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Thinking About Being an Entrepreneur? Five Things to Consider.

Being an entrepreneur is challenging. We are inspired about the win of climbing to the top of the mountain. So when people say “I think I want to be an entrepreneur,” here are the top five things CEO and founder, Pamela Hawley, would consider.

Pamela HawleySeptember 5, 2014

Unleashing The Power of Business and Engineering To Fix Our Broken Systems

Business is the only force on the planet large enough and pervasive enough to change our broken global systems, and—together—citizen engineers and social entrepreneurs can act as the lever to create clean water, clean air, rich soil, biodiversity and happiness as a natural by-product of everyday work.

Ryan MartensSeptember 5, 2014

DevelopmentMetrics & EvaluationPolicyScaling

Complicated vs. Complex: Why Is Scaling Up So Elusive in Development?

If we continue treating complex problems as complicated, we will continue to prescribe remedies with little regard for context and variation—the World Bank’s Innovation Labs director explains why.

Aleem WaljiSeptember 4, 2014

CareerMetrics & EvaluationPhilanthropyScaling

Stumbling into Philanthropy

Measuring impact, designing for impact, and applying business methods toward impact: These are not always easy, but they’re almost always doable and eventually make things a lot easier.

Kevin StarrSeptember 3, 2014

AfricaBrandingEast Africa 2014East Africa ProgramEmerging MarketsWater

Clean Water’s Just the Beginning for Kenyan Startup

A multinational health startup finds that water is just the start to bring healthy lifestyles to Kenya.

Nate BeardSeptember 2, 2014

AfricaEast Africa 2014East Africa ProgramEducationEmerging MarketsPoverty

How One Man Launched Over 45,000 Entrepreneurs to Fight Unemployment

Ugandan entrepreneur takes education into his own hands by creating local self-employment opportunities through pragmatic training programs.

Nate BeardAugust 29, 2014

CareerEducationTechnology

It’s a Beautiful Time to be Alive and Educated

Technologies once thought as science fiction, like Rosie from the Jetsons, have become possible and being aware of the realities and prepared for the opportunities means constantly redefining yourself.

Vivek WadhwaAugust 28, 2014

CareerTeam

Luck Happens. But You Can Always Improve Your Chances.

Although luck clearly does happen, I disagree that you should wait for it. In your career, you will have opportunities to take your circumstances and turn them into something that really works for you. Here's how.

Jane MillerAugust 27, 2014

AfricaEast Africa 2014East Africa ProgramEmerging MarketsEnergyTechnology

Strategic Design Disrupting Off-Grid Energy Access in Tanzania

Two women entrepreneurs bring design-thinking to Tanzania creating solar-powered mobile phone charging stations that are changing the way people think about accessing electricity in off-grid communities.

Nate BeardAugust 27, 2014

AfricaEast Africa 2014East Africa ProgramEnergyTechnology

An Unlikely Plant Could Fuel Africa’s Economic Engine

Indigenous tree—never before used for commercial purposes—is providing a Kenyan startup with the means to create an agricultural revolution in East Africa.

Nate BeardAugust 26, 2014

CareerPitching

What Every Entrepreneur Needs to Know Before They Talk to the Press

Attracting attention isn't just good for social enterprises; it’s critical to their survival. Few things can help accomplish that like a great media interview. But you'll have to know how to make the most of it.

Rajesh AnandanAugust 25, 2014

AfricaEast Africa 2014East Africa ProgramWater

A Hyper-Local Model for a Global Water Problem

Father-son startup in Africa combines banking and franchising strategies to bring clean drinking water to millions in the next five years.

Nate BeardAugust 25, 2014

AfricaEast Africa 2014East Africa ProgramEnergyPovertyProductivity

Ugandan Startup Saves Time and Money—and Lives

Wana Energy Solutions is moving Ugandans away from charcoal and wood to liquid gas, which requires less time, costs less money, and sharply reduces indoor air pollution and all of the attendant health risks.

Nate BeardAugust 22, 2014

CareerEducationTechnology

Why Teaching Grandmothers to Code isn’t a Crazy Idea

A common belief is that it is only the young who can innovate. But we may be better off motivating and empowering older workers. They are the ones who are best equipped to solve the big problems.

Vivek WadhwaAugust 21, 2014

AfricaEast Africa 2014East Africa ProgramEnergy

Solar Startup Powers More Than Just Homes

The founder of Village Energy says his Ugandan solar-power startup is a means to an end. "It’s not about the technology. It's 'What is the development challenge out in the communities? Where can we have an impact?'"

Nate BeardAugust 20, 2014

Team

The Questions We Share—How can we repair our public discourse?

Questions that have the potential to produce rich explorations and solve big problems too often devolve into shouting matches that increase anger and mistrust. Here's a way to frame conversations so that people actually listen to one another.

David BornsteinAugust 20, 2014

AfricaEast Africa 2014East Africa ProgramEnergy

How Biomass Charcoal Could Help Save Ugandan Forests

French entrepreneurs engineering new fuel sources with biomass briquettes look to scale their startup to save costs and forests in Uganda.

Nate BeardAugust 19, 2014

InvestmentLegalPhilanthropy

Time For A Donor Funding Charter?

The policy of funding many projects in the hope that the odd one shines through belongs to an earlier era. We know enough about what works and what doesn’t to be far more targeted.

Ken BanksAugust 18, 2014