Innovation is the practical implementation of ideas that result in the introduction of new goods or services or improvement in offering goods or services. ISO TC 279 in the standard ISO 56000:2020 defines innovation as "a new or changed entity,realizing or redistributing value". Others have different definitions;a common element in the definitions is a focus on newness,improvement,and spread of ideas or technologies.
The Walter A. Haas School of Business is the business school of the University of California,Berkeley,a public research university in Berkeley,California. It was the first business school at a public university in the United States.
DAI Global,LLC is a privately held development company with corporate offices in more than a dozen countries,including in Bethesda,Maryland,in the United States;London and Apsley,Hertfordshire,in the United Kingdom;Abuja and Lagos,in Nigeria;and Brussels,Vienna,and other European capitals.
Kathryn A. Finney is an American author,researcher,investor,entrepreneur,and businesswoman. She is the founder of Genius Guild,a $20 million dollar venture fund &studio that invests in Black entrepreneurs building scalable businesses that serve Black communities and beyond. She is also founder and Board Chair of The Doonie Fund,a social platform that provides micro-investment to Black women entrepreneurs. Finney first made her mark as a tech entrepreneur when she sold “The Budget Fashionista”after running the site-turned-media company for 11 years.
Steve Blank is an American entrepreneur,educator,author and speaker based in Pescadero,California.
Paul Rice is the Founder &CEO of Fair Trade USA,the leading third-party certifier of Fair Trade products in North America. Since launching Fair Trade USA in 1998,Rice has brought Fair Trade into the mainstream and built a movement to expand its impact. He has challenged and collaborated with hundreds of companies to rework their global supply chains to obtain high-quality products that support community development and environmental protection.
Rajiv J. "Raj" Shah is an American physician,economist and executive. He is the president of the Rockefeller Foundation and a former government official and health economist who served as the sixteenth administrator of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) from 2010 to 2015. Shah is the author of the book Big Bets:How Large-Scale Change Really Occurs,which was released by Simon Element on October 10,2023.
The Office of Social Innovation and Civic Participation was an office new to the Obama Administration,created within the White House,to catalyze new and innovative ways of encouraging government to do business differently. Its first director was the economist Sonal Shah. The final director was David Wilkinson.
In his "A New Beginning" speech on June 4,2009,at Cairo University in Cairo,Egypt,President of the United States Barack Obama announced,"I will host a Summit on Entrepreneurship this year to identify how we can deepen ties between business leaders,foundations and social entrepreneurs in the United States and Muslim communities around the world". The Presidential Summit on Entrepreneurship,held in Washington,D.C.,on Monday April 26,and Tuesday,April 27,2010,at the Ronald Reagan Building,followed through on President Obama's commitment by highlighting the importance of social and economic entrepreneurship,and strengthening mutually-beneficial relationships with entrepreneurs in Muslim-majority countries and Muslim communities around the world. At the second summit in Istanbul,Turkey,Vice President Joe Biden announced that the Presidential Summit would become the marquee event that kicks off Global Entrepreneurship Week each year,with the 2013 host being the United Arab Emirates.
The Queen's Award for Enterprise Promotion is one of the Queen's Awards for Enterprise,and is awarded annually to people who play an outstanding role in promoting the growth of business enterprise and/or entrepreneurial skills in other people. It is bestowed by the Queen on the advice of the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. Recipients receive an engraved crystal glass commemorative item,a Grant of Appointment and are invited to a reception at Buckingham Palace.
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VillageReach is a registered 501(c)(3) that works with governments to solve health care delivery challenges in low-resource communities. Its headquarters are in Seattle,Washington with international offices in Mozambique,Malawi,and the Democratic Republic of the Congo,Africa. The VillageReach approach includes developing,testing,implementing and scaling new systems,technologies and programs that improve health outcomes. This is achieved by extending the reach and enhancing the quality of health care. The benefits are manifested through supply chain and logistics improvements,information and communication technology,human resources for health,private sector engagement and advocacy.
GlobalGiving is 501(c)(3) non-profit organization based in the United States that provides a global crowdfunding platform for grassroots charitable projects. Since 2002,more than 1.6 million donors on GlobalGiving have donated more than $750 million to support more than 33,000 projects in 175 countries.
Todd Park is a Korean American entrepreneur and government executive. He served as Chief Technology Officer of the United States and technology advisor for U.S. President Barack Obama.
The Innovative Vector Control Consortium (IVCC) is a not-for-profit,product development partnership (PDP) designed to facilitate the development and delivery of new and improved vector control tools to prevent malaria and other neglected tropical diseases. Their mission is to save lives,protect health,and increase prosperity in areas where disease transmitted by insects is endemic.
Grand Challenges Canada (GCC) is a Canadian nonprofit organization that uses a Grand Challenges model to fund solutions to health and development challenges in the developing world.
Simprints is a nonprofit technology company originating at the University of Cambridge. The company builds biometric fingerprint technology for use by governments,NGOs,and nonprofits for people in the developing world who lack proof of legal identity. The company promotes a portable biometric system designed for front line workers. The technology uses Bluetooth to connect to an Android mobile device that is interoperable with existing mHealth systems such as CommCare,ODK,or DHIS2.
Maryana Iskander is an Egyptian-born American social entrepreneur and lawyer. In 2022,she became the chief executive officer (CEO) of the Wikimedia Foundation,succeeding Katherine Maher. Prior to her position,Iskander was the CEO of the Harambee Youth Employment Accelerator and a former chief operating officer of the Planned Parenthood Federation of America in New York.
Harambee Youth Employment Accelerator is a South African nonprofit founded to address the youth unemployment crisis by connecting employers to first-time job seekers.
Impatient Optimist is a sculpture by Janet Echelman,installed in Seattle,Washington.
