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GSBI Accelerator program: Vanity metrics and the difference between finding ‘fit’ and finding scale
For the final part of our series of articles focusing on the GSBI® Accelerator program, we are publishing an interview in which GBSI talked with Mark Straub and Aparna Surendra from Khosla Impact. GSBI: The …
GSBI Accelerator program: Learning to love ‘the McDonald’s of diabetes’
Even the most experienced Silicon Valley mentors have something to learn from social entrepreneurs building businesses in remote parts of the world. I think that’s why we keep coming back. The 2013 GSBI® Accelerator …
GSBI Accelerator program: Shucking the Husk
It turned out to be both a blessing and a challenge to have a good reputation coming in to the GSBI® Accelerator program at Santa Clara University. I had attended this program in 2009, when …
Coming this week: focus on the GSBI Accelerator program
Last month in Silicon Valley, California, a dozen social entrepreneurs from countries including India, Mexico, Kenya and Ghana came to Santa Clara University’s campus as part of a 10-month mentoring and training program, the GSBI® …
Rethinking scale: carrying on the conversation
Alliance special features usually bring together a wealth of different perspectives and ideas, and the ‘Rethinking scale’ feature in the June issue was no exception. So it’s good to see the conversation carrying on in a …
KaBOOM! An internet-based approach to scaling up
KaBOOM is a US non-profit which specializes in building playgrounds in low-income communities. Over the past 12 months, it has used the internet to disseminate its way of working with striking results. In 2009, its …
