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A Hothouse of Creativity: From GSBI 2008
It’s pretty intense, the process Francisco and I are engaged in this past week and the coming one. Take 16 social entrepreneurs from a dozen countries on three continents, some very knowledgeable faculty, and more than a high-powered dozen mentors and guest lecturers from Silicon Valley...
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Cornell Announces Base of the Pyramid Essay Competition
The Center for Sustainable Global Enterprise at Cornell University’s Johnson Graduate School of Management is accepting submissions for its 2008 Base of the Pyramid (BoP) Narrative Competition. This short-essay competition seeks to highlight the challenges of implementing business in...
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Social Capital Markets Conference – Early Registration ends 8.25
I first learned of the Social Capital Markets conference from organizer Kevin Jones, a friend whom I’ve often run into at various conferences through the years. Last year, Kevin - a principal at Good Capital - began to think that it was time to break down silos and get various ’social...
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Sustainability for ICT Offerings
A recent report, “Wireless Technology for Social Change: Trends in NGO Mobile Use,” by the United Nations Foundation and The Vodafone Group Foundation highlights emerging trends by NGOs in the use of mobile technology to affect social change in global public health, humanitarian...
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Barefoot Optometry for the Base of the Pyramid: The VisionSpring Interview
Last week, I had the opportunity to sit down with Jordan Kassalow, Graham Macmillan and Miriam Stone ? three staff members at VisionSpring ? to conduct a long-form interview. Formerly known as Scojo Foundation, VisionSpring is the pioneering base of the pyramid-focused enterprise working...
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Roundup: Mobile Phones for Development, SME Outsourcing and More
Things are generally slower in August, as many folks take vacation and less gets done by those who are at the office. (For a refreshing and innovative take on this phenomenon, you might consider Seth Godin’s advice to work like your hair is on fire while the competition sleeps.) For the...
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Business Students Can Change the World
This post is the second in a two part series on how to get involved in the base of the pyramid movement. Part 1 was a personal story of involvement, and Part 2 focuses on the role of students in bringing social transformation.I recently attended the Social Enterprise Knowledge Network (SEKN)...
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Four Questions for IGNIA’s Michael Chu
While attending the SEKN research colloquium a few days ago, I was able to sit down and talk to Harvard Business School Professor Michael Chu. During his tenure at ACCION International, Mr. Chu played a major role in the development of Mexico’s Banco Compartamos. He currently co-leads the...
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