"We encourage rigorous researchers to tackle the questions of enterprise solutions to poverty, and find the role models and artists that embody the experience of innovation in the world's poorest countries."
Venturesource is a free open-content community resource center to help social entrepreneurs plan, start, manage, and grow successful social enterprises.
Vision
To enable entrepreneurs to realize their dreams while benefiting the lives of people at the base of the economic pyramid.
Mission
To deploy needed financial and human resources to high impact social ventures addressing the needs of large, underserved populations.
"The Lemelson Recognition and Mentoring Programme (L-RAMP) recognises, connects, mentors and funds ideas that seek to serve the rural poor, with a focus on ideas in agriculture, water, energy and dairy. We support innovations right from the idea stage and incubate them till they enter the market. "