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Many Many Moments of Lift

Reid Hoffman

“When women in developing countries space their births by at least three years, each baby is almost twice as likely to survive their first year – and 35 percent more likely to see their fifth birthday,” she writes. While Melinda was writing about development efforts in Senegal, she could just as easily have been talking about Silicon Valley.

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The 10 Greatest Social Entrepreneurs Of All Time

YoungUpstarts

While it is admirable to build a successful business of any kind, some entrepreneurs do more than just make a profit with the fruits of their labor. Bill Drayton isn’t just a great example of a social entrepreneur, he actually helped to define and promote the term itself. Bill Drayton. Muhammad Yunus.

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