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In the raging sea that is Twitter, here are a few Tweets that stuck in our filter this past week.
Twitter Top Ten for 12-07-14: Our favorited Tweets of the week pastBlog Post
Going into the Social Capital Markets Conference (SOCAP14) next week, Bain Capital’s 50 percent purchase of TOMS Shoes for a reported $300 plus million was reverberating throughout social media. Most of the reactions in the impact investing community were positive, although many continued to question buy-one, give-one, model.
Weekly Roundup 8/29/14 – Getting In While the Getting’s Good: Why the Bain Capital, TOMS deal could be the first of manyBlog Post
The SEEP Network’s 2014 Annual Conference will serve as a platform to promote learning and exchange around proven and emerging approaches, strategies and models for reaching substantial numbers of poor and vulnerable populations on a sustainable basis. The conference will explore scalable solutions that involve inclusive business models, private sector partnerships, technology applications, and new investment and financing models.
Featured Event – SEEP 2014 Conference : Scaling Impact in Inclusive Market SystemsBlog Post
The BoP World Convention will focus on hybrid models for serving the BoP, with speakers from the private sector, the social entrepreneur community, major non-governmental organizations, and governments. It reflects a growing belief that collaborative, cross-sector approaches are necessary to get to scale and, despite a strong contingent of speakers from Asia, reflects a global perspective.
The BoP World Convention & Expo: Why the inaugural gathering is critical and why Singapore is the perfect venueBlog Post
One of the most satisfying things about working here at NextBillion is getting to publish articles from first-time writers. It’s especially satisfying to see those rookie contributors shoot to the top of the most viewed list for the month. That was the case in April.
April’s Most Popular Posts: Better housing loans, a letter to Google and impact investing growing painsBlog Post
Each week the New York Stock Exchange invites a different group to ring the opening and closing bells to start and stop the day’s trading. On Monday, a new group did the honors: representatives from the U.S. National Advisory Board (NAB) to the Social Impact Investment Task Force. While the bell ringing is purely symbolic, the symbol is important nonetheless: Impact investing has moved from the fringe to the mainstream – or at least mainstream recognition.
Weekly Roundup – 4/25/14: Ringing the Bell on Social Enterprise, Remembering Rana PlazaBlog Post
In a recent post on NextBillion, Stuart Hart, who co-authored The Fortune at the Bottom of the Pyramid with C. K. Prahalad, wrote with concern about the potential of creating disruptive innovations for poor customers that can trickle up to Western markets. We don’t believe Professor Hart has anything to worry about — because major corporations have demonstrated no meaningful interest in the bottom-of-the-pyramid market. And we don’t think they’re likely to do so in the future, either.
NexThought Monday: Who will grab the fortune at the base of the pyramid?
