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How Large NGOs Are Using Data to Transform Themselves

Harvard Business Review

Army staffers now develop individual strategies to overcome these barriers, connecting families to community services to achieve self-sufficiency. In 2013, Habitat used its frontline calculations to create a new strategic plan aimed at materially affecting the housing deficit through a combination of advocacy and market development.

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President Obama Can Make Start-Up America Succeed

Harvard Business Review

Do we really want to beat India at developing clean tech, cheap medical devices, and affordable housing? I suggest that Obama announces now that Start-Up America will officially disband on December 31, 2015. Entrepreneurs don't need to help America beat China or Brazil in addressing the needs of customers and markets.