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		<title>On CK Prahalad and his impact on social entrepreneurship</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Apr 2010 04:12:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Raj Melville</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I, like many others, was saddened to hear of the untimely passing away of Prof. C. K. Prahalad. His career spanned over three decades during which time he introduced several innovative business ideas that quickly became mainstream. Perhaps his most widely influential work was his last book on “The Fortune at the Bottom of the Pyramid" where he outlined his take on how corporations could profitably service the very large market that consists of the bottommost economic strata. You can read more at 
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		<title>The Blue Sweater a book by Acumen Fund founder Jacqueline Novogratz</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2009 03:15:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Raj Melville</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I had gotten a copy of Acumen Fund founder, Jacqueline Novogratz’s, book “The Blue Sweater” a couple of months ago and had kept promising myself that I would read it. Once I started reading I was hooked. Before I knew it I had plowed through the entire volume. This is an extraordinary and powerful book. <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.ambientengines.com&blog=3998279&post=455&subd=socialecosystem&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Jacqueline Novogratz – Legatum Lecture at MIT</title>
		<link>http://blog.ambientengines.com/2009/04/22/jacqueline-novogratz-%e2%80%93-legatum-lecture-at-mit/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2009 05:00:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Raj Melville</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Speaking at the Legatum Center’s Lecture series at MIT, Jacqueline Novogratz described the innovative work of Acumen fund and how it helps build social solutions through its venture philanthropy.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.ambientengines.com&blog=3998279&post=440&subd=socialecosystem&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Two social visionaries from India</title>
		<link>http://blog.ambientengines.com/2009/04/21/two-social-visionaries-from-india/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2009 19:37:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Raj Melville</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Vibha Krishnamurthy is the founder of Ummeed, and Ashish Karamchandani, leader of Monitor, Monitor Inclusive Markets, visit Boston<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.ambientengines.com&blog=3998279&post=425&subd=socialecosystem&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>HBS SE Conference Keynote by Linda Rottenberg of Endeavor</title>
		<link>http://blog.ambientengines.com/2009/03/04/hbs-se-conference-keynote-by-linda-rottenberg-of-endeavor/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2009 05:23:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Raj Melville</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The opening keynote to the 10th annual HBS Social Enterprise Conference was a truly inspirational presentation by Linda Rottenberg from Endeavor, Inc.  Linda traced the arc of social entrepreneurship as it accelerated over the past decade from an idea to formally becoming a key movement. <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.ambientengines.com&blog=3998279&post=379&subd=socialecosystem&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Paul Polak’s Twelve Steps to Practical Problem Solving</title>
		<link>http://blog.ambientengines.com/2008/08/20/paul-polak%e2%80%99s-twelve-steps-to-practical-problem-solving/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Aug 2008 03:17:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Raj Melville</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Paul Polak is a physiatrist by training but has spent the past 25 years working to alleviate poverty in the developing world. Paul has encapsulated his learnings in a book "Out of Poverty". More recently, Paul has posted an interesting video on You tube that summarizes his "Twelve Steps to Practical Problem Solving".<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.ambientengines.com&blog=3998279&post=164&subd=socialecosystem&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>7 Rules of Low Cost Design</title>
		<link>http://blog.ambientengines.com/2008/08/11/7-rules-of-low-cost-design/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Aug 2008 22:17:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Raj Melville</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I came across this article that summarizes Amy Smith's philosophy of design for low cost solutions. 
Here are her 7 key points. You can read the entire article on Popular Mechanics.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.ambientengines.com&blog=3998279&post=117&subd=socialecosystem&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>International Development Design Summit</title>
		<link>http://blog.ambientengines.com/2008/08/08/international-development-design-summit/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Aug 2008 03:29:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Raj Melville</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday I had the pleasure of attending the final presentation of the International Development Design Summit at MIT - the brainchild of Amy Smith, MacArthur Fellow and lecturer in MIT's Mechanical Engineering department. This, now yearly, event brought together nearly 60 students from 20 countries around the world to work together with a team of mentors and staff to tackle a number of design problems facing NGOs and non-profits in developing countries.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.ambientengines.com&blog=3998279&post=109&subd=socialecosystem&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>BAIF Development Research Foundation – Sustainable Development To Support Rural Families</title>
		<link>http://blog.ambientengines.com/2008/06/27/12/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jun 2008 03:30:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Raj Melville</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Earlier this year, I had the opportunity to spend a month in India and visited several NGOs while there. One of the innovative organizations is BAIF (Bharatiya Agro Industries Foundation) -- I visited their operations outside of Hubli in Northern Karnataka state and wrote an article about their work for Lokvani.com, that I have reproduced below<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.ambientengines.com&blog=3998279&post=12&subd=socialecosystem&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>An Introduction</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Jun 2008 05:06:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Raj Melville</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Social Ecosystem Exploring Entrepreneurial Ideas that Address Social Issues, Enhance the Environment, Sustain Development and Transform the Developing World This blog is about innovators that are addressing social challenges with fresh ideas, new approaches, and innovative business and entrepreneurial models. These breakthroughs come from a variety of sources ranging from academics, traditional non-profits to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.ambientengines.com&blog=3998279&post=8&subd=socialecosystem&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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