crowdSPRING Blog

SEPTEMBER 13, 2016

At crowdSPRING, we feel very fortunate to participate in such a vibrant community of talented creatives. But we also value our broader, global community, and feel it’s important to make an impact there, as well. It’s the work we do as a collective that makes the greatest impact. An Ever Growing Health Crisis.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 19, 2011

The first project they’re engaged in is installing fuel-efficient cookstoves in Kenya. Check out the following infographic, which demonstrates how this model can increase the income, health, time value and jobs for the local community, while decreasing CO2 inhalation, trees used and time spent looking for fuel.

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thebarefootvc

DECEMBER 16, 2011

This was the year that the promise of technology to truly change the world and empower individuals (the reason I entered the tech world in 1994) reached global scale. As of year-end, Foursquare had over 15 million users, with an exponential growth rate globally. Nothing seems impossible anymore.

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Feld Thoughts

NOVEMBER 3, 2017

Amy went to Tanzania and Kenya in 2009 with TNC to increase capacity of TNC non-profit partners. Heather Tallis , TNC’s Global Managing Director and Lead Scientist for Strategy Innovation, generously participated in our August 2017 Anchor Point Fellowship in Global Leadership Conference.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

A demonstration of Hemafuse at the launch event with Amref Health Africa in Kenya. Because of a global donor blood shortage, particularly in emerging markets, clinicians and patients don’t have enough access to donor blood. Carolyn Yarina , Co-Founder and CEO of Sisu Global Health. The majority of our $2.9M

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Sophia Perl of Wisdom

NOVEMBER 9, 2010

Kenya is the most advanced for mobile payment. Mightyverse builds video-driven language tools for mobile devices, collecting words, phrases, and sentences translated from one language to another, creating a global language marketplace. CEO of Obopay has raised $200M in funding. Mobile Track — Pitch 2010 Finalist — Mightyverse.

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Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 17, 2020

They were providing low-cost healthy meals for schools across the country and, before the crisis, were delivering two million federally reimbursable school and community meals per week nationwide. And we've layered that with another crises of the exposure of continued racial injustice throughout our communities.

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Campus Entrepreneurship

APRIL 6, 2012

At the fifth annual Clinton Global Initiative University meeting at George Washington University this past weekend, former President Clinton announced over nine hundred new projects that students and universities will undertake to improve the world.

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Sophia Perl of Wisdom

NOVEMBER 9, 2010

Kenya is the most advanced for mobile payment. Mightyverse builds video-driven language tools for mobile devices, collecting words, phrases, and sentences translated from one language to another, creating a global language marketplace. CEO of Obopay has raised $200M in funding. Mobile Track — Pitch 2010 Finalist — Mightyverse.

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Up and Running

NOVEMBER 19, 2014

If you’re an active part of your city or town’s community, you may have noticed a sudden spike in the number of activities and events relating to business and entrepreneurship. If you’re asking, “Why have a women’s day during Global Entrepreneurship Week?”, How are women around the world celebrating?

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Hearpreneur

AUGUST 19, 2015

When you support that platform with inspirational and informative subject matter that helps guide people along the way, and then offer them a community of service providers who can help round out their team—well, that’s the ticket. Karibu Markets began after a trip I took to Kenya in early 2014. That’s massive.

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Hearpreneur

NOVEMBER 4, 2018

As the co-founder of the Virtual Global Consultant (VGC) Group, I love the fact that we have created employment in underserved communities globally. We are generating employment for countries such as the United States, Philippines, Canada, Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka, Kenya, Ghana and Nepal. 16-EVERYTHING!

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 27, 2017

More than a third of the global population has no access to traditional financial services. This will require many partners – credit card companies, banks, microcredit institutions, the United Nations, foundations and community leaders. How is our global banking world affected by large pockets of our population that are unbanked?

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Reid Hoffman

MAY 20, 2014

Today, Teresa has an even bigger dream of opening Old Skool Cafes across the nation and revitalizing communities everywhere. As high-tech investors, both of us obviously value high-impact, fast-growth companies that attract massive global user bases. The real threat we face is a global opportunity crisis. Networks of Trust.

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