Tag Archives: global challenges

Living to Fish – and Fishing for a Living

Posted on April 1, 2013 by College of Business, Colorado State University

3/18/13 – Mitesh Gala (GSSE MBA ’08) is CEO and Founder of SEED, and is living in Mumbai with his wife and new baby. He spent some time with local fisherman, and shares the inspiring story of these entrepreneurial youth. … Continue reading →

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One World, Thanks to the Data

Posted on March 7, 2013 by College of Business, Colorado State University

I love TED talks and am continually impressed with the wonderfully relevant talks on this site. And Hans Rosling is one of my favorite contributors.  He uses his website called “Gapminder” to produce what he describes as a “fact based … Continue reading →

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Venture Profile: Akiba Cooking Solutions

Posted on February 26, 2013 by College of Business, Colorado State University

2/26/2013 – Akiba Cooking Solutions is a start-up currently being developed at Colorado State University.  It is a joint effort between a team of MBA students in the Global Social and Sustainable Enterprise Program and engineers in the Advanced Cookstoves … Continue reading →

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9 Inspirations from an Impressive Social Entrepreneur

Posted on November 29, 2012 by College of Business, Colorado State University

Autumn must be the season for fantastic entrepreneurs to visit CSU, because I have been blessed to meet many this year, including Jessica Jackley, co-founder of Kiva.org, who spoke in early November I first learned of Kiva a few years … Continue reading →

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One Industry’s Failure is Another’s Gold

Posted on September 24, 2012 by College of Business, Colorado State University

9/24/12: This guest post is written by Dr. Tom Dean, Professor of Entrepreneurship who also offers professional development courses through SEE: Sustainability Executive Education, at Colorado State University.  Dr. Dean’s research focuses on the intersection of entrepreneurship and sustainability, and … Continue reading →

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