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Weekly Roundup: Venture Capital Might Just ‘Save the World’, First it Needs Some Efficiency
The Forbes cover story asks: "Can Venture Capital Save the World?" But as the article points out, Acumen Fund doesn?t mirror a traditional venture capital firm. Having led a Santa Clara University study, retired venture capitalist John Kohler says social capital markets could stand to learn a few lessons on efficiency from the VC world.
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- Investing, Social Enterprise
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2011 Social Finance Forum: Investing in Good Deals
Last year, over 300 people gathered for the launch of the Mobilizing Private Capital for Public Good report by the Canadian Task Force on Social Finance. It was a call to action on the role of capital markets to create economic/social sustainability. This year, Canada’s impact investing marketplace will tackle what it means to invest in good deals.
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- Investing, Social Enterprise
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Guest Post: Is it Immoral to Earn Attractive Profits from Poor Customers?
Should we crafting a be a business system that enhances the livelihoods of poor people without making a profit for outside investors? Or should it make a profit for investors as well as the poor people who are served by it? To me the answer is obvious.
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- Social Enterprise
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What the 1 Percent (of Capital Markets) Could Do for Impact Investing
How can we unlock new sources of capital from retail investment to ensure impact investment opportunities aren?t just for the wealthy? A new book discusses ?widening the doorway? to create a greater pool of private capital for impact. Meanwhile investment group TriLinc is launching a $1.25 billion fund for ?mainstreet? investors.
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- Social Enterprise
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Where Free, Profitable, Impact and Scale Intersect: Insights From the Story of Aravind
Aravind Eye Care is a self-sustaining and profitable organization that treats most of its patients for free or at a deeply subsidized rate. A new book, "Infinite Vision," provides insights into the man who put Aravind into motion, and chronicles the strategic decisions, growing pains, innovations and efficiencies behind this BoP success story.
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- Health Care, Social Enterprise
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From Chile, Building Social Entrepreneurship in a ’Space of Spaces’
The second Social Entrepreneurship Month 2011 (MES2011): "Social Innovation + Education" launched in Chile last month, and continues through this week. MES Co-Founder Gianncarlo Dur?n told NextBillion in Spanish that social entrepreneurship concepts "are coming to Chile but with "great intensity."
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- Social Enterprise
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NextThought Monday: The FOUND Middle, Women Entrepreneurs in Nigeria
In honor of Global Entrepreneurship Week, we share with you the next video in our continuing series, which features Nneka Okekearu, Centre Manager for the Enterprise Development Center (EDC) at the Pan African University in Nigeria. EDC focuses on the business development and provision of support services to small and growing businesses in Nigeria.
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- Social Enterprise
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Weekly Roundup – 11-13-11: Technology’s Equalizing Impact
The need for inclusive health programs has been an active part of the development conversation for years. Daniella Ballou-Aares, the founder of the Global Health Practice group at the strategic consulting firm Dalberg points out, the means to do so on a large-scale has been elusive. However, technology has become the great equalizer.
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- Health Care, Social Enterprise, Technology