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5 Takeaways from the 2012 Skoll World Forum | Stanford Social Innovation Review

Campus Entrepreneurship

John Saul over at Stanford Social Innovation Review blog shares his thoughts after attending the Skoll World Forum. There was a sea change in thinking this year; social entrepreneurs seemed increasingly fascinated by the market as a mechanism to advance their social agendas. He has some interesting insights: 1.

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Who are we? And where do we come from? (2011 edition)

crowdSPRING Blog

But, not to worry – as I write this, our marketing geniuses are actively targeting those 5 nations and we expect to welcome them to our community in 2011! Buyers from Honduras accounted for 0.014% of projects last year. US Buyers account for about 75% of projects posted in the last year.

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Social Trends Podcast: We Are Storytellers Weaving Stories With Customers

Brandanew

The younger age brackets could not afford the everyday market! The market was developing based upon the lowest common denominator, it was selling to the masses, and numbers meant everything. The Indian market has been evolving and if you trace back 5 years – India with the concept of ‘brands’ per se has only evolved recently.

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