Posts about: emerging markets

April 26, 2009, No comments

If you’re seeking a convenient and practical means of living healthier, consider doing so through supporting a food company which abides by greener principles, Whole Foods Market. Whole Foods recently [...]

Think Deeper: Dr. Larry Brilliant on a New Breed of Entrepreneurship

April 10, 2009, 1 Comment

Dr. Larry Brilliant, Executive Director of Google.org, leads major initiatives aimed at reducing global poverty, improving the health of the least adv ...

Kiva: Changing Lives Since 2005

April 4, 2009, 4 Comments

Today, we wanted to pay tribute to the absolutely amazing work that Kiva has done during the past 3+ years. Kiva, Swahili for unity or agreement was f ...

A World without Poverty + First Multinational Social Business, Grameen Danone Foods

April 3, 2009, 2 Comments

  In my spare time during the past three weeks, one of the books I’ve been reading is “A World Without Poverty,” by Dr. Muhammad Yunus. To say ...

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    Acumen Fund Celebrates 8th Anniversary
    April 1, 2009, Comments Off

      Help us congratulate and celebrate Acumen Fund on their 8th Anniversary, today, April 1 2009. During the past eight years, the organization has invested over $40 million in social [...]

  • Microfinance: India vs. China
    March 31, 2009, 7 Comments

    Last week, I attended a presentation by Tarun Khanna, professor of strategy at Harvard Business School. His presentation focused on microfinance, a theme in his new book, “Billions of Entrepreneurs: [...]

  • Tomorrow, March 22, is World Water Day
    March 21, 2009, 4 Comments

    While we may take clean water for granted, there are hundreds of millions of people around our world who are short of this basic necessity. In 1992, the United Nations [...]

  • Ashoka: Pioneering Social Entrepreneurship
    March 16, 2009, 1 Comment

    “Ashoka envisions a world where everyone is a change maker: a world that responds quickly and effectively to social challenges, and where each individual has the freedom, confidence and societal [...]

  • Sustainable Global Sourcing
    March 2, 2009, 4 Comments

    Based in San Francisco, Sustainble Global Sourcing is a social venture focused on women’s economic empowerment in Sub-Saharan Africa. They help women lift themselves out of poverty by partnering with [...]