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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

As of 2010, Ashoka Foundation has sponsored 2,145 fellows in 73 countries, some of which have gone on to develop leading social businesses that have made a huge impact on communities around the world. His business has been so successful that experts and ideas from it are being exported to South Africa, India, Palestine, Senegal, and Turkey.

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