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Building Blended Value

Since March 23, the Skoll Foundation has been running an online event focusing on blended value. The five-part Web conference explores the blending of economic, social, and environmental value creation. Discussions and debates will ...READ»

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Social Intelligentsia

Transparency is much needed in an almost ‘border less’ world, especially where the Internet is concerned - social media, social support and social business will evolve in the not too distant future - maybe not in ten years time, ...READ»

On Social Capitalism IV

A Company of Friends member in Portland, Oregon, recently emailed members about a new online community for people interested -- and involved -- in social entrepreneurship. The Skoll Foundation's Social Edge is a free service offering ...READ»

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Social Capitalists

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

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Jeff Skoll: Doing Good Business

 Jeff Skoll achieved notoriety as the first president and second full-time employee of the internet auction company, eBay. He became a man with a mission after getting a wakeup call at the age of 14 when his father ...READ»

Dev Patel

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»

Q&A: John Elkington

"We're 40 years into a 70-year process."READ»

Barefoot Is Better

Bunker Roy says entrepreneurship, not massive aid programs, will solve mass poverty.READ»

Social Capitalists

The top 20 groups that are changing the world.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»