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The Social Impact Investment Mirage

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Last year, our social impact startup hit a milestone that eludes 96 percent of female founders: we hit one million dollars in revenue. We know that for social entrepreneurs trying to solve global challenges, the system is rigged. Underneath every accomplishment lies a profoundly broken funding landscape for social innovation.

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Reimagining the Role of Business in Protecting Biodiversity

Stanford Social Innovation Review

To combat this crisis, governments and international bodies have turned to diverse policy frameworks for biodiversity preservation at national, regional, and global levels. These policies hold a clear expectation for global corporations to engage in and promote biodiversity conservation and restoration.

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The Power of Self-Renewal: Sustaining Your Impact as a Leader

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Throughout my 35-year career as an optometrist turned social entrepreneur, I have practiced continual self-renewal in pursuit of a world where equitable access to eyeglasses is universal, especially for the poorest and most remote communities. Compassionate capitalism and public-private partnerships held the key to jumpstarting our impact.

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How Policy Is Building a Social Economy in South Korea

NonProfit Quarterly

Today, it has the tenth-largest gross domestic product in the world. Facing this crisis, new social economy movements emerged in Korea, not only as an immediate response to the neoliberal economic crisis, but also as a visionary long-term alternative for building a different kind of economy. percent in October 1997 to 7.6

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Building Community Governance for AI

Stanford Social Innovation Review

But putting unchecked development in the hands of (primarily) male tech executives who espouse a particular Silicon Valley ethos oriented toward profit and dominance above all else, will only intensify threats to our social systems and vulnerable communities. We need a new roadmap.

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The Invisible Rural Access Barrier

Stanford Social Innovation Review

When families lack the income for food, transport, school fees, uniforms, and essentials like menstrual products, girls are the first to drop out of school. Without access, these communities become isolated and, as a result, experience reduced economic, educational, and social opportunities.