Global Entrepreneurship Institute

Posted by: Robert W. Price

Omidyar Network announced a three-year, $30 million commitment to support global entrepreneurship, especially in India and Sub-Saharan Africa.

Omidyar Network aims to improve the quality of life for more than 10 million people living in extreme poverty by investing in entrepreneurial ventures, particularly those providing goods and services to the base of the pyramid.

Omidyar Network’s “commitment to action” was made at the Clinton Global Initiative’s fifth annual meeting in New York City.

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The Greening of Wal-Mart From Stanford Social Innovation Review

For much of its history, Wal-Mart’s corporate management team toiled inside its “Bentonville Bubble,” narrowly focused on operational efficiency, growth, and profits. But now the world’s largest retailer has widened its sights, building networks of employees, nonprofits, government agencies, and suppliers to “green” its supply chains. Here’s how and why the world’s largest retailer is using a network approach to decrease its environmental footprint—and to increase its profitability.
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Companies that are socially responsible are frequently more attractive to top talent. One way companies can become more involved in charitable giving is to provide employees a day off for the purpose of working on a community service project or political campaign, motivational expert Bob Nelson says.

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We Help Social Entrepreneurs Too!

Our goal is to help you “kick-start” your social cause initiative—without hiring an internal team of employees, or working with a group of expensive consultants on an expensive retainer. We can help you combine traditional business practices and management objectives with your nonprofit. Continue reading ‘Do you need help with your nonprofit?’ »

Small Businesses Lead U.S. Growth: Report Documents Small Firms’ Significant Economic Impacts in 2006

The study, The Small Business Economy: A Report to the President for 2007, is the Office of Advocacy’s annual report on the state of small business in America. The report reviews the economic environment for small businesses in the year 2006, including the financial and federal procurement marketplaces. New research focuses on minority- and veteran-owned businesses, social entrepreneurship, and pre-venture planning. Other chapters and appendices provide data on small business and an update on Office of Advocacy initiatives.

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Stanford Social Innovation Review: Discussions About Microfinance

In the debate over whether microfinance works, few microfinance institutions articulate what, exactly, their ultimate goals are and how, exactly, they will achieve them. The authors cut through the confusion by mapping a clear theory of change for microfinance. If the goal of microfinance is to alleviate poverty, they say, then MFIs should focus on helping their clients build successful enterprises, rather than on making more and bigger loans.

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