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How to Get the World to Give a Crap in 2 Weeks
It’s Jehan and Simon here from Who Gives A CrapTM: non-profit toilet paper supporting water sanitation in the developing world. A few weeks ago we reached the $6500 target to become the world’s first...
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Business isn’t business. Business is people. Everything an organization wants to achieve it achieves through its people. Your ability, therefore, to galvanize the support of key individuals, build...
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David Bornstein’s How to Change the World features one of my favorite syntheses of the traits social entrepreneurs require to achieve success. Bornstein conducted extensive research, surveying...
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3 Reasons to Be Humble: People, Agility, and Growth
“If only I had a little humility, I’d be perfect.” -Ted Turner To develop our selection process here at the Unreasonable Institute, we surveyed a number of well-reputed investors with good track...
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Next week, I’ll find myself in front of 200 Angel Investors for about 30 minutes. Although I’ve pitched many ideas before, I thought that for this post, I might search out a bit of advice from seasoned...
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“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.” -Aristotle Wisdom from my Father. I called up my dad the other day just to say hi. He regaled me with a few exciting...
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Elephants never forget. But people do. So, to write this blog post, I called up partner-in-crime Daniel Epstein (President of Unreasonable) and asked him to describe an advertisement he simply couldn’t...
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Each year, the Unreasonable Institute gathers 25 entrepreneurs tackling social and environmental problems from every corner of the world in Boulder, Colorado. There, they live under the same roof for...
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