Tag: Global

Miami

Startup City: Miami’s Emerging Entrepreneurial Ecosystem A new entrepreneurial hub city has emerged far from the sphere of Silicon Valley or the bustling Northeast. That place? Miami.

By Kait Smith Lanthier

July 19, 2017

Tagged Entrepreneurship Ecosystems, Advice, Commentary, Global

Posted in Entrepreneurial Leadership

Smart Liberia

Tackling Sustainability Goals with Social Innovation in Liberia Taylor Quinn and Marvin Tarawally are using entrepreneurial thought and action to tackle combat malnutrition and advance education in Liberia.

May 30, 2017

Tagged Social Innovation, Global, Startups, Entrepreneurship Education

Posted in Entrepreneurial Leadership

How Coca-Cola is Leading Women's Empowerment in the Developing World

How Coca-Cola is Leading Women's Empowerment in the Developing World What does it mean to empower women? For the Coca-Cola Company, women’s empowerment takes form in 5by20, a global initiative to enable the economic empowerment of 5 million women entrepreneurs across the company’s value chain by 2020.

By Kait Smith Lanthier

January 5, 2017

Tagged Women's Leadership, Global, Entrepreneurship Education

Posted in Entrepreneurial Leadership

Lucky Iron Fish

Fighting Global Iron Deficiency, One Lucky Iron Fish at a Time Sets of three are lucky in Cambodia. But when Dr. Gavin Armstrong incorporated his company Lucky Iron Fish on 12/12/12, he wasn’t thinking much about luck. Rather, he was launching an innovative solution to one of Cambodia's biggest problems; iron deficiency.

By Elizabeth Atwater

December 5, 2016

Tagged Nonprofit, Social Innovation, Global, Household Names, Entrepreneurship of All Kinds

Posted in Entrepreneurial Leadership

Shainoor Khoja

Corporate Social Responsibility from the Bottom Up How can companies empower citizens of the world’s war-torn economies? For Shainoor Khoja, the answer includes bringing those citizens into the organization’s business model.

By Kait Smith Lanthier

May 23, 2016

Tagged Social Innovation, Global, Women's Leadership

Posted in Entrepreneurial Leadership

Catalina Escobar

Helping Teen Mothers Step Out Of Poverty Rocked by the painful loss of her toddler, Catalina Escobar channeled her grief into action.

By Elizabeth Atwater

April 14, 2015

Tagged Social Innovation, Global, Entrepreneurship of All Kinds, Household Names, Women's Leadership, Nonprofit

Posted in Entrepreneurial Leadership

Bobby Sager

Bobby Sager: "You Need to Understand Your Customer" How did Bobby Sager, who grew up outside of Boston and married his high school sweetheart, become the international philanthropic force he is today?

By Elizabeth Atwater

June 24, 2014

Tagged Family Entrepreneurship, Global, Advice, Household Names

Posted in Entrepreneurial Leadership

Entrepreneur Friendly Immigration Reform

Entrepreneur-Friendly Immigration Reform Immigration is a hot-button issue but, whatever their feelings about comprehensive immigration reform, business leaders and advocates are pushing the message that the political snarl over immigration is hurting American business by preventing the world’s best and brightest from working here.

May 2, 2013

Tagged Global

Posted in Insights

A Profile of Omidyar Network Instead of simply giving money to accelerate social good, Omidyar Network behaves like a venture capital firm, investing in global businesses whose result is public good.

March 18, 2013

Tagged Social Innovation, Global

Posted in Entrepreneurial Leadership

Boston Rising: Uncovering the Hub's Entrepreneurial Ecosystem Boston proudly leads the nation in higher education, health care, and life science innovation. While Silicon Valley has earned its reputation as the hub of startup activity, Boston’s entrepreneurship ecosystem is steadily growing and thriving.

By Elizabeth Atwater

March 18, 2013

Tagged Entrepreneurship Ecosystems, Global

Posted in Entrepreneurial Leadership