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.
Steve Blank is an American entrepreneur,educator,author and speaker. He created the customer development method that launched the lean startup movement. His work has influenced modern entrepreneurship through the creation of tools and processes for new ventures which differ from those used in large companies.
Sue Desmond-Hellmann is an American oncologist and biotechnology leader who served as the Chief Executive Officer of the Bill &Melinda Gates Foundation from 2014 to 2020. In March 2024 she was elected as a board member of OpenAI. She was previously Chancellor of the University of California,San Francisco (UCSF),the first woman to hold the position,and Arthur and Toni Rembe Rock Distinguished Professor,and before that president of product development at Genentech,where she played a role in the development of the first gene-targeted cancer drugs,Avastin and Herceptin.
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. Sometimes the award is presented by another member of the British Royal Family,and sometimes at another location.
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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 a 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. He is the co-founder and executive chairman of Devoted Health.
Marieme Jamme is a Senegalese-born French-British businesswoman and technology activist. In 2016 she founded the iamtheCODE Foundation and served on the World Wide Web Foundation board. In 2017,Quartz Africa included Jamme in their "Quartz Africa Innovators 2017" list. In 2013 she was nominated as a Young Global Leader at the World Economic Forum. In 2017,she won the Innovation Award at the Global Goals Award as a Goalkeepers for her work in advancing the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals,curated by UNICEF and the Bill &Melinda Gates Foundation,for globally supporting girls and young women and advancing the UN's Sustainable Development Goals. That same year,she was listed as one of BBC's 100 Women.
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 employs a Grand Challenges model with the aim to fund solutions for health and economic problems in low-and middle-income countries and Canada.
Simprints is a nonprofit technology company originating at the University of Cambridge. The company builds biometric identification tools and contactless face scanning solutions to be used by governments,NGOs,and nonprofit organisations serving people in low- and middle-income countries who lack proof of legal identity. The company promotes a portable fingerprint and face biometric system designed for front-line workers delivering at the last mile. 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.
Manav Subodh is an Indian social entrepreneur. He is the founder of 1M1B,a United Nations-accredited nonprofit organization. He is also one of the creators of 'Big on Small Talk' podcast.
