A conversation covering the systemic issues facing entrepreneurs from marginalized communities and discussed the changes that are needed in our cultural, economic, and educational systems to catalyze their growth.
In the U.S., eighty percent of people are locked out of the solar market because they can’t put solar on their rooftop. Solstice, co-founded by Sandhya Murali, MBA ’15, and Stephanie Speirs, MBA ’17, is changing the system with an inclusive model of community solar.
The best entrepreneurs don’t waste a crisis. They see opportunity to solve new or adjacent problems and go after it. Their ingenuity to survive near-term difficulties can create long-term advantage.
Complementing the experiential data, rescue.co relies on information coming from their partners. Real data is essential in understudied markets where theoretical assumptions may lead a company astray.
The Legatum Center for Development and Entrepreneurship at MIT held a conference that celebrated its 15-year anniversary and highlighted its accomplishments.
The MIT Kuo Sharper Center for Prosperity and Entrepreneurship (formerly the Legatum Center) was founded in 2007 with its vision and mission centered on the belief that entrepreneurs and their innovation-driven solutions are key to advancing global prosperity.
It appears today that facts are not based on absolutes but rather on the sheer number of social media shares and retweets. Charles P. Pierce argues that validity is determined by the decibel of the speaker not the content of the lyrics.
Africans are waking up to their intrinsic creative prowess. The talent in the film, music, arts, crafts, fashion, design, and multimedia industries that are now available on the continent present infinite opportunities for creative jobs for Africans.
The rise of the bottom up and surprising lessons and leadership from Africa and other rising markets.
Stories of entrepreneurs changing the story of Africa. According to one, "People like us — the founders, the movers and the shakers – our stories should also be told widely,” she said. “That story of Africa, we are the face of it. And it is hopeful, it is so much possibility. And hope has to be told...
