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At the Dawn of Japanese BoP Business
While I spent years and years researching BoP related business, there had been a lot of small changes in Japanese business and aid society, but last year, 2009, was totally different. 2009 was the year of a "Social Business" big boom, as domestic social business individual entrepreneurs are featured by media and also by governmental policy makers.
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New Business Models for Sustainable Trading – Part 2
This post is part of a recurring series exploring new business models for linking small farmers to global markets being analyzed through an international collaborative effort.
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Rice paddies and culture
If you haven’t read Outliers, or Malcom Gladwell’s previous books The Tipping Point and Blink, you are missing out on some of the most insightful, entertaining and mind opening dissection of human behavior. In Outliers, Gladwell explains what makes someone extraordinary successful.
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Announcing TechnoServe as a New Partner in NextBillion
We are pleased to announce that TechnoServe has agreed to join the NextBillion community as an Associate Partner. TechnoServe joins World Resources Institute, Acumen Fund and William Davidson Institute as the site’s Partners.
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Staff Transitions: Moses Lee, Tayo Akinyemi and Phil LaRocco
Continuing with a series of announcements on NextBillion’s "gearing-up" for the new year, I’m happy to welcome Moses Lee into NextBillion’s Editorial team. Moses will join Rob, Nathan and myself in keeping the site running smoothly and moderating the conversation in it. It’s also time to thank two of our team members
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Weekly Roundup: Not Venture Capital – Village Capital
Better late than never for, ahem, last week’s roundup. The release of Bill Gates’ 2010 "Annual Letter", plus two exciting incubator slates announced recently, West Coast Village Capital at The Hub in Berkeley and the Unreasonable Institute, both of which are part of the Village Capital effort by First Light Ventures.
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Tech Awards 2010: Call for Nominations
The Tech Awards, a signature program of The Tech Museum, honors innovators from around the world who are applying technology to address humanity’s most urgent challenges. Individuals as well as nonprofit and commercial organizations are eligible. Anyone may submit a nomination. Self-nominations are accepted and encouraged.
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Mad, Bad and Dangerous to Know: The Philanthrocapitalism Debate
Resolved: Market-based models will save the world. Bishop, New York Bureau Chief of The Economist and co-author of Philanthrocapitalism: How the Rich Can Save the World, spoke in the affirmative. Edwards, Distinguished Senior Fellow at Demos and author of the newly published Small Change: Why Business Won’t Save the World, took up the negative.
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