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“Netexplorateurs of the Year” Award

February 5, 2010 in Other by ricky

Samasource and Crowdflower received the “Netexplorateurs of the Year” Award for their GiveWork iPhone application at the French Senate in Paris today.  This award is conferred on the most promising digital initiatives each year; in previous years, Twitter and the Dutch augmented reality application Layar were recognized.
Samasource and CrowdFlower were covered on the French news [...]

Lloyd Taylor – Newest Samasource Board Member

January 22, 2010 in Other by chelsea

We are thrilled to have Lloyd Taylor on our Board! He brings a great deal of experience from his time at LinkedIn where he scaled their infrastructure to support their rapid growth to developing an infinitely scalable global physical infrastructure for Google’s server farms. We are very lucky to have his input and [...]

A Parisian in Nairobi – Part 2

December 31, 2009 in Africa, Facebook, Nonprofits, Other, Social Enterprise, Stories, Technology by Laetitia

Nairobi is the largest and most modern city in East Africa. It is growing very fast and is the center for many organizations and businesses in the region. Though the word Nairobi means “Place of cool water” for Masaii people, it is not the case this month (November ’09). In fact, the current drought striking [...]

A Parisian in Nairobi – Samasource’s first Fellow

October 29, 2009 in Africa, Other, Stories by Laetitia

When arriving in Nairobi, one can quickly feel stifled by people, noise, pollution, so the charm of the city is not obvious at first. This city is like a whirlwind that can be stunning. But after the first shockwave, one gets used to this environment and appreciates the kind of life Nairobi has to offer.
I [...]

Doing Business for Good: Moving Beyond the for-profit and non-profit models

August 17, 2009 in Other by Paul Zaich

I first heard about social businesses and social entrepreneurship in a seminar at the Stanford GSB three years ago. At the time, it seemed like an interesting concept but was not something I gave much further thought.
Then last summer I spend five weeks in South Africa and had the privilege of speaking with many of [...]

Rethinking Outsourcing

May 15, 2009 in Nonprofits, Other by admin

I thought I’d share an Op-Ed I wrote that was published in The Star, a Malaysian newspaper, on Tuesday this week — it’s called Rethinking Outsourcing.
A positive social label could do much to change consumer perceptions of outsourcing to poor regions
IT’S a tough time for the outsourcing industry – 69% of Americans think outsourcing hurts [...]

My Experience with Samasource

March 31, 2009 in Nonprofits, Other, Outsourcing, Social Enterprise by Maria

I am a very optimistic person, optimistic to the point where most think I’m a little crazy. I have tried the “In a mad world, it’s only the mad that are considered sane” approach to assuage my need to fit in with the mostly glass-half-empty lot that most of my acquaintances are, but, it doesn’t [...]

Samasource featured in the Stanford Daily

January 27, 2009 in Other by leila

A reporter from the Daily discussed Samasource in her piece on the Social E Challenge Business Plan competition, published on the front page of today’s paper.
Check out the coverage here: http://www.stanforddaily.com/cgi-bin/?p=2268.

Samasource’s Preciss International on CNBC TV

January 26, 2009 in Other by leila

This morning, I came across this CNBC interview of Mugure Mugo, the Kenyan owner of Preciss International, one of our pilot firms in Nairobi:

Satyam Fraud Will Encourage New Outsourcing Models

January 7, 2009 in Other by leila

The New York Times reported today that Ramalinga Raju, chairman of Indian outsourcing giant Satyam Computer Services, falsified the company’s accounts, reporting over $1 billion of nonexistent assets in the second quarter of last year. (Read the full article here.)
While some analaysts warned clients (which have included several Fortune 500 companies, the US government, and [...]