Sidney | March 1, 2009
In 1998, C.K. Prahalad and Stuart L. Hart introduced an idea to target over four billion people globally who make less than $1,500 US annually, known as the Base of the Pyramid(BoP), to co-develop a culturally-competent, commercial model with large multinational corporations that could improve and sustain lives in BoP communities. The model was further [...]
Sidney | February 24, 2009
It is not often that I get the chance to attend a free one-day meeting that offers great networking opportunities and knowledge-packed presentations. On Friday, I attended the Alleviating Poverty through Entrepreneurship Summit at the Fisher College of Business at The Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio. The summit was a student-organized event lead by [...]
Social Innovation ChatterThis blog covers the issues of our world community and the people whose innovative ideas will bring about sustainable solutions for the good of all. The word “Uplift” is used as a metaphor for “sustainable” social change. Uplift was borrowed from the ideology of “racial uplift” espoused by twentieth century civil rights leaders that sought new approaches to social change in their pursuit of racial equality. Similarly, today's innovators seek new approaches to social change that will uplift the human race.
