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Join Our Live Twitter Chat on 28 March: Reimagining Capitalism

March 18, 2012
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Join Our Live Twitter Chat on 28 March: Reimagining Capitalism

Are the answers to a new model of capitalism in the margins? Are there insights and lessons in the nascent and little known worlds of social enterprise and impact investing? Those are questions we’re bringing to this year’s Sankalp Summit, but we also want to know what yours are.  Join us in a live Twitter chat on 28 March, 2 PM, as we kick off conversations around this in our first ever #SankalpChat.     A live Twitter Chat is an online conversation that anyone with a Twitter account can join. If you don’t have an account yet, visit...

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Impact Investing: World Changing Movement or Struggling Financial Instrument?

March 18, 2012
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The popular 180 degree debate at Sankalp Forum’s annual summit this year will ask a controversial question about impact investing – is it made out to be more than it really is? We’ve put together diverse opinions from across the sector, add your own and tell us what you think.  Is it “a dangerous promise” and “crock” or can it fundamentally change how we do business? 180 degree debate on impact investing

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Stitching Together the Social Enterprise Mosaic in India

March 18, 2012
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Stitching Together the Social Enterprise Mosaic in India

Early stage businesses thrive best in an environment that brings together, and facilitates efficient working of all players needed for them to grow. The favourite, and oft-quoted example of such an enabling ecosystem is the Silicon Valley, but there are examples closer to the developing world as well – like the information technology industry in the Indian cities of Hyderabad and Bangalore, and the vibrant start up communities growing around academic institutions like the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) and Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs). Social enterprise in India took off in 2005-06, but is still in the margins,...

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Reimagining Capitalism: Seeking Alternatives to The Single Bottomline Model

March 18, 2012
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Reimagining Capitalism: Seeking Alternatives to The Single Bottomline Model

The global economy is a system in crisis. The UN estimates that the three richest people in the world possess more financial assets than the poorest 48 nations combined. Around the world, individuals and communities are demanding that capitalism be redefined. A Deloitte ‘Millenials Survey‘ in early 2012 asked 1000 millenials and 390 business leaders questions about ‘what is business for’. The stark contrast between the responses points to a growing chasm between the goals business is chasing and the expectations society has of it. 52% of millenials thought business will achieve the greatest impact in solving the world’s...

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5 Tips to Improve Your Chances of Receiving Capital

March 22, 2012
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Peer-to-Peer Learning

How do you convince an investor that your business is the one to invest in? How do you learn the investor’s language so that your business is communicated as a viable and scalable prospect? Most importantly, how is it that you find the investor best suited to your business?

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Infographic: Indian Microfinance Looking Beyond the AP Act and its Devastating Impact on the Poor

March 19, 2012
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Infographic: Indian Microfinance Looking Beyond the AP Act and its Devastating Impact on the Poor

In December  the Government of Andhra Pradesh passed a law (the “AP Act”) which effectively shut down private sector microfinance in the State. The AP Government stated that its goal was to protect the poor. Now,  months later, the impact of the AP Act is clear: rather than protecting the poor in AP, it has had the opposite effect and indeed harmed the poor by starving them of access to credit and basic financial services.This infographic by Legatum Ventures puts the current scenario in perspective. Intellecap has helped in the making of this report.

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Sankalp Forum and Ennovent Join Hands

March 18, 2012
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Sankalp Forum and Ennovent Join Hands

We’re pleased to bring ennovent on board as a partner for the Sankalp Summit 2012. This partnership will bring together synergies that will benefit the ecosystem of social entrepreneurship in India. Sankalp Awards 2012 finalists will get access to ennovent’s Impact Circle, an exclusive network of investors who want to accelerate innovations for sustainability at the BoP in India. ennovent will also provide promotion, branding, visibility and registration support for the Sankalp Summit through its Global Network. This online platform connects entrepreneurs, investors and experts to discover, finance and scale the best innovations:    

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