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Social entrepreneurship is evolving into a global movement, and it’s rendering the standard nonprofit/for-profit dichotomy obsolete. Now, new legal structures and certifications are being built to accommodate for businesses with embedded social missions. Leading the way in this movement is the B...

Big news: Three Ashoka Fellows have created the first do-it-yourself credit creation app. The most recent financial crisis, caused by low-quality sub-prime loans, has left people with no income, no jobs and no assets. It has has been remarkably painful for many. But this market collapse is just...

On this blog, we seldom wade into the mire of politics. Social entrepreneurship is not a partisan issue. But changemaking—seeking to effect a positive change in a community—is inevitably a political act, influencing the way that individuals in society conduct themselves and interact. Democracy may...

Kiran Shetty is the Regional Vice President & Managing Director, India for Western Union Financial Services, Inc. and an active member of the US India Business Council, American Chamber of Commerce and the Indo-American Chamber of Commerce in India. Through Ashoka’s Executive in Residence program...

Why is it that so few women have changed the world on a massive scale in the same way that men have? Where are the female Henry Fords, Steve Jobs and Bill Gates? Where are the women who have not only started companies but launched entirely new industries disrupting the way the world works? As a...

من دواعي سروري أستضافة الدكتورة إيمان بيبرس ، المدير الإقليمي لمؤسسة أشوكا العالم العربي اثناء زيارتها للمملكة المتحدة في الفترة بين 30 يناير و 8 فبراير. تعتبر بيبرس صوتًا صريحًا للعدالة الاجتماعية والاقتصادية وتمكين المجتمعات والنساء المحرومة ، وهي أيضًا المؤسس المشارك والرئيسة الحالية لجمعية تنمية...