In 2001, Paul Basil founded Villgro Innovations Foundation as a social enterprise incubator in India.  Since then Villgro has worked with over 200 early-stage, innovation-based social enterprises throughout India and is currently in the process of expanding its model to Kenya, Vietnam, and the...

Imagine your employer paying you a full year’s salary based on your first week of work. It may sound crazy, but this is exactly what has happened in the social services sector for decades. Social sector organizations often get paid in advance for work they have promised to do. As a result, the...

In December 2018, Ashoka Global Fellow Dr. Sami Hourani visited Net Impact to share his experiences as a serial social entrepreneur. While pursuing his medical degree from the University of Jordan in Amman, Dr. Hourani used his web development background to design an online platform that enabled...

Ashoka is a social impact firm based in Washington D.C. that supports entrepreneurs who have potentially world-changing ideas and a track record for success. In its early years, Ashoka coined the term “social entrepreneur” and it continues to help define the impact landscape today. Rather...