Ashoka’s Early Years
The first country Bill Drayton first establish Ashoka was Indonesia?
TRUE OR FALSE
False, India
Ashoka’s main goal is to find and support people who want to make this
Social change/innovation?
What was the first big obstacle for Ashoka in Indonesia?
Government approval
The first “blue-chip” foundation to support Ashoka was this foundation, which helped make it safer for other funders.
Rockefeller Brothers Fund
Who started Ashoka?
Bill Drayton
In 1982, Drayton traveled to this country to begin Ashoka’s second-country launch.
Indonesia
Is Askoka's main goal to invest in a individual or a group/company?
Individual
Drayton believed innovation comes from people with a strong
Mission/Passion
Ashoka’s funding helps people, not their.......
project or company?
Ashoka had to be extra careful operating in Indonesia because it was ruled by.......
A dictatorship
If Suharto is said (DOUBLE!!!!)
Ashoka’s guiding principle in riskier countries, like Indonesia under Suharto, was this simple phrase.
“Do no harm”
Drayton called the people he supports idea.......
champions
Why did Ashoka have to go slowly when finding fellows?
Because they wanted the right people.
Stipends were meant to last long enough for fellows to do this.
launch and begin marketing their ideas
Social entrepreneurs supported by Ashoka often felt ______ before joining the program.
Lonely or isolated.
Ashoka’s fellows received these payments to cover personal expenses and help them focus full-time on their ideas.
Stipends
Social entrepreneurs help solve problems in areas like environment, health, and this.
Education
Drayton traveled many months each year to do this important task.
Find and interview Idea Champions
The MacArthur Fellowship awarded to Drayton was worth this amount over five years allowed Ashoka to breakthrough.
$200,000
Ashoka looks for people with new ideas and lots of this.
creativity or perseverance
Ashoka avoids using words like “grant” or “donor” because they might make people feel this way.
Uncomfortable or not trusted in Ashoka
Ashoka placed this many restrictions on how fellows used their stipends.
None
Ashoka expanded into Brazil during a time when the country was becoming more.....
Democratic
Ashoka’s strategy of supporting fellows with stipends was meant to prevent them from creating institutions that were not this.
Financially Realistic
Peter Goldmark’s support from this foundation helped reduce the perceived risk for other funders?
Rockefeller Brothers Fund