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- Internet
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's much easier for people to compare wages or identify bad employers or discuss bad labor practices in the Internet economy than it was in, say, a factory environment, where that stuff wasn't usually published or available.
- Happy
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- Nov 07, 2020
A lot of people are happy to give money to charities but are wary of giving through taxes because they feel it doesn't produce any value.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
I wish the city of San Francisco, bastion of liberalism, were more innovative when it comes to how to spread the wealth.
- Poverty
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- Nov 07, 2020
Handouts are not going to end global poverty, but work - real work - just might.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
My mom was a big feminist, and when I was growing up, I wasn't allowed to have typical girl toys: she did not let me have dolls. Barbies were banned in our household. She read feminist books to me; my mom was a major feminist.
- Care
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- Nov 07, 2020
I always loved fashion and clothes. Not because I think that's a woman's place, but because I care about aesthetics. I like art; I like going to art museums, and to me, these things are just manifestations of one's aesthetic sense.
- Leadership
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think people are hungry for new ideas and leadership in the world of poverty alleviation. Most development programs are started and led by people with Ph.Ds in economics or policy. Samasource is part of a cadre of younger organizations headed by entrepreneurs from non-traditional backgrounds.
- Humanity
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- Nov 07, 2020
Every woman that dies or loses her baby on a threadbare cot in the heart of Uganda, while her sisters on the other side of the world enjoy first-class care, is a threat to our collective humanity.
- Being
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- Nov 07, 2020
In order to thrive in the 21st century, you have to be a savvy citizen of the digital economy or risk being left behind.
- New
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- Nov 07, 2020
At Samasource, a company I founded in 2008, we train people living in poverty from Kenya to California to develop and market 21st century digital skills to adapt to new economic realities.
- Kid
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- Nov 07, 2020
Barbies were banned at our house, along with television other than PBS. As a kid, I found this horribly embarrassing.
- Day
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'd worked at the World Bank briefly as an undergrad and studied poverty levels around the world - particularly those earning less than $1.25 a day.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Impact sourcing, a new initiative piloted by the Rockefeller Foundation and several key partners, including my company Samasource, promises to connect poor and marginalized people to digital jobs on a massive scale.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I founded Samasource because I was frustrated by traditional approaches to poverty alleviation. Even those approaches focused on jobs often equip poor people with skills for which there is little market demand.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I believe there is no other way to create decent livelihoods for the world's poorest people than to connect them to global markets as producers, and on fair terms.
- Family
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- Nov 07, 2020
We know what happens when a woman earns money. She is far more likely than a man to spend her earnings on the health and education of her children and to invest in improving her family's standard of living.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Much like the opportunities that factory work provided for working-class Americans in the last century, microwork will provide opportunities for marginalized people in this one. All they really need is basic literacy, a cheap computer, and an internet hookup.
- My Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
Migration is the story of my life: my parents and grandparents journeyed across four continents to flee war and find jobs, eventually finding their way to the U.S.
- History
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- Nov 07, 2020
Often, we think that things are the way they are because of intelligent design - because somebody super-smart, or some group of academics, came up with the best system ever to do XYZ. Actually, things are often the way they are because of an accident of history.
- Government
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- Nov 07, 2020
So often, we leave the selfless side of ourselves for nights and weekends, for our charity work. It is our duty to inject that into our day-to-day business, into the work that we do, to improve corporations, to improve civil society, and to improve government.
- Most
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- Nov 07, 2020
Most philanthropists want to be effective altruists. But the problem isn't intention: it's measurement. Unlike financial investing, which has reporting standards, audit processes, and educational requirements, social investing is notoriously tricky to evaluate.
- Most
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- Nov 07, 2020
Most of us working on poverty alleviation simply want to know, 'How much poverty can I reduce for every dollar I donate?'
