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Growth Strategies

Cleantech Entrepreneurs: Where Are You?

As various elements of the ecosystem are starting to coalesce for cleantech, we need innovation-driven entrepreneurs who can bring together the power of science with a scalable business model

Business News

The UN Gave Elon Musk a $6.6 Billion Plan for Him to Personally Solve World Hunger. Will He Bite?

According to the United Nation's World Food Program, 2% of Elon Musk's wealth is key to solving world hunger.

News and Trends

The Mohammed bin Rashid Initiative for Global Prosperity Announces The 20 Finalists For The US$1 Million Global Maker Challenge 2020

Launched in 2019 in Abu Dhabi, the Global Maker Challenge by The Mohammed bin Rashid Initiative for Global Prosperity now records a 200% increase in applications from around the world.

Taxes

UN Warns Climate Change May Doom Us, but Nobel Committee Suggests Taxing Pollution Might Save Us

The latest and most pessimistic warning about climate catastrophe came the same day as the Nobel Prize committee honored two economists for their work exploring potential solutions.

Thought Leaders

You Don't Have to Be All That Corporate to Make an Impact With Corporate Social Responsibility

Small businesses are making a big splash with their mission-driven awareness in social responsibility.

News and Trends

Emma Watson Named in Off-Shore Panama Papers Leaks

The millennial Harry Potter actress and UN Goodwill Ambassador name has come as a surprise for fans worldwide

Social Media

Social Influencers Take on HIV and AIDS on World AIDS Day

A new social-hashtag campaign calls on everyone to demand that governments find a way to provide the resources to allow treatment for all those infected with AIDS.

Data & Recovery

Is Internet Access a Human Right? Mark Zuckerberg Thinks So.

Zuckerberg recently told the United Nations every person is entitled to the economic, social and political benefits of Internet access.

Thought Leaders

Why You Need to Rally Behind #EntrepreneursUNite and Goal 8

Entrepreneurs are the key to meeting the United Nations goals for alleviating extreme poverty and creating hundreds of millions of jobs.

Thought Leaders

U.N. Foundation Taps Ashish Thakkar to Channel His Entrepreneurial Expertise Towards Humanitarianism

Thakkar, who founded a billion-dollar company in Uganda at age 15, has just been named chair of the U.N. Foundation's Global Entrepreneurs Council.

Thought Leaders

Dell Launches Effort Supporting UN's 'Goal 8' to Enhance Global Entrepreneurship

The tech company kicks off what it calls thew Global Entrepreneurship Call to Action.

News and Trends

Palestine Pursues Joining The ICC

Palestinian Authority tries to have its own seat in the United Nations