MacKenzie's blistering pace of giving

MacKenzie's blistering pace of giving

January 01, 20214 mins

Giving Pledge to $5.9 billion in 19 months On Jan 9, 2019 Jeff Bezos tweeted his divorce announcement, ending his 25-year old marriage with MacKenzie Scott. The divorce would eventually be finalized…

Paul Polak, SunPower and good news for poor farmers

Paul Polak, SunPower and good news for poor farmers

May 24, 20133 mins

Pic courtesy unreasonableinstitute.org Paul Polak is an accomplished man and a very busy man. After spending a few decades researching and trying out various innovations to lift poor farmers out of…

A development economist's journey to parallel social entrepreneur

A development economist's journey to parallel social entrepreneur

July 24, 20125 mins

Pic: courtesy aspenideas.org [Editor’s Note: The publishing delay of this post is a deeply personal reminder on the need for an “editor” hat — even for a one-person blogging organization. A partial…

The many lives of Trilochan Sastry – academic, social activist, social entrepreneur

The many lives of Trilochan Sastry – academic, social activist, social entrepreneur

December 04, 20115 mins

[Editor’s Note: Over the past few months, I had a series of conversations with Dr. Trilochan Sastry (Academic Dean, IIM-Bangalore). His academic pedigree is as blue-chip as it can get – B.Tech from…

War stories from Ashoka Fellow Solomon Prakash

War stories from Ashoka Fellow Solomon Prakash

June 30, 20112 mins

Solomon Prakash knows a thing or two about social entrepreneurship. After all, he’s devoted the last 20 years in pioneering work in education, poverty alleviation, employment and labor related social…

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