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Topic: ACCION International

  
CREATIVITY AND INNOVATION   |  8 comments

Class of '07: The The Fast Company/Monitor Group Social Capitalist Award Winners

BY Tonya Garcia, Polya Lesova, Josie Swindler, and Kathryn Tuggle
Relevancy Score: 100
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 8:15 AM

Organization What It Does Results Grade ACCION International CEO: María Otero www.accion.org Winner's Statement Trains banks around the world to be microfinance partners, making small loans ...READ»

PHILANTHROPY   |  Comment

Social Capitalists: Profiles

BY Fast Company
Relevancy Score: 91
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 12:44 AM

Accion International Entrepreneurship: A- Innovation: A Social Impact: A+ Aspiration: B+ Sustainability: B+ Boston, Massachusetts Maria Otero, President and CEO www.accion.org "We have taken traditional ...READ»

CREATIVITY AND INNOVATION   |  Comment

The Change Masters

BY Cheryl Dahle
Relevancy Score: 80
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 7:50 AM

How do you solve the world's problems? With creativity, passion, and the savvy to turn scarce resources into big impact. Meet the winners of the 2005 Fast Company/Monitor Group Social Capitalist Awards.READ»

CREATIVITY AND INNOVATION   |  1 comment

Filling the Void

BY Cheryl Dahle
Relevancy Score: 73
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 8:02 AM

Introducing the Fast Company/Monitor Group Social Capitalist Award winners--25 entrepreneurs solving the world's toughest problems with creativity, ingenuity, and passion. Because they can't stand a vacuum.READ»

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT   |  Comment

Fruit Stand Lending

BY Fast Company
Relevancy Score: 72
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 8:04 AM

Who's that man walking through the street markets of Ecuador, trying to make $50 loans? It's Michael Chu, a former executive of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts Co., the world's most powerful leveraged buyout operator.READ»

LEADERSHIP   |  Comment

Social Capitalists

BY Cheryl Dahle
Relevancy Score: 51
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 12:46 AM

The top 20 groups that are changing the world.READ»

ILYA BODNER   |  1 comment

Social Entrepreneurship

BY Ilya Bodner
Relevancy Score: 48
Tue Jun 2, 2009 at 9:22 AM

 There is a movement across the globe today that says solutions to society's most pressing social issues cannot be left up to the government to determine. Social entrepreneurs are business owners that decide to take on ...READ»

CREATIVITY AND INNOVATION   |  Comment

New Profit

BY Cheryl Dahle
Relevancy Score: 34
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 8:14 AM

Make money. Change the world. Better yet, says Good Capital, do both.READ»

CREATIVITY AND INNOVATION   |  Comment

The Change Masters

BY Cheryl Dahle
Relevancy Score: 30
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 7:50 AM

How do you solve the world's problems? With creativity, passion, and the savvy to turn scarce resources into big impact. Meet the winners of the 2005 Fast Company/Monitor Group Social Capitalist Awards.READ»

Social Capitalists
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT   |  22 comments

Now the Good News...

BY Keith H. Hammonds
Relevancy Score: 29
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 8:25 AM

Venture philanthropy. Patient capital. For-benefit corporations. What if you could actually make a profit while changing the world?READ»

PHILANTHROPY   |  Comment

Social Capitalists

BY Cheryl Dahle
Relevancy Score: 18
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 12:45 AM

The top 20 groups that are changing the world.READ»

Kenan Samms
LEAPFROG   |  Comment

Microinsurance: The New Microcredit

BY Alice Korngold
Relevancy Score: 16
Wed Dec 2, 2009 at 11:52 PM

A core value in my consulting work with corporations is that CSR will only be effective and sustainable if it is aligned with the company’s business mission. So it’s exciting to see an innovative iteration of that principle where ...READ»