: Strengthening Food Processors in Malawi
Henry Gaga is a Food Technology Specialist with TechnoServe in Malawi where he works with the African Alliance for Improved Food Processing. SME processors of foods like cereals, cassava, potatoes and soy represent 4.5% of Malawi’s GDP. In this Q&A, Gaga explains the barriers and opportunities for food processors to improve nutrition and incomes.
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- Agriculture
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TED’s City 2.0 Prize – A Collective Wish ’Big Enough to Change the World’
TIME Magazine today announced its Person of the Year is: "The Protester," representing movements from the Middle East to Occupy Wall Street. The annual TIME story followed TED, which last week announced the winner of its 2012 competition would not be a person, but a concept: THE CITY 2.0 - a call to dream up "a wish big enough to change the world."
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Why the Failure of the Nano Has Been a Success
The Tata Nano’s launch failed by nearly every measure, including highly publicized flame outs of just purchased cars. Yet the $2,000 Nano gave companies thinking about emerging segments in emerging markets something to talk about. The hype caused firms of many sizes and industries to plan or imagine how their products might someday reach the poor.
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- Finance
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Villgro’s Unconvention 2011: Key Takeways
Unconvention 2011 hosted by Villgro in Chennai, India brought together some of the country’s brightest minds working in social enterprise and explored fundamental questions such as how social businesses can "mainstream" or "co-create" with multinationals, and whether in the term "social enterprise" will have currency in the next decade.
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Good News: IRIS Report Shows Many Impact Investing Recipients Are Profitable; But More Study Needed
The first Impact Reporting and Investment Standards (IRIS) performance data report collected data from nearly 2,400 mission-driven organizations, with 70% of responding microfinance institutions and 63% of portfolio organizations reporting profits. As importantly, the report adds to data-driven market intelligence for the impact investing industry.
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- Education
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- impact investing, research
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NexThought Monday: Let’s Help Acumen Fund Write the Next Chapter
Acumen Fund helped create a new DNA to fight poverty - one weaving together threads business and philanthropy into double helix of impact. Acumen recently reflected on its anniversary with the 10 Things We’ve Learned About Tackling Global Poverty series. NextBillion Community: Now it’s your turn. Let’s help Acumen write the next chapter.
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- Social Enterprise
