Tag: social entrepreneurs
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How One Entrepreneur Plans To End Extreme Poverty Globally
Forbes: How One Entrepreneur Plans To End Extreme Poverty Globally …As I wrote then, “Harriman’s Nuru has taken an integrated approach to ending poverty by lifting entire communities out of poverty. Nuru starts by identifying a local business led by quality people who have the potential to scale. With financial support and mentoring, the plan…
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How America’s Richest People Are Bringing Hope To The Eighth-Poorest Nation In The World
Forbes: How America's Richest People Are Bringing Hope To The Eighth-Poorest Nation In The World … Armed with these justifications for both the heart and the head, for the past six months FORBES has engaged in an experiment: Can focusing some of the world’s greatest entrepreneurial and philanthropic minds on the problems of one specific…
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How Social Entrepreneurs Use Rice Husks to Power India
PBS: How Social Entrepreneurs Use Rice Husks to Power India Some excerpts: … FRED DE SAM LAZARO: Despite billions of dollars in new infrastructure, power interruptions are chronic in India. Consumers large and small rely on backup systems, at huge cost to both the environment and economy, says energy expert Kirit Parikh. He traces the…
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Thoroughly Modern Do-Gooders
New York Times: Thoroughly Modern Do-Gooders Fashions in goodness change, just like fashions in anything else, and these days some of the very noblest people have assumed the manners of the business world — even though they don’t aim for profit. They call themselves social entrepreneurs, and you can find them in the neediest places…