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5 Tips For Successfully Building A Business With Crowdfunding, From Kiva’s Cofounder

With the SEC creeping closer to making it legal for any company to crowdfund their own investments, Jessica Jackley looks at how to make a successful crowdfunding project work.

A Kickstarter For Solar, With A Twist: Invest In Crowdfunded Solar Projects And Make Some Cash

Mosaic lets you pony up money for someone else’s solar panels. But it’s not just to help the environment, they’ll be paying you back from the money they make selling that clean energy–with interest.

Amazon, iCloud, LinkedIn: Your Most Beloved Businesses Are Backed By Bain

The Mitt Romney-cofounded private equity firm might be a symbol of corporate greed in a fierce political season, but its investment division, Bain Capital Ventures, helped fund companies you probably patronize all the time.

This Week In Bots: Will We Build Robot-Only Workplaces Soon?

As robots enter the workplace, it seems likely that soon enough we’ll be building robots-only factories, hostile to humans. This and other robot news in our weekly round-up.

Kiva’s Secret Project To Let You Give Peer-To-Peer Loans

That’s what you thought Kiva did already? Not quite. But the new Kiva Zip lets you lend directly to a real person, with a higher chance it won’t get paid back. It’s a vast experiment in online trust and it could change the face of microfinance.

Loans, Relays, And The Power Of Community: How RelayRides Uses Technology For Social Good

A Startup Incubator For Global Change

Santa Clara University’s Global Social Benefit Incubator, which partners socially conscious organizations with Silicon Valley mentors, is an intensive bootcamp for entrepreneurs who want to change the world. It launched Kiva, and now it’s preparing its 10th anniversary class.

How The TOFU Project Is Teaching Silicon Valley Values To Japanese Entrepreneurs

Three Market-Based Solutions To Pull People Out Of Poverty

Infographic Video: Kiva’s Incredible Global Web Of Microfinance

After five years, the microlending service has made some amazing worldwide connections.

MicroPlace Makes It Easy To Invest In–And Make Money From–Organizations Doing Good

Kiva City: Using Microloans To Revitalize Small Businesses In Struggling American Cities

Watch Every Single Kiva Loan And Repayment Fly Around The World [Video]

Omidyar Network Executive Forum (ONEF) Convening the World’s Leading Social Entrepreneurs

Lend To Carbon-Cutting Entrepreneurs With Kiva’s New Green Loan Program

The 10 Most Innovative Companies in Finance

Dermalogica Puts Kiva’s Microloans in Women’s Manicured Hands

What CSR and Nonprofit Leaders Are Reading – Part IV

Kiva and Visa Partner Up, Extend Into Gulf Coast Region