Welcome to Benetech's New Site! (and...)

We've just launched Benetech's new website . This is my Welcome post that originally appeared on the new Benetech Blog . On behalf o...

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Caltech: Founding Values

Address on receiving Caltech’s Distinguished Alumni Award May 18, 2013 Caltech was founded to give back to society through science and engin...

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Martín Burt’s Best Kept Secret

Martín Burt is one of the greatest social entrepreneurs I’ve had the pleasure of knowing for many years. So I was recently taken by surprise...

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Technology for All: From Gandhi to TED - Part 2

Technology has the potential to improve the lives of millions across the world. Unfortunately, most companies won’t pursue projects without ...

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Why You Don’t Want this Job!

Almost anyone from the human rights field will tell you that the work can be as rewarding as it is challenging. When you look at the barrier...

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Benetech’s Framework for Developing New Social Enterprises

I was delighted when Ron Schultz invited me to collaborate with him on his latest book Creating Good Work – The World’s Leading Social Entr...

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Funding Innovation for Skoll Social Entrepreneurs

I was recently at the Skoll World Forum, probably the best conference in the world for meeting with top social entrepreneurs. As a longtime ...

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Receiving the 2011 CASE Award for Enterprising Social Innovation

Last October, I had the pleasure and honor to visit the Center for the Advancement of Social Entrepreneurship (CASE) at Duke University’s Fu...

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