August 22, 2006
Forget the World Bank, Try Wal-Mart
According to TCS Daily, a technology Web site, Wal-Mart has helped millions of Americans out of poverty through its low costs. These same effects have ripped onto other developing nations.
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July 21, 2006
New Kids on the Bloc
Jennifer Vilaga, copy editor for Fast Company Magazine, wrote this profile on Starting Bloc, a relatively new organization that hosts workshops and other events for college students and young professionals across the United States interested in careers relating to social entrepreneurship.
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May 25, 2006
A Moneymaking Water Pump
KickStart founders Martin Fisher and Nick Moon have been working on a lower cost pump for African farmers for several years and have reached another benchmark recently. Kickstart launched the ‘hip pump’ in November, a $33 pump to help farmers irrigate their land more efficiently and cheaply.
An article about KickStart has been published in this week’s Time magazine.
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August 17, 2005
A Subject for Those Who Want to Make a Difference
Alan Finder, an editor for the New York Times, wrote this article to highlight some of the emerging programs in social entrepreneurship unvelied this year. The article discusses some of the latest developments at Harvard, NYU, and Pace and highlights how some academics are trying to advance the field.
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July 15, 2005
It's Getting Easier Being Green
Francesca Di Meglio, a reporter for Business Week Online, wrote this article that highlights how business schools and corporations are addressing the issue of sustainable development. This article provides a general overview of the current state of social entrepreneurship in higher education today.
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June 16, 2004
The Hidden World of Social Entrepreneurship
David Bornstein, author of the bestseller "How to Change the World: Social Entrepreneurs and the Power of New Ideas," wrote this original article for Solutions Magazine, with the college student audience in mind. His personable style and first hand accounts of social entrepreneurs makes this an inspiring and informative article.
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January 05, 2004
State of Social Capitalism
Cheryl Dahle, a senior writer for Fast Company Magazine, wrote this article introducing the 20 organizations that were awarded the Social Capitalist Awards in 2004. This article documents some of the techniques used in evaluating social enterprises and also provides an excellent overview of the state of social entrepreneurship in 2004.
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December 18, 2003
Good Will Entrepreneurs
Michael S. Malone, current editor of Forbes ASAP and what some call the country's first daily high tech reporter, wrote this article that compares and contrasts the old business models of traditional entrepreneurship with the new business models of social entrepreneurship. Written with the general audience in mind as a special to ABCNews. com, this article is a good first read for the just exposed and a good refresher for the SE veteran.
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December 10, 2003
How to Save the World? Treat It Like a Business
Emily Eakin, a freelance journalist who lives in New York, wrote this article for The New York Times. The article enumerates some of the more famous social entrepreneurs of our day, talks about the new developments in social entrepreneurship at business schools nationwide, mentions the increase in media coverage, and attempts to explain some of the transformative forces that have led to this new movement.
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September 06, 2003
The Light Brigade
Kevin Cool, editor of Stanford Magazine, wrote this article that documents the history of Ignite Innovations, a social enterprise startup whose origins trace back to the classrooms at Stanford University. This article provides an excellent narrative on how academic environments can support social entreprises and the process behind forming social enterprise startups.
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April 17, 2002
The Rainmaker
Lisa Margonelli (lisamargo@sfgrotto.org), a freelance writer based in San Francisco, wrote this article that documents the history behind ApproTEC, a successful social enterprise that has helped millions of people with its invention of the MoneyMaker Plus, a manual irrigation pump. Written originally for WIRED Magazine, this article is an excellent case study of the classic social enterprise organization.
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