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3 Hot Topics for 2010: Impact, Leadership Development and Replication
Around this time last year, Rob and I got on the phone to discuss the trends that would shape the Base of the Pyramid/ social enterprise space in 2009. We quickly came to consensus: "2009 will be the year of ANDE". What about 2010? Here’s my bet for three themes we’ll be hearing about time and again.
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Why You Should Be More Focused on Data Access at the BoP
The digital age has ushered in a new focus: the data economy. It appears as if, once again, developing countries (and especially the poor within those countries) will be left behind. The time is ripe for a significant effort to build mobile applications that deliver information to the BoP. Otherwise, the knowledge gap will only grow.
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Exploring the Link between Multinational Corporations and SMEs in Emerging Markets
NV has realized that not all the companies it works with are looking for investment or are at the right stage to receive investment from venture funds. In stead, a fair portion of companies are looking to expand into new markets and obtain contracts from international buyers. Here’s a way for you to contribute to this goal.
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Happy Holidays from NextBillion.net
The NextBillion team will be taking a break in observance of the holiday weekend that starts today. We’ll be back next week with a round up and some retrospective thoughts of what 2009 meant for the Base of the Pyramid movement and what could be expected in 2010.
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Are the Poor Creative Entrepreneurs or Simply Wage Earners?
This question gets asked a lot. For the Indian social enterprise LabourNet, the answer is both. While the necessary development efforts implied by this answer are dynamic, organizations often focus on only the entrepreneurial or wage earning aspect. This is fine, so long as they work in balance with other complimentary programs...
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The $25K Global Social Benefit Incubator 2010
An emerging program at SCU is getting more and more press every year: the Global Social Benefit Incubator or GSBI. Next year, 20 organizations will be selected for a full scholarship, valued at US $25,000, to participate in 4-months of online preparation and then to attend the intensive two week in-residence program (to be held August 15-28, 2010)
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Mastering the Inclusive Markets Research Challenge
Fifteen PhD students and recent graduates that target the "next billion" as a research challenge gathered for the one-week oikos UNDP Young Scholars Development Academy 2009 in Kaubad, Switzerland from the 6th to the 11th of December, 2009. They were brought together by the oikos Foundation and UNDP’s Growing Inclusive Markets.
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Women in Social Enterprise: Three Conversations
I think I may be starting to figure it out: Joanna is a great listener. She seeks out interesting people and asks them probing questions, listening and capturing fantastic insights. Having seen Joanna in action while working for Dial 1298 for Ambulance - where she conducted surveys of low-income customers, among other things - this is no surprise
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