Social Enterprise

3 strategies for social startups to scale up

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TOMS Shoes and conscious consumerism’s 3 biggest sins

Many social enterprises exist to improve the lives of the poor, but if your business requires an endless supply of poor people, it might be time to rethink your strategy.

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Social Enterprise

Quotable: Microinsurance penetration set to double by 2020

By 2020, over 1 billion people in poor countries will be covered under microinsurance.

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We have to grow: 3 strategies for social startups to scale up

You’re an entrepreneur with an innovative, potentially life-changing product. Next step: Expand and reach your target population. Easier said than done.

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Mercy Corps partnership ushers in the mobile age for rural Filipino farmers

Filipino rice farmers will soon pad their mobile wallets with more than just mobile money: they'll get on-demand farming advice, too.

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Talent scramble: 5 smart staffing tips for social enterprises

Social entrepreneurs don’t just need lots of investors and a jazzy business plan. They also need to invest in their workers.

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New web series examines the social enterprise launch pad

Experts in impact investing are getting together on NextBillion to talk about what impact investment funds can do better to help early-stage startups get off the ground.

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Mercy Corps’ Agri-Fin Mobile program goes live in Indonesia, Uganda, and Zimbabwe

A unique “bundled” mobile service is changing the way smallholder farmers conduct business.

Africa is finally booming, but don’t break out the champagne yet

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Interview: EcoZoom on building a market for clean cookstoves in developing economies

Three billion people--half the world's population--need a safer way to cook.

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Africa is finally booming, but don’t break out the champagne yet

Africans are celebrating levels of economic growth and political stability that were unthinkable just 10 years ago, but without the appropriate economic and political reforms, the continent could quickly relapse.

Q&A: How D-Rev designs health products for the world's poor

Will corruption suffocate Africa's new tech incubators?

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Social Enterprise

Will corruption suffocate Africa's new tech incubators?

As hopes rise for a Silicon Revolution in Africa, two incubators are using different tactics to create tech success stories, while meddling government policies are dampening the optimism.

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Interview: D-Rev's Krista Donaldson on designing health products for the world's poor

Across the globe, public hospitals struggle to pay for resources needed to treat even the most basic inflictions. But a San Francisco based non-profit is working to change that.