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Njambre, a New Social Enterprise Accelerator in Argentina Looks to ‘Swarm’ Impact
Based in Buenos Aires, Njambre (a Spanish term for “swarm”) is a new space of support, advice, and mentorship for social entrepreneurs. Launched by Paula Cardenau, Emiliano Fazio and Federico Seineldin, Njambre seeks to identify entrepreneurs with ideas and with the potential of becoming sound social enterprises.
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Japanese Professor Shoji Shiba Helping India Inc Breakthrough
Dhobi Ghat, the washermen's hub in Mumbai, is a dingy neighbourhood of clotheslines, discoloured pools of water and rows upon rows of wash pens. But it presents an array of socio-economic groups among the 10,000-odd washermen who live and work here-from smaller washermen thrashing clothes on flogging stones to better-off cleaners who run Laundromats.It's a thriving ecosystem and a perfect case study for how people at the bottom of the pyramid impact an economy.
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Asian Innovation: Frugal Ideas Are Spreading from East to West
Multinationals are beginning to take ideas developed in (and for) the emerging world and deploy them in the West.
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BoP Boom in Japan Part I
The year 2009 was referred to as “The first year of BoP in Japan”. Not only did the Japanese translation of the late Prof. Prahalad’s “The Fortune at the Bottom of the Pyramid” received much attention, BoP market analyzation that focused on emerging markets in Asia and African countries gained wide recognition too.
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From ‘A-Ha’ to Impact: Making it to Market
But like many “breakthrough” innovations such as digital cameras, tablets, and Apple’s pinch-and-zoom screen function (born in 1983), social impact technologies often languish before really reaching the market.
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Roundup – 3/18/12: When Sharing Makes Sense
For social businesses, the perpetual pursuit of a model that works, a reliable customer base, honed relevant products, and a social impact can blot out all but the sun. Exposing your company to collaboration with a competitor to share technology or distribution networks, is an anathema to most social entrepreneurs Yotam Ariel argued this week.
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Village Capital Expanding to Kenya, China in partnership with ANDE, Potencia Ventures
What if entrepreneurs could invest in each other? When we launched Village Capital three years ago, that’s the question we asked. And after ten pilots worldwide in four countries the answer is clear: peer-selected investment allows more companies to get funding and support faster, more effectively, and at lower-cost. This spring, Village Capital is coming to China and Nairobi with new partners.
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So You Want to Start a Social Enterprise? 10 Legal Questions Founders Should Ask Themselves and Their Partners First
As a corporate lawyer working at the intersection of start-up space and social enterprise sectors, I often find myself assisting co-founders in structuring relationships. The conversations are inherently complex; so here 10 questions I would advise founders and partners ask one another before launching a social enterprise.
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