Harvard Business Review

MAY 24, 2012

Commercial microfinance organizations are perhaps the best-known hybrid organizations, but social entrepreneurs now use hybrid models to address a diverse set of social issues that includes hunger, healthcare, economic development, environment, education, housing, culture, law, and politics.

Entrepreneur 15

Entrepreneur Microfinance Market Segmentation Incubator 15

Harvard Business Review

MAY 2, 2014

My organization, The Bridgespan Group, received 1,800 applications for 18 entry-level positions consulting to nonprofits and philanthropy. Meanwhile, 19,000 high-scoring college graduates across the U.S. applied for Teach for America—including 10% of the graduating classes of Dartmouth and Yale.

Entrepreneur 12

Entrepreneur Microfinance NGO Mission Statement 12

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 21, 2013

To address this, Cape Town-based NGO mothers2mothers employs and trains HIV-positive mothers as "Mentor Mothers" who work alongside nurses and doctors in clinics, providing psychosocial support to pregnant women and new mothers living with HIV. Successful examples of this approach are still rare; most people point to microfinance.

Venture Capitalist 9

Venture Capitalist Mentor Microfinance NGO 9

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 8, 2015

Two others were in seats on the ground, positioned back to back with virtual reality goggles on, conversing with one another’s avatar. What made it so different was the way people were interacting. One group sat in a circle of chairs suspended from the ceiling, a net beneath them in case anyone fell. And it worked.

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Conference Microfinance Creativity Participative 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 15, 2016

Economists Norbert Berthold and Klaus Gründler, looking across 188 countries worldwide, concluded in a working paper that “entrepreneurship has a significantly positive effect on growth.” Roughly one-third of USAID’s contract funds are awarded to just three firms; up to 75% goes to only twenty.

Microfinance 8

Microfinance Policies Entrepreneur NGO 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 17, 2014

We allowed microfinance and the venture capital industry the time and space to develop over a few decades. Because impact investing really is something new, the old ways of assessing risk and return are not enough. Surely we can do the same for impact investing. Social enterprise Venture capital'

Development 8

Development Microfinance Biotechnology Exit Strategy 8

CO2

JUNE 4, 2012

My solution was to found a microfinance organization that puts women in a position to create their own destinies and achieve their full potential. I shared young Jacqueline’s same passion and mission—to help the world’s poorest people meet their basic needs and live with dignity. Where does one start? Chingwell Mutombu. May 2012. ###.

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Microfinance Travel Open-book Education 121

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 28, 2016

Currently, impact can mean anything from venture investments in new health technologies to microfinance loans in Peru; from affordable housing in the US to renewable energy in India; from social impact bonds to private equity funds that create jobs. Product : Investments in products or services that have positive social benefits.

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Class Microfinance Supply Chain Education 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 30, 2018

Don’t think about each of your identities as being independent pieces of who you are; think about how they’re connected and how they might affect each other in positive ways. One approach is to use a “holistic” mindset and seek a unifying theme between your identities.

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How To Learning-by-Doing Examples Participative 11