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Indian Angel Network launches IAN Impact for social enterprises; to invest up to $333K in 6 firms per year
Indian Angel Network (IAN), a national network of angel investors investing in startups and early-stage ventures, has formed a sub-group called IAN Impact, which will focus on social enterprises addressing the problems of people living at the bottom of the pyramid.
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Brazil’s social entrepreneurs are making the most of safer favela conditions
On a five-week journey exploring all five regions of Brazil, social enterprise specialist Richard Brownsdon investigates what opportunities are available for social entrepreneurs in the fifth largest country in the world.
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June’s Most-Read, Most-Shared Posts on NextBillion
Why it pays to invest in women and other insights from the Women Deliver Conference, how geeks are taking on quacks and lowering drug prices in India, new research into what makes impact accelerators more effective, and how IT could help take African SMEs to the next level. These were among the most-read and most-shared posts on NB in June.
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You have to teach empathy like literacy: Ashoka-Innovators founder
Way back in 1980, Bill Drayton recognized the power of an idea to change the world. As the founder and CEO of Ashoka-Innovators for the Public, he has led the creation of a global network of 3,000 social entrepreneurs. Ashoka likes to call it the citizen sector - because it believes that when people come together to create positive social change, they become citizens in the fullest sense. On a visit to India, Drayton, who is regarded as the 'Father of social enterpreneurship', spoke with Madhavi Rajadhyaksha on the importance of change-making in today's ecosystem.
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Enter India’s amazing world of frugal innovation
In 2001 a huge earthquake shook the state of Gujarat in India.2,000 people were killed, 400,000 lost their homes, and countless more lost their businesses in the devastation.One young entrepreneur, Mansukhbhai Prajapati, lost everything, but found an innovative way to get back on his feet.
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PepsiCo will support 200,000 Arab social innovators
PespsiCo will provide practical and educational support to social entrepreneurs across the Arab world.
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Aid for Trade — can it really reduce poverty?
Developing countries are increasingly opening up more to crucial trade routes, which connect them to world value chains.
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How To Profit From Neglected Markets Around The Globe
Neglected markets are potential customers for a company’s existing products which managers and marketers routinely overlook or write off altogether, as these markets are either too small in terms of revenue potential or too costly in terms of the operation expenses required to tap to them. Or at least, so it was thought at the time the decision to write off these customers was made.
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