September 2011
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Invest2Innovate Interview w/Priya Parker →
This was a fun interview to do, mainly because our model is constantly pivoting, adapting, and being refined - so it was cathartic to share our obstacles, as well as our recent breakthroughs. Thank you so much Priya!
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“Simpa Networks is starting by working with solar installers already peddling...”
– From GOOD, on why “pay-as-you-go” is better than high up-front costs or loans for solar products in low-income communities. Great read about Simpa.
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WatchLatest episode of the Unreasonable Institute!
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WatchLove this. Fellow [and new] Sandboxer Fabian Hammert talks the shape-shifting future of the mobile phone. Really really cool.
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“Instead of a parade of awards and recognition, add revealing explanations about...”
– Jonathan Lewis (@IOnPoverty) on how the Clinton Global Initiative should be less hype, more hope. I agree.
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From Kiva's co-founder, Jessica Jackley
Start pursuing what resonates with you. Follow it as best you can, wherever it leads. It’s OK if you don’t know what the next ten steps are going to be, or how things will scale, or have all possible scenarios mapped out. It’s enough to take one step in the direction of your interest. Sometimes you can only find the second step after you’ve taken the first one.
found here:...
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Watch“It doesn’t really matter what you’re selling, you need to think about just who’s your customer and what are the messages that are going to change their behavior. It might just save their lives.” Amy Lockwood on selling condoms in Congo.
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WatchSasha Dichter of @AcumenFund, discussing the Generosity Experiment, and the nexus between generosity & accountability. Really great talk.
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“Here’s how the water ATM processed works: local franchisees—people...”
– Via Fast Company, Sarvajal is providing clean water via solar-powered ATMs for the rural poor in India. Amazing.
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“Some shared photos of rainbow-colored PT reflective belts for soldiers. Joshua...”
– I think I have to watch my mouth if my off-hand pre-caffeine tweets are going to start showing up in the Washington Post. Crap. (via theconjecturer)
I love you Fousty.
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I'm Hosting the World Bank Chat on Gender... →
Come in. Have a seat. Participate. I’ll be steering the convo towards innovation as a tool to improve access for women.
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“Journalism makes you sloppy and self-important; you are always in a hurry, you...”
– Mohammed Hanif (h/t: peterwknox)
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“There’s a tendency these days to give up on poverty, to dismiss it as a sad but...”
– Nick Kristof’s latest column, “Sewing Her Way Out of Poverty,” about a “prostitute-turned-businesswoman” who launched Jamii Bora, Kenya’s largest microfinance organization.
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“The God I worship is one that, when I fall, picks me up, dusts me off and says:...”
– Desmond Tutu on faith and religion in our daily lives/work (via creandojuntos)
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“These [impact] investors have greater choice than ever. Five years ago anyone...”
– Interesting piece by the Economist. I’d contend that impact investment is social in its intentions, but these investors still care about financial returns. There’s also a concentration of their activity in “hub” markets, which is problematic for other countries that lack...
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“Pakistan’s is a diverse society, so diverse, in fact, that observers who deal...”
– Mohsin Hamid, “Why They Get Pakistan Wrong” [and Lieven gets it right]. Great piece by a great author. Read this.
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WatchSuch a lovely TED talk on the importance of teaching children different perspectives in order to instill empathy. Love. “Shake it!”
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Invest2Innovate is LIVE! →
We’re still smoothing things out, but our website is up and i2i is “open for business.” *Virtual Confetti* Whohoo!
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“Outside Silicon Valley, the world is not so enthusiastic about entrepreneurship....”
– Ben Powell, Agora Partnerships. This is really applicable to Pakistan and elsewhere as well. In terms of entrepreneurship, what’s in a name?
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“Our philosophy is that to solve the world’s toughest problems we need...”
– Ron Cordes, co-Founder of the Cordes Foundation, via Rahim Kanani’s piece, “Impact Investing & Social Entrepreneurship: A Way Forward,” Forbes.
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“What’s important is how we use our time on this earth, not how...”
– Dan Palotta for Harvard Business Review, on why Steve Jobs is the World’s Greatest Philanthropist.
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“But as much as the news depicts this polarized perspective of Pakistan, there is...”
– My post for the SOCAP Blog on Invest2Innovate. I leave for San Francisco Tues for the big conference!
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