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Apply Now! Lemelson-MIT Awards
The Lemelson-MIT Awards honor both established and rising inventors for their ingenuity, creativity and contribution to invention and innovation. The awards recognize the profound impact that inventors can have on economic and social well-being.
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Social Capital Markets 2009: Lessons Learned
A summary from a panel featuring socially-focused venture capitalists and investment firms and the lessons they have learned over 10 years investing in social ventures, from small businesses to solar energy and micro-finance.
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Franchising in Frontier Markets
Last week, I attended a workshop on "Franchising in Frontier Markets" hosted by IFC and the John Templeton Foundation. More than 50 investors, consultants, and practitioners using franchise-based methods to serve BoP markets participated in what turned out to be a very interactive day - very few presentations, and lots of talking...
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Social Capital Markets 09: SME Finance in Developing Countries
Day 1 of SoCap09, and I was already conflicted. Sonal Shah’s keynote address had ended and there I stood as 800 folks milled about, trying to decide: which of these awesome panels should I choose - and, by association, which will I have to miss? After quick deliberation, I took off for SME Finance in Developing Countries...and I’m glad I did.
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Social Capital Markets 09: Forecasting a Marketplace
What is the future of the impact investing marketplace? Where will the social capital market be in 2010? Those with the unenviable task of taking on this questions in the Wednesday morning plenary where Charly Kleissner from the KL Felicitas Foundation, Dan Crisafulli from the Skoll Foundation, and Amit Bouri from the Global Impact Investing...
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Social Capital Markets 09: Making Money on Mobile in the Developing World
The "Making Money on Mobile in the Developing World" panel made clear that in order to build a sustainable and scalable mobile phone solution for development, there needs to be in place a thorough understanding of mobile ecosystem, including the industry value chain, major players, government regulation, and the potential future of the industry.
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Social Capital Markets 09: Beyond MFI
With the afternoon sun brightening the room and a light ocean breeze passing through the open windows, the participants in last Wednesday afternoon’s "Beyond MFI" panel turned their attention to these burning questions. April Rinne of Water.org moderated the lively discussion between Steve Hardgrave of Gray Matters Capital, Gil Crawford of...
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Looking at Sustainability Through the Lens of Finance
Professor Gautam Kaul, Professor of Finance at the Ross School of Business, has agreed to put his course entitled, "Finance and the Sustainable Enterprise," online for faculty at other schools to use. The course is unique in that it looks at the issue of environmental and social sustainability through an economics and finance perspective.
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