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Jim Fruchterman - Harnessing Technology for Social Enterprise
Inside Social Innovation
English - March 30, 2010 06:00 - 1 hour - 39.3 MB - ★★★★ - 20 ratingsEducation News foundations philanthropy nonprofits socialentrepreneurs socialinnovation Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Harnessing engineering innovation and technology to further social causes is one path to social enterprise. In this university podcast, sponsored by Stanford's Center for Social Innovation, former rocket scientist Jim Fruchterman talks about how he created Benetech, an organization that uses technology innovation and business expertise to solve unmet social needs. He discusses how he has leveraged the intellectual capital and resources of Silicon Valley to create solutions that are truly life changing.
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