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Impact investing firm Investors’ Circle closes on $3.1M, looks for deals
Durham-based “impact investing” firm Investors’ Circle just closed on $3.1 million – a sum that, according to executive director Bonny Moellenbrock, will go toward a very specific type of startup.
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World Bank Revamping Is Rattling Employees
The World Bank, a famously bureaucratic institution, is undergoing its first restructuring in nearly two decades.
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Navigating Charity’s Fast and Slow Lanes
Imagine that you're running a charity. Suppose you have evidence showing that your charity is highly effective -- that you are really making a difference in people’s lives. In your fundraising campaign, should you emphasize how effective you are?
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State Equity Crowdfunding Policies Hold Promise in U.S.
More than two years after passage of the Jumpstart Our Business Startups (JOBS) Act, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is still writing the regulations that will govern equity crowdfunding in America.
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5 Inspiring Books on Social Entrepreneurship
As the founder of a social enterprise called LSTN Headphones, I often look to companies and entrepreneurs I admire for advice on navigating our growing business while continuing our mission to do well while doing good. Below are a few of the books I’ve found to help guide our startup through new challenges and inspire the team to work harder to make our company succeed.
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Investing in Global Health: The Role of the Private Sector and Technology in sub-Saharan Africa
Would you ever consider strapping a small sensor to your finger? One that connects to your phone and detects your malaria status, via an app?
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GSK Announces Vaccine Price Freeze in Support of GAVI Alliance
GSK reported that it would freeze the prices of its vaccines for five years for developing countries that graduate from GAVI Alliance. By committing to offer GAVI Alliance prices for vaccines against pneumococcal disease, rotavirus and cervical cancer, GSK will support developing country governments as they transition to financing the full cost of their local vaccination programs.
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Q&A: Social Enterprise Helps Vegetable Vendors In Nairobi Slum
After graduating from the prestigious London School of Economics, Kenyan Suraj Gudka, 21, didn’t go for a white-collar job in accounting.Instead he opted to work with slum communities, co-founding SokoText, a social enterprise that harnesses the power of short messaging services (text messages) to create demand for produce sold by micro entrepreneurs in urban Nairobi slums.
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