Matt Damon: Not Everything Can Be Measured
Damon’s mother once told his school teacher, “It’s stupid, it won’t tell him anything and it’ll just make him nervous.” How do you empower teachers to unlock the true potential of students? Watch Matt Damon explain how standardized tests might not be the best way to achieve success.
More Than 250,000 women Lean In
Leanin.Org today announced the Lean In community has grown to over 250,000 members with nearly 1 million unique visitors to leanin.org since the organization’s launch in March. Additionally, over 7,000 Lean In Circles – small peer groups focused on empowerment – have registered in all 50 states and at least 50 countries. In a keynote speech in Chicago at BlogHer ’13, […]
Making Impact Investible
Download this free report by Dr. Maximilian Martin of Impact Economy, Switzerland which aims to strengthen the impact investing industry. A culmination of three years work, the report discusses how all parties involved — from foundations to angel investors to financial service institutions — can contribute to and benefit from the growing impact investing industry. It […]
Financing the 2.6 billion who survive on less than $2 a day
Root Capital confronts global poverty by investing in agricultural businesses that grow long-term rural prosperity for small-scale farmers across Africa and Latin America. Over the next five years, Root Capital plans to triple the volume of its lending activities to reach 600 businesses, more than 1.7 million small-scale farming households and 10 million people. They […]
Why Laura Roberts Is “The Toxic Avenger”
A quest to replace toxic chemicals and cleaning agents with safer alternatives has seen Pantheon Enterprises revolutionize the chemical industry. Laura Roberts has shattered the myth that green technologies are less effective and more expensive.
Sustainable Coffee: Think Before You Drink
Ever wondered where your cup of coffee came from or what it really cost? Take a look at this infographic for some food for thought.
Three Unconventional Lessons for Business School Students
It’s unusual when a successful entrepreneur opens a presentation to a room full of business school students with a photograph of her twin baby boys. But then Jessica Jackley isn’t a typical entrepreneur. As one of the speakers of a three-year series funded by the Pears Foundation at the Saïd Business School at Oxford, entrepreneur […]
Lessons in Rwanda inspire innovation in Scotland
An encounter with a Rwandan fleeing the genocide in his country began the unlikely business partnership of a Scottish seafood business with a Rwandan farming community. Dennis Overton’s business, Aquascot, revolves around the farming of fish in the North Atlantic and salmon processing in the Highlands of Scotland. Nicholas Hitimana was studying a doctorate in […]
Shedding iSight on Blindness
The value of intuitive design in products has become increasingly important among developers, from how a vehicle adjusts its seats to how the navigation works on a smartphone. Abhishek Syal of Arise India decided to include blind people in this revolution. Simplicity of design for a mass market is Abhishek Syal’s motto, and in developing […]
The Business of Giving
A Good Card is a gift card for charity that you can redeem for any charity in the United States. An idea that came to Bill Strathmann ten years ago was inspired by two concepts. The First was an idea that you could ‘give’ the ‘gift’ of charity to someone, and the second was that […]
