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Global Impact Investing Network Hires First CEO
The Global Impact Investing Network (GINN) announced it will hire Luther Ragin, Jr., an impact investor and executive who has held various banking and foundation positions, as its first chief executive. He managed the F.B. Heron Foundation endowment since 1999 and is credited with building a $260 million portfolio while increasing impact investing.
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Bringing Light to the Poor, One Liter at a Time [Video]
A bottled liter of water with a few teaspoons of bleach is proving to be a successful recipe for dwellers in the light-deprived slums of the Philippines. The simple technology is spreading sunlight in places where it has never been, and saving residents money at the same time. Gemma Haines reports. ...
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Spin Cycle to Empowering Women
Innovation creates capacity, allowing women to balance their time spent on productive activities. A washing machine can dramatically change the life of a mother and create time for more meaningful activities, including reading books to their children and educating themselves. But in order to truly empower women, we must go beyond the spin cycle.
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Does Fighting for the Cause Actually Solve the Problem?
My biggest advice to entrepreneurs looking to do something purposeful: build a model which ’never’ sacrifices commercial profit for ’purpose’ or vice-versa. I believe that the most impactful businesses in the 21st century will maximize both. If you are looking to create a purposeful business, then focus your energies on the for-profit first.
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Inc. 5000 Applicant of the Week: World Centric
As we process applications for the 2011 Inc. 500 5000, we thought it would be worthwhile to shine a spotlight on some of the companies that are vying to appear on our ranking of the fastest-growing private companies in the United States . One that caught our eye was Palo Alto , California
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Back From the Brink: How Good Governance Spurs Growth in Post-War Liberia
Liberia has become much friendlier to entrepreneurs and business interests since President Sirleaf took office. The average number of days required to start a business plummeted from 68 to 20. (The worldwide average is 24). The number of start-up procedures required to register a business dropped from 10 to five, below the global average of 7.8.
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Will Indian IT Companies’ Business Model Become Stagnant?
BANGALORE: Indian IT companies, which rode the outsourcing wave to become large corporations, may lag a bit while becoming sustainable corporations that create fortune "with" the bottom of the pyramid, says management guru Stuart L Hart . The American academic who was in town recently, says: "From what I can see, there is a little bit of self-satisfaction and comfort with the current model. Maybe they are getting stuck in the outsourcing model like that is the endgame. But it is...
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Let’s Talk: IDB Inaugural BoP Forum Highlights SME Growth, Network Connections
The 1st IDB Forum for the Development of the Base of the Pyramid in Latin America and the Caribbean kicked off Monday in Sao Paulo, Brazil by emphasizing the critical role of SME creation and growth. To highlight the increasing importance of the sector, the IDB announced plans to double investments in BoP-related businesses in 2012 to $100 million.
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