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Entrepreneur vs. Intrepreneur

Entrepreneur vs. Intrepreneur What can social intrapreneurs learn from social entrepreneurs? Wikipedia Definition:- Entrepreneur : operates a business or businesses, taking on financial risk to do so Intrapreneur : is the act of behaving like an entrepreneur while working within a large organization Although the "new" word "Intrapreneur" is derived from the word "Entrepreneur" and the difference in wording seems slight, from E to I . In reality the two, Entrepreneur and Intrepreneur, are two very different individuals. More like "chalk and cheese" or oil and water" or “fish and bird” and both speak different languages. Just because there is this “new title” for a “new product manager” namely " Intrapreneur” the individual is still a corporate thinking mind earning a pay packet. Whereas the true Entrepreneur takes on the financial risk. Because some fish fly and some birds swim does not make the bird a fish or the fish a b...
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Create Employment | Job Creation | Skills development

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Create Employment Job Creation Skills development Create Employment Job Creation Skills development = Train the unemployed to build for the homeless moladi Construction Technology has truly come full circle 1986 – Plastic formwork designed and patented 1991 – Winner of the PRW Awards Birmingham UK - Link 1997 - Winner of the SABS Design for Development - South African Bureau of Standards 2006 – Award winner of the NHBRC ABSA Innovative Housing Competition - Link 2009 - Science and Technologies Best Man 2009 - Link 2010 - Employ local unemployed to build classrooms - Sowetan 2010 - UNDP, Growing Inclusive Markets Case Study, addressing the Millennium Development Goals - United Nations Development Programme 2010 - moladi Botswana - Link 2010 – moladi Tanzania – Link 2011 – Exhibit at Smithsonian's Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum, United Nations in New York - Rockefeller Foundation - Design for the other 90% moladi Classroom Construction moladi - Toilet str...
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Housing construction costs in Yemen: Affordability & Purchasing Power - Middle East News

Housing construction costs in Yemen: Affordability & Purchasing Power - Middle East News : The substantial problem of a housing shortage is becoming an enduring feature in Yemen. All the same, the response to housing needs was hasty. Construction projects were executed using inappropriate and costly construction and design practices resulting in low-quality housing, causing further escalation in construction and housing costs to prices beyond the financial reach of the majority of the population in Yemen. A report by Dr. Basel Sultan.Improving the construction and housing sector is essential for several reasons. First for economic reasons, the performance of the construction & housing sector has a considerable influence on the overall economy where it contributes seven to 15 percent of the Gross National Product (GNP). Secondly, for social reasons, because housing is a basic human need. Third, for environmental reasons in order to reduce the consumption of resources, especially...
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Brick and Mortar vs. Injection Moulded Construction System - moladi

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Brick and Mortar vs. Injection Moulded Construction System - moladi moladi   Construction Process - Video Link Disrupting the Mould DISRUPTING THE MOLD   The inefficiencies of moulding a brick or block in a mould then tasking an artisan to lay them. Then chase the walls for water and electrical services. Then relying on another artisan to plaster the walls. Depending on the skills and ability of artisans to produce a house vs. casting a house in a mould employing unskilled workers – eliminating the need to chase and plaster, in a day, at a known cost. This we refer to as the moladi   "injection moulding construction process".  Future of Construction - World Economic Forum Brick production: Pollution and Carbon emissions - CO2  Brick production: Pollution and Carbon emissions - CO2  Molding or Moulding Process: Molding or moulding is the process of manufacturing by shaping liquid or pliable raw material using a rigid frame called a mold ...
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What is the cost to 3D print a house?

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What is the cost to 3D print a house? What is the cost to 3D print a house or rather the "walls" of a house? What is the cost to 3D print the walls of a house? Whenever there is a post regarding 3D printing of homes, we are tagged by friends and colleagues to respond to the advantages of moladi vs 3D Printing. We therefore want to make it quite clear that this post is published purely to summarise our take on the topic and to have the ability to reference these questions and statements without having to repeat what we see as inherent issues associated with the 3D printing process of houses. All of the numbers used for 3D printing cost purposes are assumed, as these cost are not readily available for the purpose of this cost example. We would invite any 3D printing entity to help with the actual numbers to take any guesswork out of the cost estimation. First 3D printing post in 2017:  3D Printing a house or is it in reality - 3D Printing Walls?    - Link The de...
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