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NextThought Monday: Creative Ways to Boost Youth Entrepreneurship
The risks of investing in young entrepreneurs are well known: inexperienced managers, murky business plans, overly optimistic views of the market, etc., etc. Youth Business International (YBI) recently issued Closing the Gap, a report that pulled together several case studies showing how the finance gap can be bridged for young entrepreneurs.
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- Entrepreneurship
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SOCAP11: Breaking Down Barriers to People Powered Capital
"Why is it illegal for me to invest even $100 in the business of my choice?" The kick-off session on the democratization of impact investing tackled the tough questions, such as how can we channel the massive amount of capital latent in the 98 percent of people may want to invest in a venture, but who are not "accredited investors."
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- Entrepreneurship, Investing
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SOCAP11: Spirituality and Social Enterprise
A thoughtful panel of leaders at SOCAP11 opened the dialogue on a powerful underlying motivator for many in social enterprise, but a motivator that is often swept under the rug, unspoken, taboo, or even a white elephant in the room: spirituality. Amid the talk of ROI, balance sheets and capital, what should be the role of spiritually in the space?
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- Entrepreneurship
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A Few Things Every Entrepreneur Should Know About Communication
While money, technology and innovation are considered more glamorous and therefore more important, communication is the single most critical factor in the success of any endeavor. I don’t mean the numbing volume of information and opinions from "experts." Communication is a system, and like all systems, it is perfectly designed to produce results.
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- Entrepreneurship
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- entrepreneurship
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Escaping the Survival Trap
The ’survival trap’ is a tendency for individuals, businesses and nations to focus on short-term crises at the expense of developing long-term strategies for prosperity. This vicious cycle keeps individuals poor, businesses struggling, and nations under-developed. The right skills and mindset are needed in order to escape the survival trap.
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- Entrepreneurship
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Unreasonable Investor Day (And Night)
Set for July 18 at the Hub SoMa, a Bay Area social ventures incubator, is culmination of the six-week Unreasonable Institute in Boulder, CO. Before anyone breaks out the sleeping bags, Unreasonable Institute will host a pitch event involving 26 of the Unreasonable fellows and up to 100 impact investors in attendance.
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- Entrepreneurship
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The Best of 2012: The Dangerous Promise of Impact Investing
In part two of my conversation with Felix Oldenburg, Ashoka’s Europe and Germany director, takes on -and takes apart- impact investing. In the days leading up to SOCAP Europe, Oldenburg offers a radical critique of the current hype surrounding impact investing. We must fund the impact - not the organization, he explains.
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- Entrepreneurship, Impact Assessment
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ViewChange Video of the Week: Entrepreneurs in Burkina Faso
With drought prevailing in areas bordering the Saharan desert, farmers in Burkina Faso are exploring alternative ways to generate income. The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) supports a program that provides training and support to people with ideas that could be transformed into successful business ventures.
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- Agriculture, Entrepreneurship
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