Articles by Scott Anderson
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Monday
October 22
2012Voices from ANDE 2012: Building a Stronger Ecosystem
At the Aspen Network of Development Entrepreneurs Conference last month, a good deal of focus was placed on developing the ecosystem to help social entrepreneurs connect with investors, business infrastructure and one another. One ANDE session took a close look at early stage incubation services, and the role they play in helping small and growing businesses, helping them to shape their business models along the way. Afterwards, I had a chance to meet with three leaders in this arena who are focused on social business development in India and Southeast Asia.
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- Investing
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Tuesday
October 16
2012Small is Powerful: Join the Changemakers’ Discussion: NextBillion is partnering with SAP and Ashoka to highlight big impact from small entrepreneurs
Recognizing and managing this massive challenge is at the heart of the new global competition from SAP and Ashoka Changemakers called The Power of Small: Entrepreneurs Strengthening Local Economies. This week Logan Yonavjak, with the Conservation Investment Note Program and a regular NextBillion contributor, is currating the online chat. Several of Logan’s and other NextBillion contributors’ articles will also be cross-posted on the competition blog.
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- Technology
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Saturday
October 13
2012Weekly Roundup: E+Co’s Slow Burn and What it Means for Impact Investing
E+Co’s effective demise raises questions beyond those of the immediate management, governance, due diligence and investment squabbles. Those factors are relevant of course, but the central point illustrated by the E+Co story is what it means for the impact investing sector writ large.
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- Energy
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Wednesday
October 10
2012Clock is Ticking: Friday’s the First NB Case Writing Competition Deadline
Deadlines. We all have them, we all need them, and we’ve got one looming on Friday, Oct. 12. That’s the first deadline for the NextBillion Case Writing Competition highlighting the top innovations in market solutions to poverty and social innovation. But don’t stress, this first hurdle is the smallest.
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- Education
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Monday
October 8
2012Accion’s Venture Lab: Open Ideas, Open for Business
Launched in April, the US $10 million seed-stage initiative is focused on for-profit enterprises with new products or business models that expand the range of high-quality financial services for people at the base of the pyramid.
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- Technology
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Monday
October 1
2012NexThought Monday: (With Video) Moving Out of Orbit : Investment in emerging market small businesses is growing, like private space travel, it’s still early days
This is my third trip to the Aspen Network of Development Entrepreneurs’ conference. The shift that I’ve noticed is the steady move from interest to excitement to action, at least on the part of big investors to finance small and growing business. I had a chance to talk with ANDE Executive Director Randall Kempner.
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- Investing
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Monday
September 24
2012FEATURED EVENT Join the Webinar: Engaging Your Network for Systematic Impact
"What can our organization do to sustain a practice of innovation?" That question is at the heart of an upcoming webinar hosted by The Rockefeller Foundation, Context Partners and us here at NextBillion at 1 p.m. EDT, (Tuesday) Oct. 2. Join us for this free, interactive event!
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- Education, Impact Assessment
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Saturday
September 22
2012Weekly Roundup: ‘Is There One Perfect Web Platform for Social Entrepreneurs?’
This genuinely guileless question was posted on NextBillion’s LinkedIn group earlier this week.
I can only guess, but I’ll bet this person has been bombarded with options on which platform, database, or network he should use. It feels like every day a new platform developed by social entrepreneurs, for entrepreneurs and/or by entrepreneurs, emerges. T- Categories
- Technology
