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		<title>Thinking about a social enterprise? Pitch your idea and win</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Sep 2010 21:27:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Raj Melville</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pitching SE is your opportunity to refine your pitch, focus your ideas and wow a panel of seasoned judges. A panel of experienced non-profit and social investors will evaluate your pitch, and provide feedback and constructive advice. More at 
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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>Assured Labor – creating a mobile marketplace for jobs in emerging markets</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Apr 2010 22:32:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Raj Melville</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the fall of 2007, a group of young potential entrepreneurs struggled with a problem facing over half the developing world. As developing economies grew and provided new jobs, the infrastructure to communicate and broadcast the potential opportunities for employment was unable to keep up. The influx of migrant workers into urbanized centers provided a rich pool of available talent but the mechanisms for disseminating job needs were still rooted in the 19th century. The team seized on this opportunity to leverage the almost ubiquitous presence of cell phones in the developing world to provide a communications and matchmaking platform for employment. By providing an easy to use mobile platform connecting jobseekers with job opportunities, Assured Labor is providing a frictionless job placement approach that benefits employers and employees alike. Assured Labor is a prime example of the new wave of social entrepreneur bringing a for-profit business model to address some of the challenges facing the poor in developing countries. Read the complete post at 
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		<title>Another successful year for ForSE 2009</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 05:27:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Raj Melville</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Another successful conference on Social Entrepreneurship was held on October 23rd, this time at Babson College in Boston's Wellesley suburb. Details on the conference and photos were posted in a local e-magazine, Lokvani.com and are reproduced for those who could not attend. For details go to  
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		<title>World’s largest Business plan competition looks to help social entrepreneurs</title>
		<link>http://blog.ambientengines.com/2009/10/22/world%e2%80%99s-largest-business-plan-competition-looks-to-help-social-entrepreneurs/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 21:52:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Raj Melville</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[To help jumpstart job growth in Massachusetts, a unique public/private partnership, Masschallenge.org, was launched earlier this year that hopes to attract hundreds if not thousands of interested entrepreneurs to Massachusetts by unveiling what it claims is the world’s largest business plan competition. It hopes to change the way business plans are run by providing the winning teams with $1 million in seed funding in six different categories. With these incentives from MassChallenge and the support of the Massachusetts Government, the many entries the "Social Development and Non-profit" category will attract could help create the next new growth cluster in the state. Read my comments on this at <a href="http://blog.ambientengines.com">http://blog.ambientengines.com</a>
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