The George Washington University School of Business (GWSB) is earning its place as a leader in sustainability and social innovation by helping to transform our students into leaders of socially responsible business. Alumni are represented in multi-sectoral roles related to furthering social and environmental sustainability, ranging from Fortune 100 companies to government, intergovernmental and nongovernmental organizations. In addition, students have founded their own organizations. Social entrepreneur alumni include:
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Investors Without Borders (www.investorswithoutborders.net) is a private sector, social enterprise designed to fill a key gap in the financial markets of developing countries known as the missing middle. The missing middle consists of small to medium-sized enterprises that are too large for microfinance, but too small to attract the attention of large financial institutions and multi-national corporations. By partnering a local presence with a dynamic, web-based platform, Investors Without Borders (IWB) will remove barriers of access, information, and intermediation for would-be investors across the globe. Individuals will be able to directly fund loan requests of SMEs in developing markets, beginning with firms in Ghana, with online investments as small as $100.
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