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The Need to Fund Social Entrepreneurs
When the financial incentive is discounted for social entrepreneurs, many of the best stay on the sidelines and that’s not where we need them to be. I want to suggest that if we can close the financial gap for social entrepreneurs, perhaps we will see more social entrepreneurship activities unleashed. So, where will this funding come from?
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Guest Post: Observations and Reflections from a TED 2009 Fellow
I attended the TED conference this year as a Fellow, a new program launched to ?help world-changing innovators from around the globe become part of the TED community and, with its help, amplify the impact of their remarkable projects and activities.? I quickly realized that TED encompasses much more than what the acronym conveys.
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Who are the Microfinance Borrowers?
Some time ago, the winner for the CGAP Microfinance Photography Contest was announced. These photos are not only aesthetically pleasing, but also (and most importantly) they serve as a gentle reminder of why we, the practitioners, the researchers and the entrepreneurs, love what we do.
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Guest Post: The Development Dialogue Wraps Up
Deshpande Foundation’s Development Dialogue ended a few weeks ago in Hubli, and even though I’ve been pretty busy since then the experiences and takeaways still ring clear, so I thought I’d share and reflect. The lessons shared by Ashoka fellows and others made for a fantastic final day of dialogues around social entrepreneurship.
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Guest Post: Could ?GIM 2.0? Enable Scale through Policy Innovation?
In 2008, UNDP?s Growing Inclusive Markets Initiative released its first report, Creating Value for All. It is now considering its next steps, "GIM 2.0". While awareness and interest in inclusive business seem to be growing, few inclusive business models have actually achieved scale. What is the role of initiatives like GIM in this context?
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Welcome to the New NextBillion.net
About six months ago we began working on the redesign of NextBillion.net. We’ve listened, brainstormed, tested, re-tested, built, re-built... and today we’re pleased to introduce the new version of NextBillion.net. Read the rest of the article to get a preview of what’s new. We hope you like it and look forward to hearing what you think!
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Roundup: Catching Up on Our Base of the Pyramid Reading
My friend David, NextBillion reader and BOPreneur, pinged me last night and rightly asked why NextBillion.net has been slower than usual these days, missing a few of big news pieces that relate to the base of the pyramid and development through enterprise. He was right.
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iBoP Asia: Science and Technology Innovations for the Base of the Pyramid
iBoP Asia recently announced the winners of their first small grants competition and the second competition is coming up soon. I wanted to highlight the grants program for our readers at NextBillion, as I know that many of you have the ideas they are looking for.
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