Getting back into the swing of life and classes after returning from Dhaka has been interesting, and has included emptying out my rather full Inbox. Although, e-mails have a way of bringing back the trip. Case in point: two Fast Company interviews - one older one with Muhammed Yunus (pre-Nobel prize, even) and a more […]

In talking with Dr. Muhammad Yunus at Grameen Bank, he challenged us to think more about the idea of a social business that Bart Victor had brought up in class this past mod. These types of businesses would be a hybrid of both for- and non-profit business models, where the bottom line wasn’t just judged […]

(hat tip - Bart Victor)
In a front page article for the Wall Street Journal, the author describes the the process and the problems (subscription required) of building out the mobile phone network in rural India. The promise: a template that can be applied to other regions.
India, with most of its people living in villages in […]

(hat tip - Ryan)
When Nicholas Negroponte announced the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) initiative in early 2005, everyone thought it was wonderful. However, according to articles in the Boston Globe and New York Times (which should work if the Times’s no subscription policy has taken affect), orders for the XO Laptop have been falling below […]

(hat tip Ryan Hutchinson)
The question isn’t really a new one, but as new minds answer, it is worth listening. Ryan pulled out an Der Spiegel article from a couple of years ago, but still relevant to our discussion today, especially with books like The White Man’s Burden: Why the West’s Efforts to Aid the Rest […]