Kickstart International and the Kickstart Moneymaker

I’m really fascinated by the Kickstart story, including their product the Kickstart Moneymaker. I thought I would include some great quotes from Nick Moon’s article in Design for the Other 90 Percent which has great solutions for the base of the pyramid:

“When people invest in themselves and their own futures, they have full ownership of their success, and that creates dignity.”

“Measuring real impact or outcome is where many would be social entrepreneurs fail. The number of products you have sold or distributed tells the world nothing.”

“Wholesalers and middlemen move these goods from factory to marketplace.”

“Kickstart spends about $250 of donor funds to take an average family out of poverty, whereas a traditional aid program claims on its website to do the same for $2,750.”

Kickstart won Fast Company’s Top 50 Social Capitalist awards and profiled in a PBS documentary on the rise of social entrepreneurship called New Heros.

What social entrepreneur story inspires you?