Reflecting on the 2010 StartingBloc Boston Institute

Just a few weeks ago — Feb 11-15th — I had the great opportunity to join fellow social innovators from around the world at the 2010 StartingBloc Social Innovation Institute in Boston. I absolutely love attending events such as this (including GES, SOCAP, The Feast, and the upcoming SVC/SE Conferences). …

Video Interview: Melissa Richer, The Ayllu Initiative

00:00 – 00:32 Introduction
00:32 – 02:23 Market Context
02:23 – 03:13 What is Ayllu?
03:14 – 04:55 What is Microfranchising?
04:55 – 06:20 Is There A Microfinance Connection?
06:20 – 08:04 How Did You Come Up With Ayllu?
08:04 – 11:01 Groundwork Laid in Brazil
11:01 – 12:34 Future of Ayllu
One of the largest challenges that …

Video Interview: Dvelo.org Founder James Beshara

00:00 – 00:51 :: Introduction
00:51 – 01:24 :: Could You Provide A Quick Pitch of Dvelo.org?
01:24 – 02:25 :: How Does Dvelo.org Differ From Kiva?
02:25 – 04:53 :: What Inspired Dvelo.org?
04:53 – 07:06 :: Tell Us A Little About Your Pilot Launch!
07:06 – 08:13 :: Could You Tell Us More …

SHE: Sustainable Health Enterprises

Menstruation is a major issue when looking at girls and women in the developing world having equal access to education and jobs. The numbers presented in this video are direct and to the point: Each year girls and women miss 50 days of school or work because of menstruation — 5 …

Daily Brief: TerraCycle: Turning Trash Into Gold, Unemployment in Iraq, and UniversalGiving

Here’s your Daily Brief for November 23rd:
TerraCycle // Outsmarting Waste – This is a very cool up-and-coming venture that is taking trash collected by members of their site and turning it into eco-friendly products for sale. They currently sell over 50 products available at retailers including Walmart, Target, Home …

ColaLife Featured in David Berman’s “Do Good Design”

As many of you know, ColaLife is one of my favorite up-and-coming nonprofits — leveraging Coca-Cola’s distribution networks to get medicines out to areas where nonprofits have been unable to reach. You can read one of my previous posts about them here. Anyways, I was excited to see this video …

Daily Brief: Financial and Economic Policy, Intriguing Startups, TechAwards, Paul Polak

Here’s your Daily Brief for November 18th through November 19th:
Financial and Economic Reports on Each African Country – Courtesy of Wharton Business School (UPenn), a collection of what looks to be final papers covering the financial and economic states of each and every African country.
The Good and Bad of South …

Daily Brief: Uganda Woos China, Mobile Phones, Dell Social Innovation, Reverse Trick-or-Treating

Here’s your Daily Brief for November 4th:
Uganda to woo China money for energy, infrastructure (via Reuters) - According to this Reuters article, Uganda is “wooing” China for energy and infrastructure investment.
“Our prime economic interest in China is if they can invest in our processing industry, infrastructure and energy, including nuclear …

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