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Skoll World Forum 2009: Challenges of Expansion Finance for Social Entrepreneurs
Philanthropy has too often remained trapped in the ’small is beautiful’ world of social innovation - while for-profit-investors have striven to avoid any taint of compromising returns for social goals. A growing set of trailblazers is mobilizing significant pools of capital to deploy for social impact.
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The Ripple Effect – To be Defined
The Ripple Effect. The session was moderated by Ian Goldin, Director of James Martin 21st Century School. Speaking at the panel were Ron Grzywinski (Chairman, Shorebank Corporation), Jeremy Hockenstein (CEO and Co-Founder, Digital Divide Data) and Marcia Odell (Director, WORTH, Pact Institute)
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Serving the Missing Middle, ANDE Marks its Official Launch
The Aspen Network of Development Entrepreneurs launched today at the Skoll World Forum. Finally, a trade association for the rest of us. The fact that ANDE brings $750M in collective funding - and a $1M innovation challenge fund - to the table demonstrates its seriousness.
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Skoll World Forum 2009: Opening Plenary
NextBillion.net will be at the Skoll World Forum 2009 through a team of Guest Bloggers. Vinay Nagaraju covered the opening plenary and the sessions that took place at the Sheldonian Theater. Here are his first impressions.
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Entrepreneurship for Survival at the Base of the Pyramid
For those of us living in developed countries, the idea of entrepreneurship is very romantic and idealistic. It’s often thought of in the vein of "Making your dreams come true!" and "You can change the world!" I would almost go so far as to say that entrepreneurship as we know it in the developed world is a luxury. Not so in the developing world.
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Video Games for the Next Billion?
In an Associated Press article posted yesterday, Qualcomm announced its backing of a videogame startup targeting BoP markets. I heard about it in an e-mail from my father, who wrote under the subject line "tacky! tacky! tacky!".While my first instinct was to agree with his assessment, I’ve been thinking about it more and more.
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Future Untapped Opportunities: Female Population Increase in Asia
Before the end of 2008 I explained in one of my posts how improving gender equality can reduce poverty and stimulate growth. Back then I was puzzled to see that barely any business development initiatives had tried to improve women’s status. In this post I would like to point out how this demand is set to increase in the next few years.
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Eco-Friendly Innovations at the Base of the Pyramid
Q: What’s yellow, green and seen all over?A: The bright yellow, solar-powered ambulances of Ziqitza Healthcare (1298), an ambulance company serving low-income customers in Mumbai and Kerala, India.The solar ambulances are one of ten "Eco-Friendly Innovations" featured in a new photo essay on Forbes.com.
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