The People Are Too Big To Fail
January 9, 2012, 3 Comments

Let me start off by saying, I dreamed about a movement like Occupy Wall St. starting in America when I first became aware of the youth uprising in Egypt. I [...]

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A Degree in Doing Good: Social Enterprise Meets Education

September 28, 2011, 2 Comments

Education meets social enterprise as an increasing amount of universities and training programs are finding ways to implement social enterprise into t ...

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Eureka! 2011- IIT Bombay’s Business Plan Competition

September 2, 2011, No comments

Eureka! Asia’s Largest Business Plan Competition launched on 1st Sept ‘11 Eureka! is the International Business plan competition organized by ...

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From Critique to Optimism, Problems to Solutions

March 23, 2011, 4 Comments

There must be something inherent to the discipline of anthropology that moves us toward critique: the tendency to pick-apart any kind of human effort ...

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    How to Get a (Paid) Job in Microfinance
    April 29, 2010, 7 Comments

    Getting a paid job in microfinance can sometimes seem like the Holy Grail of nonprofit work. The fact of the matter is that the top-notch, innovative, entrepreneurial economic development strategy [...]

  • The Secret to Grassroots Fundraising
    March 22, 2010, 4 Comments

    My organization, Sparkseed, recently ran a successful grassroots fundraising campaign. Most of the legwork was done in just three weeks and we raised over $20,000. After crossing the fundraising finish [...]