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Returns on Investment
How a broad bet on a biotech company paid off in promising drugs for neglected diseases.
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The Third Wave: An Entrepreneur’s Vision of the Future
The cofounder of AOL looks at the Internet's potential to transform the social sector, on issues from healthcare to food access.
Five Lessons on Accelerating and Scaling Growth Through Technology
Low-cost tech tools that work for an organization in the beginning can later get in the way of progress. A look at how organizations can successfully transition to new tools as they scale—and increase their impact as a result.
Going into Business for Wildlife Conservation
To achieve large-scale, long-term success, wildlife conservationists need to think like the private sector and invest in business innovation.
The Circular Economy Takes on Food Waste
Eliminating food waste is economically plausible and can unleash new opportunities for businesses.
The Refugee Tech Crisis
Digital projects aimed at helping refugees need to consolidate their efforts and work collectively.
Impact Innovation: Closing Health Inequities Through Design
Reverse and frugal innovation approaches have their limits when it comes to health impact for the poor. We need more ways to provide high-quality, affordable products to low-income people.
Serving Up Data
The Human Needs Index offers complex, near-real-time information on how people across the United States use social services.
Sunshine Snapshot
An online tool called Project Sunroof provides homeowners with a clear picture of whether they should go solar.