Mentoring Meets Its Match
RippleWorks helps entrepreneurs in the developing world tap the expertise of executives and engineers from Silicon Valley.
Social Enterprise - Most Popular
Innovative ways that organizations are using and adapting business strategies to advance social and environmental well-being (more)
Harvesting Lessons
A social enterprise that served farmers in Kenya had to close down, but it yielded a healthy crop of insights about failure.
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Change Gets a “Roadmap”
Leaders from the Skoll Foundation have developed a useful yet flawed outlook on pursuing social entrepreneurship.
A New Economic Philosophy for Africa
Why Africa needs society-minded entrepreneurs, not glitzy projects, and how the economic philosophy of Africapitalism can guide the way.
Leveling the Investment Playing Field
Betting on women entrepreneurs with a first-time seed investment nearly closes the achievement gap between female and male founders.
Social Enterprises Closing the Deal
Covering the “last mile” in distribution is important, but it’s the “last yard” that wins or loses the race.
Building a Prize Network
Social enterprise awards can be an opportunity to build movements and networks, not just single out winners.
Embracing the Business of Development
If we want to achieve all 17 Sustainable Development Goals, we need to start at the bottom of the list.
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Green Giants: How Smart Companies Turn Sustainability into Billion-Dollar Businesses
Green Giants shares the six factors that have enabled these extraordinary firms to crack the code on profitable, sustainable business and offers a blueprint corporate leaders and entrepreneurs alike can follow.
Lending an Ear to Loan Beneficiaries
A reminder that getting client and beneficiary feedback—even in the face of competing priorities—is critical to effective program design.