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Many Many Moments of Lift

Reid Hoffman

And eventually these conversations led to the huge missed idea that would help guide the Foundation’s efforts: Namely, that “if you want to lift up humanity, empower women.”. While Melinda was writing about development efforts in Senegal, she could just as easily have been talking about Silicon Valley. Sound familiar?

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The 10 Greatest Social Entrepreneurs Of All Time

YoungUpstarts

Bring up social entrepreneurs and one of the first names you’re likely to encounter is that of Muhammad Yunus. His business has been so successful that experts and ideas from it are being exported to South Africa, India, Palestine, Senegal, and Turkey. Muhammad Yunus. Willie Smits.

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