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Building Enterprises, Sustaining Optimism: Revolution 2.0 in Post Mubarak-Egypt
Almost nine months after the revolution, mistrust against civil society and foreign investment remains high, while bureaucracy continues to slow the emergence of new ventures. Clearly, social entrepreneurship needs its own 2.0 revolution to overcome many obstacles in the post-Mubarak Egypt.
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PVRI: Scaling a Non-Profit Model for Eye Care
We traveled to Parvatipuram in Andhra Pradesh to witness the outreach camps and meet communities impacted by investee, Pushpagiri Vitreo Retina Institute (PVRI) first hand. Founded in 2004, PVRI’s combined business model allows for treatment fee-paying patients in addition to serving ’Below the Poverty Line’ patients.
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Sisi ni Amani: An Experiment in Marketing Peace
At the BoP, we use marketing for lots of things. We market products like shampoo sachets and fertilizers, pay-per-use toilets and private ambulances; and we even market behaviors like ’send your child to school’ and ’don’t have unprotected sex.’ We rely heavily on the power of marketing. But how far could we take it? Could we market, say, peace?
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SOCAP11: Breaking Down Barriers to People Powered Capital
"Why is it illegal for me to invest even $100 in the business of my choice?" The kick-off session on the democratization of impact investing tackled the tough questions, such as how can we channel the massive amount of capital latent in the 98 percent of people may want to invest in a venture, but who are not "accredited investors."
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- Investing
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SOCAP11: Gleaning Insights in Design Thinking
Design used to be about making artifacts, but now the experience is the commodity. At SOCAP11, the Design for Social Innovation track exposed us to some powerful design thinking techniques from Hot Studio and :: CRONAN ::, two firms with household name corporate and socially known clients. In design, the age of the lone rock star is long gone.
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Reused Paint, Gold for Good ? Colombian Environmental Entrepreneurs at ’Growing SMEs’
With improved internal security, an improved business environment, and increased prominence as a major player in the global economy, Colombia’s business landscape is also changing. From recycled paint to sustainable gold production, several SMEs building social improvement will Growing SMEs Investment Roundtable on Sept. 23.
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SOCAP11: Village Capital and the Value of peer-based Evaluation
What if microfinance and angel investing had a baby? Essentially, Village Capital is that offspring, using a peer-to-peer evaluation, learning and investment model where fellow entrepreneurs in the program decide who gets the allocated funding. From SOCAP11’s "People Powered Capital" we heard from several ventures using the Village Capital process.
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Via ViewChange: 9/11 Widows, Rebuilding Hope Afghani Women
"Have you ever worn a burqa before?" asked the Amnesty International representative. I put the tent-like garment over my head, imagining being forced to wear it. It was in that moment, in July 2001, when I experienced how it felt to be invisible. That’s when I knew I wanted to produce a film about Afghan women.
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