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Thank you US Patent and Trademark Office

Vishy KurugantiSeptember 05, 20123 mins

Pic: courtesy indianipfirm.com Anthony Bugg-Levine (of New York-based NonProfit Finance Fund) shared a couple of encouraging developments on Twitter. The issue? The semantics and connotation of…

Your Vision. Our Software. World-changing. Introducing ThoughtWorks Social Impact Program

Vishy KurugantiAugust 29, 20123 mins

Pic: courtesy thoughtworks.com Your Vision. Our Software. World-changing. This is how ThoughtWorks, a privately-held global IT consultancy firm with offices in 10 countries, describes its Social…

This Week in Social Enterprise Jobs – Volume 3

Vishy KurugantiAugust 27, 20122 mins

About six months ago, I wrote Social Enterprise Jobs in India – Who’s Hiring – a first look at the social enterprise job landscape in India. I wrote a follow-up post in May (SocEnt jobs – Volume…

In praise of slums. Or why millions of Indians choose to live in urban squalor

Vishy KurugantiAugust 23, 20122 mins

Took me longer to pick a ‘suitable’ slum picture than to write the post. (Pic: courtesy inhabitat.com) If you saw a provocative title like this on Twitter, you would click on it, right? I’m glad I did…

Ankur Capital: newest kid on the impact investor block

Vishy KurugantiAugust 21, 20121 mins

Logo courtesy ankurcapital.com Guns (over at the Villgro incubabor for social entrepreneurs) alerted me to the newest kid on the impact investor block – Ankur Capital. Founded by Rema Subramanian and…

Acara Summer Institute 2012 – Nine Impressive Teams (Part 2)

Vishy KurugantiAugust 17, 20124 mins

[Editor’s Note: In late Jun 2012, I attended the final presentations of nine teams that made it to Acara Summer Institute 2012. Each team had 7 minutes of presentation followed by 7 minutes of…

Babajob closes Series A funding from Khosla Impact and Gray Ghost Ventures.. 3 months ago

Vishy KurugantiAugust 10, 20123 mins

Vir Kashyap (Babajob COO) – Pic courtesy babajob.com I first wrote about Babajob – a monster in the making in April 2011. I learnt about the existence of Khosla Impact only 4-odd months ago and…

Reason #999: Why you should care about Social Enterprises

Vishy KurugantiAugust 07, 20121 mins

If you want to understand which brand “owns” a concept/term, all you need to do is type the query into your favorite search engine. Type “social enterprise” and you’ll see a results page similar to…

So what's up with Raju Narayana Swamy these days?

Vishy KurugantiJuly 27, 20122 mins

Pic: courtesy hindu.com (circa 2007) India is as obsessed with its IAS officers as it is with its IIT graduates. Earlier this year, I wrote an article about Kerala IAS officer Raju Narayana Swamy…

A development economist's journey to parallel social entrepreneur

Vishy KurugantiJuly 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…

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