When I was approached by filmmaker Holly Mosher to consider reviewing her film about Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus, it was a no-brainer. Not only is Yunus the founder of microlending pioneer, the Grameen Bank, he is also a great promoter of the “social...
Feeding the hungry, tacking the food crisis, is one of the world’s most glaring challenges. It seems everywhere you look food products are veering precariously off the affordability and availability scales, with malnutrition, instability, food riots and other related...
The Definitive Guide to Getting the Right Things Done. Pretty much anyone who has even peripheral involvement with the business world has heard of Peter F. Drucker, the “father of modern management.” In his lifetime (1909-2005) he published 39 books...
As social entrepreneurs, we all spend a fair bit of time explaining to the general public what it means to have a double bottom line (“What do you mean it isn’t just about profit?”). Throw into the mix an environmental component, thereby creating a triple bottom...
We all want to “do good by doing right.” We don’t throw garbage on the ground. We recycle. We buy enviro-friendly cleaning products. We…wait, what’s that you say? My bottle of dish soap with the cute little duck on the label isn’t...
Lara Galinsky is a senior vice president at Echoing Green, a nonprofit that invests in and mentors social entrepreneurs so they can create high-impact solutions to the world’s most pressing problems. Her career path wasn’t easy and it certainly wasn’t direct. But one...
