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Is the global water crisis also a business opportunity?
The world needs solutions to its multiple water challenges. Here are four ways private business — and private equity — can play a role.
The 5 greatest challenges to fighting climate change
The threat is global, but humans think local.
How Urban Innovation Fund picks and grows companies
To compete, the venture capital fund sticks to its thesis, searches for companies solving urban challenges, and customizes success metrics.
The 2019 Inclusive Innovation Challenge grand prize winners
A job-seeking app and an online learning collaboration are among the winners.
Libra co-creator explains, defends Facebook’s cryptocurrency
MIT Sloan’s Christian Catalini said Facebook will keep financial and social data separate.
20 startups using tech to build an inclusive economy
The companies will compete Nov. 21 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, for a piece of the MIT Inclusive Innovation Challenge $1 million grand prize.
The standard-setting heroes of global technology
These three pioneers made quiet contributions to technology and the global economy that can’t be understated. Without their work, nothing works.
Startups, cities jostle over access to the curb
The ‘last mile’ offers threats, opportunities for mobility and delivery services — and municipalities hold the keys.
Global electricity access is up, but has a ways to go
Misconceptions about who needs electricity, when, and how means aid and investment may not reach those who could benefit most.
Standards prop up the economy, but challenges abound
Misconceptions about who needs electricity, when, and how means aid and investment could be rolled out inefficiently.