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In Remembrance of Pro-Poor Business Pioneer Paul Polak: 1933-2019
Paul Polak, a pioneer of pro-poor technologies and social impact-focused business, passed away peacefully over the weekend, surrounded by his family. A true "serial entrepreneur" since long before that term became popular, Polak founded numerous organizations and businesses aimed at alleviating poverty – and he served as a source of wisdom, inspiration and humor for the social business sector for decades. He will be greatly missed.
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- Entrepreneurship
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Rwanda’s Trash Warrior Tackles E-Waste With Blockchain
his week, the 19-year-old will join climate activist Greta Thunberg at the U.N. Youth Climate Summit in New York as one of 100 selected young people offering solutions on climate change.
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- Environment, WASH
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Understanding the Other Side of the Table: Closing the Gap between Social Entrepreneurs and Impact Investors
In over a decade working in social impact, Ayla Schlosser, the former CEO of Resonate, increasingly realized that she had a lopsided view of funders. In fact, she says, both entrepreneurs and investors tend to sit on one side of the table or the other, which can lead to mutual blind spots and inefficiencies. She shares insights from a Miller Center research project, in which she interviewed 42 investors, entrepreneurs and others to identify best practices and help bridge this information gap.
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- Entrepreneurship, Investing
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The Business Roundtable Announcement: How We Can Ensure It’s Part of a Paradigm Shift – and Not Just Window Dressing
Last week members of the Business Roundtable, an organization comprised of CEOs of some of the world’s largest corporations, signed a statement "modernizing its principles on the role of a corporation." They declared that the purpose of a corporation is to create value for employees, suppliers, customers and communities – not just shareholders. At face value, it's a game-changing announcement. Impact investing pioneer Margot Brandenburg explores how to hold these companies accountable to it.
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- Entrepreneurship, Investing
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Viewpoint: Stakeholder Capitalism: Intention is the First Step toward Accountability
Maybe someday soon, we will be able to know how well a company treats its employees or contributes to climate change, as part of its regular filings. With more actions, we’ll get more data and start to understand which actions lead to better financial performance, and which might not, but will be viewed as worth doing by Americans and the company’s shareholders anyway.
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Viewpoint: What Companies Are For
However well-meaning, this new form of collective capitalism will end up doing more harm than good.
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Yes, Your Pitch Deck is That Important: Here’s How to Get Investors’ Attention and Raise Your First $100K
Entrepreneurs often have a lot of misconceptions around fundraising when they start their business. And according to Mehak Malik, Investment Associate at Beyond Capital Fund, these misunderstandings can undermine one key element of their success: the all-important pitch deck. She discusses the questions entrepreneurs need to ask themselves before drafting a pitch deck, based on a recent series of entrepreneur workshops from Beyond Capital and ANDE.
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- Entrepreneurship, Investing
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EXTENDED: SOCAP19 Summer Special Ends Sept 6: Register Now – And Get $250 Off With NextBillion’s Discount Code
SOCAP19 is coming sooner than you think, and NextBillion is proud to once again serve as a media partner. The conference, convening Oct. 22-25 in San Francisco, is expecting over 3,000 impact investors, entrepreneurs and innovative cross-sector practitioners, and will feature over 150 breakout sessions and 500 speakers. Register by Aug. 30 to get their Summer Special pricing, and use NextBillion's discount code for an additional $250 off.
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- Entrepreneurship, Investing
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