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Project Polaroid: Giving A Child Their First Picture | Dare Mighty Things

Print This Article How do you get the attention of a large global company (Polaroid) and convince them to reverse a key strategic decision? Hopefully, like this… The Birth of Project Polaroid Nine...

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Thoughts on Uganda

Print This Article I was in Uganda from June 29-July 6. I was there to visit two non-profit organizations I have been involved with and contributed funds to in the past. It was my first visit to...

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Sustainable Capitalism and The Role of Aid vs. Trade in Prosperity Creation

I picked up a glossy investment prospectus from a firm called Legatum Group at up at the Fortune Brainstorm Tech conference today. A statement inside caught my eye. It stated: “While aid can play an...

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The Great Challenge of Our Generation

Print This Article I write as my roommates watch the sci-fi movie Anti-Body through the amazing new Xbox/Netflix partnership in a cold and icy Chapel Hill… This weekend I had the opportunity to speak...

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What Jess, Bob, and I Did in Africa

Print This Article July 5th, 12pm – I’m looking out the Virgin Atlantic airplane window at Mt. Kenya as we end our twelve day trip to Kenya and Uganda. We’ve begun the twenty-eight hour journey home....

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25 Facts on Global Poverty

25 Facts on Global Poverty August 16, 2009 · Print This Article One of the challenges I’ve faced as I’ve sought to learn all I can on global poverty over the past few years has been how challenging it...

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Why Poverty?

As I sit on the 28th floor of a hotel in San Francisco I am angry, yet hopeful. I wonder why in a world with as much wealth as we see, as much luxury that we experience, should 40% of the human species...

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Maximizing Social Return from The Giving Pledge

I originally wrote this post for the Social Entrepreneurship Section of Change.org. You can find the original Change.org post here or read below. A Vision in a Time of Peril It’s hard to see the big...

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You’re Invited: A Metropolitan Safari for Rwanda at iContact

I wanted to invite Dare Mighty Things readers to a special event coming up at iContact. We are hosting a “Metropolitan Safari” on Monday November 8th at 6:30pm at our new offices in Morrisville. We...

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Today’s Fuel Explosion in Nairobi

I’ve got a special place in my heart for East Africa, having visited there three times and with investments in Pengo Loans and Think Impact, both with operations in Kenya. After visiting the Kibera...

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