- Charity
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- Nov 07, 2020
Social business lies in the spectrum of possibility between the traditional, profit-maximizing business, which directs little to no profit to doing good, and the traditional charity, which relies mostly on donations to sustain itself.
- Moving
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- Nov 07, 2020
Samasource's largest clients are technology companies such as Microsoft, Google, Getty Images, and TripAdvisor, which contract with my company rather than a traditional outsourcing company in order to participate in 'impact sourcing' - conscious efforts to reduce poverty by moving money into places that need it.
- Meaning
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- Nov 07, 2020
My personal style comes from jugaad, a Hindi word meaning doing more with less.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
Bling is passe, and I like my style to reflect just that. Ruthless editing defines true style perfectly.
- Meetings
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- Nov 07, 2020
I own a shameless number of ethnic necklaces acquired at local markets in developing countries or inherited from my grandmother. These have seen me through meetings in Davos and visits to refugee camps.
- Poor
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- Nov 07, 2020
The core concept of Samasource is essentially that technology helps us unlock human talent wherever it may happen to reside. That we should no longer be victims of the birth lottery. That no one should be stuck in a poor place where they don't have a job simply because of an accident of birth.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
The best way to end poverty is to simply give people work, which isn't considered 'sexy' among donors who want to fund a preschool or cure a disease.
- Technology
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- Nov 07, 2020
Technology is a tough realm to navigate as a younger woman who is not married. It can be hard to cultivate professional relationships because you have to be conscious of how to engage potential investors.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
We have people from places like Oracle, Microsoft, Intuit. Sama plays a huge role in why people leave lucrative careers to join a social enterprise.
- Helpful
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's really helpful to be physically engaged in something that's completely different from my day-to-day work.
- Father
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- Nov 07, 2020
I used to think that the worst form of discrimination for women was being hit on or hearing something disparaging. What's even more challenging for young women is a very senior male who will take an interest in you, who see themselves as father figures or mentors.
- Job
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- Nov 07, 2020
I used to think my job as a CEO meant managing metrics and meeting goals, but I've realised now that's it's about managing my board and employees.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
True leadership isn't about having an idea. It's about having an idea and recruiting other people to execute on this vision.
- History
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- Nov 07, 2020
I really love travelling to places where I get to learn something new about a new group of people or a new place. Learn some history, contemplate some business ideas, and sort of get off the beaten track a little bit.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think what travelling has done for me and for many generations of my family - my grandmother was a great example - it's really highlighted for me how similar we all are and how many values we all share as people on this planet.
- Family
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think the philosophy that you have to have if you travel frequently is, stuff is just stuff. Even if it has some sentimental or family connection, if you lose it in the world, it's still just a thing, and I think if you don't have that attitude, you will get incredibly stressed out and not enjoy your travels.
- Chance
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- Nov 07, 2020
Sama means 'equal' in Sanskrit; I chose 'Samasource' because I thought it really reflected a value that I had and that I wanted the company to have, which is that everyone has equal capabilities and deserves an equal chance.
- Community
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm the founder and CEO of Sama Group, a family of social enterprises - Samasource, Samahope and SamaUSA - that are working to alleviate poverty by connecting the global community to opportunity in sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia, the Caribbean and here in the U.S.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I love adventure. When I'm not working or on the road, you can find me in my favorite spots around the Mission neighborhood of S.F., kitesurfing in the Bay or dancing.
- Dancing
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- Nov 07, 2020
I love dancing and practiced ballet for ten years until I realized I wouldn't make it professionally - then I started taking salsa classes. I learned to dance samba in Rio and Salvador when I lived in Brazil.
- Morning
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- Nov 07, 2020
Dancing is my therapy. I also try to meditate every morning and take several two-hour yoga classes a week at my favorite yoga studio, Urban Flow.
- Job
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- Nov 07, 2020
The more time I spent in developing countries, and the more time I spent talking to poor people, I realized what they want more than anything is a good job.
- Harness
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- Nov 07, 2020