I’ve always thought that Africa was full of entrepreneurs – thousands of people eking out a living in container stores and markets selling goods a minimal profit, so they can support their families, send their kids to school, and, in general, survive.
Now, there’s clearly a difference between the startups of Silicon Valley that get venture [...]
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Entrepreneurship in Uganda
A Socially-Responsible Amazon/Textbooks for MUST
My friend Ben pointed out Better World Books, an online bookstore that ships books worldwide for only $3.97! I did a bit of poking around, and realized that not only do they have crazy low shipping prices, but somehow their proceeds go to support literacy – specifically through World Fund, Books for Africa, Room to [...]
Free to be free?
I’ve been thinking about services and social entrepreneurship and all sorts of good things about making money in such a way that the public as a whole benefits.
And really, that is what entrepreneurship (“social” or otherwise) is about – finding some way that makes things better for some set of customers. And in many cases, it is about making things free (or virtually so), sometimes by having someone else pay for the service (e.g Google with AdWords, or even Aravind Eye Hospital). It goes to say that “free” does not [...]
Where are we going with what we are doing?
Fulfillment Elusive for Young Altruists In the Crowded Field of Public Interest
By Ian Shapira
Washington Post Staff Writer
Friday, November 2, 2007; Page A01
A friend pointed out this article for me. I have to wonder that if in our efforts to look at ICTD academically if we’re going to create another glut of idealists with nowhere [...]
Craig Newmark Speaks: we listen
Craig Newmark of Craiglist recently gave a talk as part of my Social Entrepreneurship class. I’ve attached my notes from the talk here (Notes: Craig Newmark on Craigslist), and you can listen to the audio on the ischool podcast.
Craig, as a self-proclaimed-and-proud-of-it geek is a fun speaker with lots of interesting perspectives. As [...]
