Tag Archives: Beyond Profit

Sizing Up Scale — Is there more to it than that?

By Vinay Ganti | Published: March 31, 2010

In the most recent issue of Beyond Profit’s online newsletter Radar, the issue of the importance of scale is posed. I enjoyed the quick read especially with the willingness to engage corporations in achieving true scale.…

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Challenges of being a women entrepreneur

By Vinay Ganti | Published: November 24, 2009

With Shital and Prerna being on board since the beginning, TC-I has always been sensitive to how being a woman can create additional hurdles for social entrepreneurs. In the most recent Beyond Profit e-newsletter, Praseeda Kunam sits down via…

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[Guest Post]: Reintegration of Trafficked Women through Enterprise

By Shital Shah | Published: September 6, 2009

A few kilometers past Charminar, the heart of the old city of Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, an auto rickshaw stops in front of a quiet, non-descript gate. Across the road is the Falaknuma Palace, in the process of getting…

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[Guest Post]: Even Education is Flat

By Shital Shah | Published: September 5, 2009

Editor’s Note: The following post is a collaboration between Adrienne Villani, a member of the Beyond Profit Editorial Team, and Semil Shah, a Principal at India Strategy Consulting, a boutique services firm that advises small and medium enterprises…

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[Guest Post]: Can You Be a Social Entrepreneur if You’re Not the Head Honcho?

By Shital Shah | Published: September 5, 2009

We’ve been ruminating lately on something that may ruffle a few feathers. It’s about the definition of social entrepreneur. Traditionally, an entrepreneur (the “mainstream” species) is a person who runs an enterprise or a venture. She is an ambitious…

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[Guest Post]: It’s Not All Bull: Mainstream Business Can Fight Poverty

By Shital Shah | Published: July 28, 2009

It is a dusty, sun-baked road that takes us to Singampet village in Mahbubnagar district, over a hundred kilometers away from Hyderabad, the capital of the southern state of Andhra Pradesh, India. The surrounding fields are bare, waiting for the…

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[Guest Post]: Access for All

By Shital Shah | Published: July 27, 2009

Access For All

Sachin Malhan has been an entrepreneur his entire life, or at least he has felt like one. In 2003, knowing that corporate law was not his cup of tea, he started his first venture, and then…

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[Guest Post]: Kicking Open the Door

By Shital Shah | Published: July 13, 2009

Editor’s Note: Guest blogger Adrienne Villani is an Associate at Intellecap, where she is involved in the conceptualization and creation of content for Beyond Profit, Intellecap’s publication on social enterprise and social entrepreneurship,…

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[Guest Post]: Impersonal Education

By Shital Shah | Published: June 24, 2009

Editor’s Note: Guest blogger Adrienne Villani is an Associate at Intellecap, where she is involved in the conceptualization and creation of content for Beyond Profit, Intellecap’s publication on social enterprise and social entrepreneurship,…

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[Guest Post]: A Third Way

By Shital Shah | Published: June 12, 2009

Editor’s Note: Guest blogger Adrienne Villani is an Associate at Intellecap, where she is involved in the conceptualization and creation of content for Beyond Profit, Intellecap’s publication on social enterprise and social entrepreneurship, both in…

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