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Meet A Playboy Entrepreneur Who Went From Making Millions To Making an Impact
Kitwe, a dusty industrial city in North Western Zambia’s ‘Copper Belt’ region, isn’t much to look at. It does however have a hidden jewel. The city is home to the office of internationally acclaimed social entrepreneur, Peter Sinkamba.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Another Online Hub? Here’s Why We Tried Something Different : The Business Innovation Facility and IAP database is a one-stop-shop for social entrepreneurs
A new Database of Financial and Technical Support for Inclusive Business aims to reduce the time and challenge involved. Produced by the Business Innovation Facility (BIF) and Innovations Against Poverty (IAP), it’s a step towards a ‘one-stop shop’ for IB entrepreneurs.
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Scaling from Small to Large: Endeavor Insight’s Research Reveals How Entrepreneurs are Integral to Solving the Job Crisis
NEW YORK, Sep 25, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Entrepreneurship is increasingly viewed as a key solution to chronic unemployment, but when it comes to job creation, not all entrepreneurs are equal. According to a new report and interactive online tool released by Endeavor Insight, high-growth small and medium size enterprises that scale into large businesses have significant potential to drive sustained job creation and employment, especially in emerging markets. Endeavor Insight partnered with Omidyar Network and Aspen Network of Development Entrepreneurs (ANDE) to commission and release the report.
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FEATURED EVENT Join the Webinar: Engaging Your Network for Systematic Impact
"What can our organization do to sustain a practice of innovation?" That question is at the heart of an upcoming webinar hosted by The Rockefeller Foundation, Context Partners and us here at NextBillion at 1 p.m. EDT, (Tuesday) Oct. 2. Join us for this free, interactive event!
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Forget Poverty – Let’s Talk About Business: ‘Generalist’ Paul Polak offers specifics for social entrepreneurs
When you talk to Paul Polak it takes about 15 seconds for him to dive into the pragmatic details of his six or so latest business ventures. It’s easy at first to be overwhelmed with detail, but if you stay with it, you realize that he has taken practicality and common sense to a blazing edge. In a very different context, it’s what I imagine it must have been like to talk to Sam Walton in the early days of Wal-Mart.
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Guest Post: Setting Up an Export Business (Or Folding a T-Shirt) Without Wrinkles: Brazil’s Maos de Minas helps artisans connect to global market
Maos de Minas (“the hands of Minas”) promotes the artisan sector and preserves the cultural identity of the region Minas Gerais, the fourth largest of the 26 states of Brazil. Some 500,000 of the state’s approximately 20 million inhabitants are artisans, and about 7,000 of them are active members of Maos de Minas. Our project with the Maos de Minas organization is part of the SAP Social Sabbatical program.
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New Leaders for a New Pakistan: In 2013 Acumen Fund launches an inaugural Pakistan Fellows Program
The Pakistan Fellows Program was created to identify and train this next generation of leadership for Pakistan. We’ve just opened the application process for the inaugural class of Pakistan Fellows, and we will be accepting applications until 11:59 PM PST (Pakistan Standard Time) on Friday 28 Sept. 2012.
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NexThought Monday: Can a Checkbox Change the World?: How behavioral economics can catalyze more capital in impact investing
The foundation of behavioral economics is the fact that human decision-making usually isn’t rational, but driven by emotion, framing, and a million outside influences. I’ve been exposed to these theories in action in policy making, marketing, consumer research, and public health, so when I started studying and working in the field of impact investing, I was curious to see what behavioral theories could be applied to the field.
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