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Eight keys to ending poverty
There are eight keys to applying zero-based design to the conceptualization and implementation of a business that will market essential products or services to people living on $2 a day or less and be profitable enough to attract the capital necessary to reach global scale. By employing these principles in an integrated, bottom-up design process, you can fashion an enterprise that will truly help millions of severely poor people move out of poverty.
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TOMS Creates E-Commerce Hub for Socially Conscious Shoppers
n the world of social innovation, Blake Mycoskie of TOMS is a bit of a rock star. Now, he is using his company’s star power to give other like-minded startups a leg up. TOMS is launching an e-commerce platform called “Marketplace” on TOMS.com that hosts goods from 30 social entrepreneurs who have mission-driven business models, similar in ethos to the “buy one, give one” model that Mycoskie pioneered.
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Innovation Summit Encourages Social Entrepreneurship
Social entrepreneurs, Harvard affiliates, and students from across the United States convened in Northwest Labs on Saturday for the Igniting Innovation Summit, a conference meant to spark student interest in social entrepreneurship through a series of events.
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Chetna Vijay Sinha, India Social Entrepreneur of the Year 2013
The Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship, a sister organization of the World Economic Forum, in partnership with the Jubilant Bhartia Foundation announced Chetna Vijay Sinha, Mann Deshi Mahila Sahakari Bank, and Mann Deshi Foundation, as the winner of the 2013 India Social Entrepreneur of the Year awards.
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Global Fund Board Predicts Strong Replenishment
The Board of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria concluded its 30th meeting today with a firm endorsement of efforts leading to the Fourth Voluntary Replenishment Conference to be hosted by the United States Government in Washington D.C. on 2-3 December 2013.
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Thailand Dengue Fever Epidemic Nears 140,000 Cases
The Thailand Public Health Ministry reports that nearly 140,000 cases of dengue fever have been reported in the kingdom so far this year, according to a Bangkok Post report. The report goes on to say that as of Nov 6, 139,681 people have fallen ill from dengue fever around the country.
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Agreement Reached for Joint Development of New TB Vaccines
National Institute of Biomedical Innovation, Aeras, and Create Vaccine Company, Ltd. jointly announce that a basic agreement has been reached among the three parties for joint development of new TB vaccines based on the human parainfluenza type-2 vector technology.
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Could micro-insurance help the poorest communities deal with climate change?
Dramatic storms like Haiyan are becoming normal and affecting the poorest populations; micro-insurance promises to increase their resilience.
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