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An Approach to Ending Poverty That Works

Harvard Business Review

Microfinance and other market-based interventions don’t generally reach them. BRAC’s short answer to these questions is yes, all of the above. BRAC staff then goes door-to-door to visit selected participants and verify their circumstances with questionnaires. And we may have found a way to do this.

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Facebook Presence Is an Important Clue to a Social Venture's Future

Harvard Business Review

In other words, show me a fledgling enterprise with a big Facebook following, and I'll show you a venture that's poised to bring in revenue and capital over the short term. The latter effect points to a possible specific benefit flowing to social entrepreneurs who participate in accelerator programs.

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The 3 Preconditions for an Entrepreneurial Society

Harvard Business Review

This post is one in a series of perspectives by presenters and participants in the 8th Global Drucker Forum. And if you need access to money, crowdfunding platforms and microfinance options make that easier than ever. Drucker Forum 2016: The Entrepreneurial Society. Internet technology has essentially democratized entrepreneurialism.