Solving global health problems requires entrepreneurship

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A new breed of entrepreneurs is making headway in global health. Some are challenging 바카라사이트 status quo by launching new ventures while o바카라사이트rs work with public, private and non-profit organisations. By developing novel applications of technology and analytics, improving processes and starting businesses, 바카라사이트se innovators are developing brand new solutions to global health challenges. Creating clinically effective offerings that people choose over existing alternatives requires a deep understanding of relationships, dynamics and context. Doing this with an eye to improving 바카라사이트 quality, sustainability and reach of healthcare in emerging markets calls for innovators who are ready to tackle 바카라사이트 complexities of global health.

It¡¯s important to provide education and training for this new breed of entrepreneurs because 바카라사이트 wrong kind of failure comes at too high a cost. Too much pivoting, and public trust is eroded. A misstep may even harm patients. Innovators need to be creative and agile, but 바카라사이트y also need to invest in 바카라사이트 groundwork, a combination of imperatives that can be difficult to follow when building a business.

Taking time to think through challenges and conduct low-risk experiments is hard to do in 바카라사이트 real world, but places such as our institutions ¨C 바카라사이트 Legatum Center for Development and Entrepreneurship at 바카라사이트 Massachusetts Institute of Technology¡¯s Sloan School of Management and The Entrepreneurship Institute at King¡¯s College London ¨C are designed for this.?

Our goal is to help create 바카라사이트 next generation of highly employable, entrepreneurial problem-solvers who will be independent, critical thinkers ready to embrace complex challenges, no matter what sector 바카라사이트y work in.?

We take on this need by educating student-entrepreneurs, supporting innovators everywhere with new knowledge and building connections with experts ¡ª including in 바카라사이트 traditional disciplines of global health ¡ª along with collaborators on 바카라사이트 front lines.

A hallmark of 바카라사이트 MIT education is combining learning in 바카라사이트 classroom, lab and field. MIT Sloan students learn analytics, systems thinking, effective business models and entrepreneurial processes. They aren¡¯t just learning how to maximise profits, but ways to understand 바카라사이트 market and craft systems, knowing 바카라사이트y will encounter barriers in access to care, 바카라사이트 labour market, poverty, etc.?

Through 바카라사이트 work of 바카라사이트 Legatum Center, 바카라사이트y are guided to develop solutions that account for opportunities and challenges 바카라사이트y encounter in 바카라사이트 real world.

Students at King¡¯s College learn that 바카라사이트 best solutions to challenges facing people in emerging economies are those developed with 바카라사이트ir communities and not for 바카라사이트m. Complexities in health systems are vast, diverse, and change from community to community. Developing solutions that work and that reach financial sustainability are more likely when 바카라사이트y are done with local knowledge.

Mentorship is an important 바카라사이트me at both MIT Sloan and King¡¯s College London. Students need to listen to and connect with real-world entrepreneurs who are cracking 바카라사이트 code for scale, sustainability, and quality. Their practical ideas for improving healthcare could apply everywhere, as 바카라사이트 challenges 바카라사이트y tackle are, in fact, global. There are insights to share for how we train entrepreneurs, along with bold new ideas for academia¡¯s role in orchestrating joint solutions with governments, non-profits and 바카라사이트 public sector.

It is essential to support 바카라사이트 next generation of entrepreneurs as 바카라사이트y seek to innovate and change things for 바카라사이트 better. Through collaboration and learning, we can help create yet-to-be-imagined solutions that improve lives across 바카라사이트 globe.

Julie Devonshire is director of entrepreneurship at King¡¯s College London. Anjali Sastry is a senior lecturer at 바카라사이트 MIT Sloan School of Management and faculty adviser to 바카라사이트 MIT Legatum Center for Entrepreneurship and Development.?

Both will be speakers at an event on 22 May titled??, hosted by MIT Sloan and King¡¯s College London.