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WRF Coffee Talk (4) – Not Only Environmentalists Talk About Sustainability
In this WRF-series, Studentreporters are catching conference attendees during coffee break to ask them about what they do and who they are. This time: Biologist Jörg Schmidt. Ieva ManiusyteJörg Schmidt...
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Fishing Nets for Carpets
Giant ghosts have been eating the fish caught by the local fishermen in the Philippines: “In old days, wherever you go out for fishing, you were assured of a catch, unlike today there will be times you...
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How to Transition from Startup to Multinational Enterprise: A Conversation...
Photo courtesy of the World Economic ForumAugie K. Fabela II, Co-Founder and Chairman Emeritus, VimpelCom. Although many North Americans have never heard of Russian-based telecommunications service...
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Can Entrepreneurship Be Taught?
Flickr / Joi under Creative CommonsSteve Jobs and Bill Gates in 2007. “Innovation is following your instincts.” “Innovation is pushing beyond known limits and making it work.” “Innovation is bringing...
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Hot Ideas on Climate: Three Unique Approaches to Sustainability
flickr / drurydrama under Creative CommonsCalfing Glacier in Prince William Sound, Alaska. As stated by Mina Gull during the “Hot Ideas on Climate” session at the 2013 World Economic Forum Annual...
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Keep Calm and Carry On: A Detroit Veteran Entrepreneur Continues to Go About...
Unfazed by the city’s recent bankruptcy, longtime Detroit resident Nefertiti Harris continues to grow her business, even starting new ventures. DETROIT, United States – On a sunny Thursday afternoon, I...
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Youth Entrepreneurship: A Needed Trend in Turkey
The 16th International Business Forum took place this past October in Istanbul. It hosted many guests from emerging economies, a number of whom, naturally, were from Turkey. In terms of business, the...
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Bag in the USSR: A Revived Job Gives Hope to Russia’s Disabled Workforce
In the 1990s, the plastic bag killed the Soviet Union’s disabled-run industries. Now one Russian social enterprise has brought it back to life, helping hundreds of the country’s blind and deaf with an...
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Young Entrepreneurs Look to Sway State’s Social Policy
Photo courtesy of The Moscow TimesHUB curator Andrew Grenfell handing out materials at a Moscow HUB pilot project launch. You want to change the world through business. You live in Moscow. You have an...
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Can Tech Entrepreneurship Be a Solution to Youth Unemployment in Egypt?
Following the Arab Spring, observers in Egypt have noticed that more and more young people are interested in entrepreneurship and self-employment. Tech entrepreneurship especially is gaining increasing...
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Powering Startups Beyond Silicon Valley
Nowadays, booking a flight is as simple as sending an email. But why is it so easy to plan your next flight when coordinating land transportation, an even more common mode of travel, is far more...
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Es ist Gründerzeit in der Schweiz
Das Semester ist bald zu Ende – und für manche Studenten auch ihr Studium. Wie sieht das Leben aus nach dem Abschluss aus? Weiter studieren? Arbeiten? Wie wäre es damit: ein Unternehmen gründen. Die...
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Being a Social Entrepreneur in Lithuania Requires Sweat, Not Money
VILNIUS, Lithuania—People rush in and out of the grocery store. Smartphones in their hands and earphones in their ears, the uniformed crowd members are too buried in their busy worlds to notice a woman...
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Startups: Switzerland’s New Graduate Program
Swiss students have dispersed the summer holidays. Among those graduating and entering the job market, a new trend is emerging. More and more young people are founding startups. Idyllically situated...
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Entrepreneurship Provides an Answer to Youth Unemployment in South Africa
Student ReporterJulius Sematla’s kiosk. LIMPOPO, South Africa — Meet 34-year-old Julius Sematla from Mentz village, Limpopo province. Five years ago, he was staying with his parents and jobless. Out of...
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With Freedom Came Responsibility: Social Entrepreneurship in Rural Limpopo
LIMPOPO, South Africa — Rural South Africa, like its urban counterpart, has various social ills such as high poverty levels, a high number of orphaned children (mostly because of HIV/AIDS) and a poor...
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The Dream to Make It Big! Limpopo-Based Redwood Band’s Story
Student ReporterRedwood Band perfoming at a local function in Limpopo LIMPOPO, South Africa — “The new South Africa has given me freedom to dream. Dreaming is so important, and I think back then [in...
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Training Latin American Journalists to be Powerful Digital Storytellers
Across countries, work environments and job positions, the path of women working in technology seems to be a lonely one, but for Mariana Santos that turned into a key for change. “I have always been...
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Young Entrepreneurs Look to Sway State’s Social Policy
Photo courtesy of The Moscow TimesHUB curator Andrew Grenfell handing out materials at a Moscow HUB pilot project launch. You want to change the world through business. You live in Moscow. You have an...
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Can Tech Entrepreneurship Be a Solution to Youth Unemployment in Egypt?
Following the Arab Spring, observers in Egypt have noticed that more and more young people are interested in entrepreneurship and self-employment. Tech entrepreneurship especially is gaining increasing...
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