Archive for the ‘Transparency Solutions’ Category

12 Jan2010

Okay, so the title may be a bit exaggerated — but not by much actually! Many of you know that I’ve been working hard to getting my start-up social venture International Transparency Solutions up and running — a for-profit social enterprise designed to build confidence around global investment in the developing world by providing investors [...]

15 Sep2009
Transparency in the Non-Profit Sector

The following is a cross-post from the Transparency Solutions Blog: Mario Morino of Venture Philanthropy Partners recently published an article on the growing pressure for transparency in the non-profit sector. He starts off referencing Joel Fleishman’s book, The Foundation: A Great American Secret, where the nonprofit sector’s lack of transparency is cited as its greatest [...]

15 Sep2009
Op/Ed: Fighting Corruption Through Transparency and The Internet

“There ought to be a way to use interactive media, especially the Internet…to report in real time allegations of corruption.” These were the words of Secretary of State Hillary Clinton during a plenary Q&A session at the 8th Annual Forum on the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA). Secretary Clinton called on youth and civil [...]

14 Sep2009

The following is a cross-post from the International Transparency Solutions Blog Also, visit The Chronicle of Philanthropy for more great audio interviews! Charity Navigator is a non-profit watchdog that ranks 5,000+ of the top US charities in order to give donors and investors the tools they need to decide where to invest their money. Transparency [...]

14 Sep2009
Investment Metrics vs. Storytelling

The following is a cross-post from the International Transparency Solutions Blog: I had a great conversation last week with Karim Harji, a Kenyan from Mombassa who now lives in Toronto doing social investment. We got on the topic of social investments and metrics vs. storytelling. Karim made the point that the nonprofit sector has relied [...]

08 Sep2009
Bringing Transparency To “The Kitchen”

I just got news that I’ve been selected to pitch my startup company, International Transparency Solutions, at this years “The Feast Kitchen” event in New York City. Over 80 startups from around the world applied or were nominated, and only eight were selected to pitch — so it’s an honor to be among them! From [...]

15 Aug2009

Progress on getting International Transparency Solutions up and running has been a little slow lately. I’m still working on lining up seed capital for the pilot, along with several pilot-clients. Hopefully my attending SOCAP09 will help get the word out and spark some interest! I wanted to take a minute to reach out to all [...]

13 Jul2009
International Transparency Solutions Website Launch!

My apologies to followers of this blog — I’ve admittedly been distracted with work and have not been posting with the regularity that I’d like. I’m really excited right now, though, to share with you what I’ve been working on! Today I just launched the website for my up-and-coming social enterprise — International Transparency Solutions. The business [...]

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