Tech entrepreneur and author explains why in fewer than 15 years, we will be debating whether human beings should be allowed to drive on highways.
Vivek WadhwaOctober 16, 2014
Thoughts from the chief innovation advisor for the World Bank on how localized innovations scale—calling for a nuanced way to think about scale and a more sophisticated understanding of how ideas and innovations spread.
Aleem WaljiOctober 10, 2014
We constantly see social networking apps being funded in the news, but what real social and economic progress have we seen from social media and what industries are going to drive this progress in the future?
Jigar ShahOctober 9, 2014
When you heed the call and step out from the shoulds and shouldn’ts to live from a place of must, you begin your journey as an entrepreneur with the ability to impact the world.
David HowittOctober 1, 2014
Editor for the Economist joins a multi-national task force with the ambitious goal to figure out how to catalyze a global market in social impact investment—the report, four themes and one challenge.
Matthew BishopSeptember 29, 2014
Unreasonable entrepreneur explains why Africa's renewable energy future doesn't have to wait for high-tech solutions—indigenous biofuels are gaining steam.
Myles LutheranSeptember 23, 2014
The People's Climate March was a massive step towards a global energy revolution, but there are lessons to be learned from Einstein that can shape how entrepreneurs can lead the way in bringing renewable energy solutions to reality.
Jigar ShahSeptember 22, 2014
The world has problems. Big problems. They need big answers, ambitious projects and innovative solutions.…
Ken BanksSeptember 18, 2014
A new strategy emerges that makes bisecting of investing and philanthropy into two separate activities illogical according to veteran entrepreneur of five startups.
Michael Luni LibesSeptember 16, 2014
The problems facing us all today require the same boldness that was required to reach the Moon and return to Earth safely.
Ron GaranSeptember 11, 2014
Africa is at a techno-cultural turning point that will prove to be as pivotal there as the Industrial Revolution was for Europe.
Daniel EpsteinSeptember 11, 2014
While solutions may be context-specific at the bottom of the pyramid, the social innovation processes used to get to answers can be shared and scaled across geographies.
Aleem WaljiSeptember 10, 2014
We’re still talking about the same handful of challenges and issues in mobile development which implies that very little, if anything, has changed where it matters—on the ground. Have we really made so little progress?
Ken BanksSeptember 9, 2014
Founders and builders of companies trying to have an impact don’t recognize that businesses are built on demand, not need, and it requires consistent demand.
Ross BairdSeptember 8, 2014
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
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
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