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Guest Post: Deshpande Foundation and the Sandbox of Social Innovation
Guest Blogger Lesley Pories is a Deshpande Foundation Sandbox Fellow, working with the Water Literacy Foundation in India.Before taking on this role, Lesley worked as a Research Analyst with the People and Ecosystems Program at the World Resources Institute. A graduate?of Emory University,...
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Roundup: ANDE Hires Exec Director; Can’t-Miss BoP News
Francisco and I have been remiss in not posting more news & notes roundups here on NextBillion, so here’s a shot at redemption - at least for today.? Without further ado, some news and notes within the Base of the Pyramid community: The Aspen Network of Development Entrepreneurs -...
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NextBillion at the “Business of Inclusion” Conference in Cartagena, Colombia: A Preview
I’m writing from Cartagena, Colombia, where “The Business of Inclusion” conference will take place later this week. The conference is organized by the Inter-American Development Bank, and the Multilateral Investment Fund (FOMIN) and NextBillion has been invited to cover the...
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Net Impact: The Private Sector’s Role in Building Stable Business-Friendly Environments
Guest blogger Francesca van der Feltz is a graduating MS student with a focus in Asian Regional Business Environment at Thunderbird School of Global Management. She is the Net Impact president and Service Corps non-profit consulting leader on campus. She earned a BA in journalism from Arizona...
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Net Impact: Hype vs. Reality in the Social Enterprise Movement
Guest blogger Matt Austin is a second-year MBA student at Thunderbird School of Global Management focusing on the intersection of international development, entrepreneurship and venture capital. He spent this past summer advising a group of Endeavor High Impact Entrepreneurs in Turkey on their...
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Pop!Tech: Bunker Roy on Scaling the Bottom of the Pyramid
Outside, it is grey and rainy, but inside, the Camden library is warm and inviting.? Today’s special session merited an early arrival to Pop!Tech: Scaling the Bottom of the Pyramid, a 2-hour talk by longtime BoP innovators Paul Polak and Bunker Roy.Bill Gordon, a Pop!Tech board member,...
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From Social Capital Markets: Social Entrepreneurs Turning Into Sustainable Organizations
Monday afternoon sessions just kicked off with the panels on each of the three tracks here at SoCap08. The “Social Entrepreneur Track” is of special interest to me, as it concernes the tools and skills needed to turn social entrepreneurs into sustainable and scalable organizations...
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Introducing Social Entrepreneurs from GSBI 2008: Meet Mathias Craig, from blueEnergy Group
In times like this, when clean energy technologies are?the hype and talent in the sector is in high demand,?Mathias Craig could have any job in the world. His training includes engineering degrees from both UC Berkeley and MIT, and his true passion is wind power.?In stead of getting?taking...
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