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Lessons from Amazonian Culture and Ecology for Talent Management

Mills Scofield

We’ve built our entire supply chain from the ground up and are the first to introduce guayusa to international markets. Fausto was an inspiring leader, a creative entrepreneur, but a poor manager. Transitioning from being a scrappy start-up to a more stable organization, while not losing our personality, is a major challenge.

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Introducing 100 Coaches: Pay It Forward Champions

Marshall Goldsmith

Deepa Prahalad – Focused on design and emerging markets. Asheesh Advani – President and CEO, Junior Achievement Worldwide – the largest NGO dedicated to teaching young people about entrepreneurship and financial literacy. Telisa Yancy – Chief Marketing Officer at American Family Insurance. Co-author: Predictable Magic.

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How Social Entrepreneurs Can Have the Most Impact

Harvard Business Review

All to say, the sector is hot, which brings me to the second question: Are social entrepreneurs stoking the right kind of growth? With so many small start-ups, are social entrepreneurs at risk of creating well-intentioned, but fragmented efforts that won’t ultimately change much? million young people out of school and out of work.

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Meet Your New R&D Team: Social Entrepreneurs

Harvard Business Review

As Steve Davis, former lead in McKinsey's Social Innovation practice and president of the global health NGO, Path, has said: "The best social innovations are not necessarily widely adopted. The Shell Foundation provided HPS with market-based expertise and funding to help the company validate and scale its model.

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Top Leaders of 2010 | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

In today’s post I’m asking you to nominate the everyday community leader - the soldiers, first responders, teachers, volunteers, student leaders, entrepreneurs, philanthropists, pastors, medical professionals, etc., but you’ll not find that here. but you’ll not find that here. Sounds like a lifetime of accomplishments in leadership?

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Should Your Business Be Nonprofit or For-Profit?

Harvard Business Review

Social entrepreneurs often grapple with the decision of whether to establish their organizations as nonprofit or for-profit in order to reach their goals. I've stood at this crossroads myself, and share my own experience here in the hopes that it will help inform other social entrepreneurs facing the same decision.

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Meet the Tech Companies Creating Opportunity in Africa

Harvard Business Review

FERIDUN AKGÜNGÖR. Two years ago I wrote a book on what succeeds in frontier markets like Africa. ” If you see the world Chris’ way, you can succeed in frontier markets. ” Many sectors are crowded in developed markets, but wide open at the frontiers. What an opportunity.”