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01 Jun 2017


Starting Lineup: Values Proposition

From planting trees in India to building health care tech in Boston, a few of the alumni-founded social enterprises that are doing well by doing good
Re: Amrita Saigal (MBA 2014); Lissy Hu (MBA 2013); Kimberly Jung (MBA 2015); Pradip Shah (MBA 1981); Karan Shah (MBA 2015)

Topics: Entrepreneurship-Social EntrepreneurshipSociety-Social IssuesEnvironment-Environmental SustainabilityHealth-Health Care and Treatment
01 Jun 2017


Starting Lineup: Values Proposition

From planting trees in India to building health care tech in Boston, a few of the alumni-founded social enterprises that are doing well by doing good
Re: Amrita Saigal (MBA 2014); Lissy Hu (MBA 2013); Kimberly Jung (MBA 2015); Pradip Shah (MBA 1981); Karan Shah (MBA 2015)

Topics: Entrepreneurship-Social EntrepreneurshipSociety-Social IssuesEnvironment-Environmental SustainabilityHealth-Health Care and Treatment
01 Jun 2017

Starting Lineup: Values Proposition

From planting trees in India to building health care tech in Boston, a few of the alumni-founded social enterprises that are doing well by doing good
Re: Amrita Saigal (MBA 2014); Lissy Hu (MBA 2013); Kimberly Jung (MBA 2015); Pradip Shah (MBA 1981); Karan Shah (MBA 2015)
Topics: Entrepreneurship-Social EntrepreneurshipSociety-Social IssuesEnvironment-Environmental SustainabilityHealth-Health Care and Treatment
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The Company The Leadership The Pitch       The News
Saathi Cofounder and CFO Amrita Saigal (MBA 2014);
Founded 2015
Almost 3 million women in India don’t have access to sanitary pads. Saathi’s environmentally friendly pads, made from banana fiber and produced in India, are designed to be inexpensive and widely available. Saathi, the winner of the 2014 HBS New Venture Competition in the social enterprise track, began distribution in 2016 and launched its #OneMillionPads program to donate pads to the women of rural Jharkhand.
CarePort Cofounder and CEO Lissy Hu (MBA/MD 2014);
Founded 2012
Eight out of ten patients discharged from the hospital need additional care. CarePort’s technology assists with planning and managing this post-acute care. The winner of the 2012 HBS New Venture Competition in the social enterprise track, Boston-based CarePort was recently acquired by publicly traded health care IT company Allscripts.
Rumi Spice Cofounder and CEO Kimberly Jung (MBA 2015);
Founded 2014
With the goal of spurring development in rural Afghanistan, Rumi works with 80-plus farmers and hundreds of saffron processors to produce and market the world’s most expensive spice. Rumi Spice saffron is now in top restaurant kitchens, on the shelves at luxury grocers, and in the recipes of meal-delivery company Blue Apron.
Grow-Trees Cofounders and directors Pradip Shah (MBA 1981) and his son, Karan Shah (MBA 2015);
Founded 2010
A green alternative to greeting cards, Grow-Trees sends an e-card and plants and maintains trees in India in honor of special occasions (or to offset your carbon footprint). In six years, Grow-Trees has reforested more than 4,000 acres of land in eight Indian states.
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