Portsmouth, NH-based nonprofit Social Ventures Foundation (SVF) facilitates the building of sustainable businesses that create jobs and lift the livelihoods of the poor. SEE Change recently sat down with founder and executive director Marc Blumenthal to discuss...
I was always motivated to solve big problems” says Samir Ibrahim, CEO and co-founder of SunCulture, a provider of irrigation solutions for smallholder farmers in Kenya. I spoke with Samir on a recent trip to Nairobi, and he explained to me why he is on a mission to...
It’s 8:25 AM on a Thursday and the daily Morning Motivation is underway. A group of 30 or so have formed a circle and are singing and clapping to popular, upbeat songs that quickly work their magic on this grey and rainy Chicago day. As they break into “Movin On Up”,...
Subscribe: SpotifyIn this episode of In the Business of Change we speak with Tamra Ryan, CEO of Denver-based Women’s Bean Project. The company was founded in 1989 – way before social enterprise was even trendy – with the belief that jobs are the primary...
As the sun set over the Pacific Ocean, I witnessed one of the main ecological attractions in Ixtapa, Mexico– the release of baby sea turtles into the ocean. This experience is imprinted on the females, of whom less than 5% reach adulthood, who return to the very...
