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AtoZ has been working with the local government hospital here in Arusha to sell bed nets to malaria patients at a subsidized price. There ...

A confession of my goal: I am going to hike Mount Kilimanjaro in June. This is the tallest free-standing mountain rise in the world a...

Innovative ideas are usually considered "nutty" at first. In the most recent Financial Times newspaper, an article about Acumen F...

Einstein once said, " Not everything that counts can be measured, and not everything that can be measured counts. " Developing t...

Fighting fatigue, rain, heat and hunger, seven powerful and dynamic saleswomen from AtoZ put on their blue uniforms and walk daily door to d...

I love to discover the creative side of people- especially when I find them using it to motivate others and to help guide their own lives in...

Jessica Shortall has written an open letter to the Gates Foundation. Her reaction pretty much aligns with mine. An excerpt: ...

The electricity was out all day again, so I went out walking. Under the hot summer sun. I smiled as I turned the corner and was met by th...

Reading this book is not for the weak of heart—get ready for an emotionally charged story that unwinds through peaks and valleys of chaos, t...

As we descended into the enchanted green crater of Ngorongoro , a sense of peace filled me just as the white fluffy clouds fill the rim of t...

A wonderful colleague of mine, Machua, kindly invited me to meet his family and learn how locals cook and celebrate the holidays. I had so...

The poet Emily Dickenson once wrote a poem about the beauty of books and poetry that ended “How frugal is the Chariot that bares the human ...

Wishing everyone a very very special holiday season. Hope you are surrounded with good people, love, inspiration and relaxation.

As some of you know, I am a part of a six person Acumen Fund fellows team. It has been great getting a few notes from the other six Acumen ...

You know why Google has won all of our hearts and has a market cap of $151.8 billion, compared with Yahoo's $36.2 billion, eBay's $4...

Two great opportunities for social leaders have deadlines next month. As a first-year participant in both programmes, I can honestly say th...

I have barely slept these first few days—but they have been great days. Day 1: Looked for an Apartment Thanks to Divyesh’s help, I got a cel...

Getting on the plane to Tanzania was bitter sweet. I was excited about the 8 month adventure ahead of me, but also sad that I would be leav...

What were you doing in the last 30 seconds? Every 30 seconds a child dies of malaria unnecessarily. Crazy, isn’t it? Malaria is one of th...

I have been working with a team on an exciting new paper focused on risk capital for social enterprises. Tim Freudlich , Jim Fruchterman , ...

As Acumen Fund Fellows , we showed up to work a few weeks ago and were handed another tough assignment. Just like our previous assignments o...

When Sara Olsen commented on my blog last month saying that she sometimes considered shaving her head as a test of the origins of her self-...

In a reflection about how lucky we are to do work in social entrepreneurship, Jesse King and Jacqueline Novogratz pointed me to a wonderful...

I received an email today with this picture that said: Don't Be afraid that your life will end. Be afraid it will never begin.

Through the eyes of villagers in a border town in the Punjab area of India called Mano Majra, author Khushwant Singh paints a picture of the...

Omar is one talented tap dancer, but when you see his bright yellow suit and long hair bouncing around in your direction, you know to get of...

Now here is a ruling that reminds me why we need more women on the bench. In any contract law, I assumed that we have the right to break the...

Acumen Fund has had a fortunate few weeks in terms of media coverage. Not only were we featured in BusinessWeek online , an article about...

Two things I need to actively design into my life…opportunities for inspiration and reflection. I operate best with good doses of these to ...

This is My favorite Photo. Taken when I was in Tanzania in 2004 for a short trip.

I have been trying to write a poem to perform at Acumen Fund's investor gathering in two weeks. As I looked for interesting examples to...

Last week I invited you to join me on Slate Magazine’s 8 Week Carbon Diet by taking the quiz at this site: http://slate.com/id/2151739/ I ha...

Here is an update on the speakers, activities and readings the Acumen Fellows experienced the past week and a half. Speakers: 1) Ross Kauffm...

On the 14th of November, the NewResource Bank in San Francisco will have its Grand Opening. Triodos Bank , the ethical bank which I love and...

This weekend, I took a flying trapeze class on the banks of the Hudson River. As I climbed up the ladder and chalked my shaky hands to grip...

Since I am headed to Africa in three weeks, I wanted to point you to Jocelyn Wyatt's blog entry today on the three views of Africa. ...

This week’s book discussion focused on the Tempest by Shakespeare and was led by Clara Barby of Acumen Fund. Clara had a wonderful interpret...