Tag: Gary White

Why this KC social entrepreneur pivoted from drilling wells with Matt Damon to tapping micro-loans for water projects

By Tommy Felts / February 28, 2024

Identifying unmet needs is just as critical for social entrepreneurs as their counterparts at more traditional for-profit ventures, said Gary White, explaining how Water.org needed to find its missing piece to truly tap the non-profit’s potential. “Go after those unique insights at the intersection of a great social gain and a market,” said White, offering…

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Gary White, Water.org; courtesy of the Robert J. Trulaske, Sr. College of Business, University of Missouri

KC-based Water.org fills need with focus on poverty as a market to be served

By Tommy Felts / September 26, 2019

When philanthropy is used to correct a market failure, there is potential for profit, said Gary White, co-founder and CEO of Water.org. “The poor should not necessarily be seen as a problem to be solved but a market to be served,” White told a recent crowd at the University of Missouri, highlighting the importance of…

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Kansas City’s ‘Bean Baron’ brews entrepreneur of the year award

By Tommy Felts / November 17, 2015

Kansas City’s so-called “Bean Baron” was recently named a top entrepreneur in the region.  The University of Missouri-Kansas City Bloch School on Monday dubbed Roasterie founder Danny O’Neill as the Regional Entrepreneur of the Year. O’Neill, who launched the specialty coffee producer in 1993, accepted the award Monday evening as part of a Global Entrepreneurship Week…

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