Topic: Institute for OneWorld Health

A Nonprofit Pharmaceutical Company?

Yes. The Institute for OneWorld Health in San Francisco claims to the the first one in the U.S. Just today it received a $42.6 million five-year grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to try to cure malaria.READ»

Health and the Profit Motive

Victoria Hale creates the country's first nonprofit pharmaceutical company.READ»

The Institute for OneWorld Health: Not-for-profit Drugmaking

Founder and Board Chair: Victoria HaleREAD»

The Institute for OneWorld Health: Not-for-profit Drugmaking

Founder and Board Chair: Victoria HaleREAD»

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Live from Pop!Tech: Knowing and Respecting Your Customers

Sarah Joseph, the creator and editor of Emel, a Muslim lifestyle magazine, shared a telling story in her presentation Dialogs With/In Islam this afternoon. She showed a slide for a commercial, what appeared to be a straightforward ad ...READ»

Slumdog Springboard: Marketing on the Back of the Oscar-Winning Movie

The morning after the Oscars, a full-page ad appeared in The New York Times. It had a photo of the Mumbai cityspace and a "Who Wants To Be a Millionaire?" gameboard. "Why do millions of people die from treatable ...READ»

The 10 Best Social Enterprises of 2009

We have found them: Nine bold and timely ideas that wow us -- and that have earned these organizations a place alongside Enterprise Community Partners on our honor roll of 2009 Social Enterprises of the Year. Will all of these ...READ»

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At Skoll, Biz Dean Roger Martin Inspires Social Entrepreneurs to Find a Better Way

Roger Martin has come clean: Barack Obama made him cry. In his remarks during the plenary opening of the Skoll World Forum on Social Entrepreneurship at Oxford University, the dean of the University of Toronto's Rotman School of ...READ»

Moving Pictures

"If you want to send a message" in Hollywood, the saying goes, "call Western Union." Don't tell that to entrepreneur and philanthropist Jeff Skoll. With 11 Oscar nominations for cause-driven work such as Syriana and Good Night, and Good Luck--and a growing roster of A-list talent at his side--he's proving that it pays to be pointed.READ»