Here’s your Daily Brief for December 8th through December 9th: Conspicuous Correlation: Coltan and Crisis Reports (via Appfrica) – One of the major factors feeding genocide and violent crimes against humanity is that ruling regimes have established business relations with foreign companies, earning them an political ally and a source of revenue to fuel local [...]

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 Depot, OfficeMax, Petco, and Whole [...]

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 Africa’s Fiscal Expansion [...]

Here’s your Daily Brief for August 11th: New corporate form for low-profits has a ways to go (via Anne Field) – Here’s an update on the social enterprise camp’s battle for a unique “low-profit, limited liability company (L3C)” incorporation structure. María Otero Confirmed as Under Secretary of State for Democracy and Global Affairs – Press [...]

Here’s your Daily Brief for August 5th: Paul Farmer out for USAID? (via Foreign Policy) – It appears as if Paul Farmer, the man recently rumored to be appointed head of USAID, is no longer in the running. The culprit seems to be the daunting vetting process itself, including a form requiring the candidate to [...]

Here’s your Daily Brief for August 4th: Investment Into Rwanda to Rise 10% in 2009 (via Reuters) – Hat tip to @whitakergroup for this gem: A more positive outlook than the NYT piece; This Reuters article reports a 10% increase in investment to Rwanda. The growth is attributed to an honest and disciplined government, though [...]

Here’s your Daily Brief for July 31st: The Latest Open Source Innovators: Nike and Best Buy? (via Triple Pundit) – The video on this site really does a great job of covering the evolving nature of network-centric information-sharing and the significance this can have in driving innovation. Kuv Capital and Emergent Entrepreneur Ecosystems (via Change.org) [...]

I’ve been meaning to write this post for some time now, however the launch of Transparency Solutions has been quite time consuming. So with no further ado, per the request of a reader: A look at B-Corporations! I was first introduced to B-Corporation (B standing for benefit, and B-Corp for short) a few months ago [...]