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Solving Infant Mortality with Social Entrepreneurship

Solving Infant Mortality with Social Entrepreneurship

FromInside Social Innovation


Solving Infant Mortality with Social Entrepreneurship

FromInside Social Innovation

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Length:
31 minutes
Released:
Aug 8, 2011
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Four million babies die every year simply due to an inability to maintain their own body temperature. Incubators can save lives, but traditionally cost up to $20,000 and require a constant supply of electricity—prohibitive demands in many parts of the developing world. Leveraging the power of social entrepreneurship, Jane Chen and a team of her Stanford Graduate School of Business classmates developed Embrace, a portable and electricity-free alternative sold at about 0.1% of the cost of current incubators. In this audio lecture Chen discusses the challenges and rewards of the development process, and shares her insights on the attitudes that allow entrepreneurs to find success. Jane Chen was speaking as part of the annual Women in Management banquet organized by the Stanford Business School Alumni Association. https://ssir.org/podcasts/entry/jane_chen_solving_infant_mortality_with_social_entrepreneurship
Released:
Aug 8, 2011
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

Social entrepreneurs and leaders from business, government, philanthropy, and the nonprofit sector discuss how they are confronting today’s most pressing challenges. From Stanford Social Innovation Review