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4th March 2021 Breaking through the sometimes mystifying language of impact measurement and management is a challenge, but a project run by Social Value UK and an accelerator for Indonesian social enterprises has proved a success. A 21st century economic success story, Indonesia has seen a surge in economic activity resulting in a quadrupling of its per capita GDP between 2000 and 2019. However, it’s fair to say that this has not been a tide to float all boats. According to the World Bank and NGOs like Human Rights Watch, almost 10% of the country’s 264 million residents live below the po...

Second Wave: Meet the 11 startups picked for Washington state’s maritime accelerator February 24, 2021 at 9:13 am A rendering of the new Maritime Innovation Center in the Fishermen’s Terminal, near Seattle’s Ballard neighborhood. (Port of Seattle Image) The Port of Seattle and non-profit strategic alliance Washington Maritime Blue continue efforts to merge the region’s longstanding maritime heritage with the modern innovation economy as they launched a new startup accelerator cohort last month. The maritime accelerator program first launched at the beginning of 2020 in partnership wit...