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The most important impact investing conference….that has nothing to do with impact investing

“The purpose of the university…is impact, not output.” - Michael Crow, President, Arizona State University. I’ve just returned from the future, and I’m pumped. Ashoka U Exchange 2012 was a fantastic conference. Unlike many conferences out there, this one had a clear … Continue reading →

How Tegu is using Social Media to Fight Poverty in Honduras

MARKETING, MEDIA, & DEVELOPMENT Facebook, Twitter, YouTube – social media terms now dominate the language of mainstream marketing. Companies around the world have adopted a barrage of digital tools to debut new products, gain feedback from consumers, and, more generally, communicate … Continue reading →

Three Key Camps at the Heart of the Impact Investing Movement

If you are like many people, you are new to impact investing, have a mild notion of what it is, and believe that it could be important, maybe even revolutionary. But this notion is tempered by massive confusion surrounding the … Continue reading →

CO2 Bambu: How Bamboo is Impacting Education in Rural Nicaragua

Rural Education Rural education in Nicaragua is struggling. Official UNICEF figures narrate the story in grim statistical detail. With a net attendance rate among rural primary school students of 70.5%, only 19.1% among rural secondary school students, and a startling … Continue reading →

Former Agora Fellow Starts Impact Business: Pitaya Plus

We are very proud of former Agora fellow Chuck Casano who has gone on to found his own Nicaragua-based impact business, Pitaya Plus. Pitaya Plus is described as “the one and only Pitaya juice, smoothie, and dry fruit company in … Continue reading →