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Innovating The Brick-and-Mortar Injustice Infrastructure

Mills Scofield

This week''s post is by Andy Posner , Co-Founder & Executive Director of Capital Good Fund ( CGF ), a non-profit microfinance organization targeting the root causes of poverty through innovative micro-loans and personal financial coaching.

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Servant Leadership Observer ? November 2010

Modern Servant Leader

September 20, 2011 Servant Leadership. Monthly: September 2011. August 2011. April 2011. March 2011. February 2011. January 2011. Servant Leadership Observer – April 2011. Servant Leadership Observer – March 2011. Servant Leadership Observer – February 2011.

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Guest Post: An Entrepreneur's Thoughts on Market Incentives & Foreign Aid

Mills Scofield

MedInternational was started in 2011 to raise the standard of healthcare in resource-poor regions of the world by sharing and maintaining appropriate hospital technology in these areas, initially Zanzibar, Tanzania. You will be excited and optimistic about the passion, compassion, thought, analysis, and implementation of this generation.

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Can Technology End Poverty?

Harvard Business Review

I agree with Peter Diamandis and Steven Kotler, who write in Abundance: The Future is Better Than You Think that higher productivity associated with the falling cost of technology is leading us to a world of plenty. That's easier said than done in a world where most product innovations are geared toward the rich.

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Funders Can Give More than Money

Harvard Business Review

The outlook is only marginally better for endowments , with returns on their invested capital hovering around 5 percent—as they did in 2011. It called for leveraging the profits of the global microfinance institution, and coupling them with private investments from the Allmans and their donor network.

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Can Technology End Poverty?

Harvard Business Review

I agree with Peter Diamandis and Steven Kotler, who write in Abundance: The Future is Better Than You Think that higher productivity associated with the falling cost of technology is leading us to a world of plenty. That's easier said than done in a world where most product innovations are geared toward the rich.

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It Takes a Village to Raise an Entrepreneur

Harvard Business Review

We've extensively analyzed the applications to the Echoing Green fellowship between 2006 and 2011, and built a rich dataset that allows us to rigorously study trends in the field of social enterprise. In 2010 and 2011, almost 50% of the applicants to Echoing Green relied on hybrid models, versus 37% in 2006.