2013《財富》最具影響力的女創業家

利拉?詹納 ? 公司:撒馬源公司 ? 年齡:31歲 2008年,詹納作為顧問與印度達拉維一家呼叫中心的員工進行了交流。達拉維是南亞最大的貧民窟。那名工人說有數以百萬計的無業村民具備有與他一樣的能力。詹納說:“我想:‘有沒有可能利用外包為數十億人每個人帶來幾美元,而不是為少數富人帶去數十億美元?’” 于是,她成立了撒馬源公司(Samasource),用這個高科技平臺幫助貧困的女性和年輕人獲得谷歌(Google)、商務社交媒體公司LinkedIn和微軟(Microsoft)等公司的數字項目。到目前為止,這個非盈利機構已經幫助16,000人脫離了貧困。近期,它還在美國成立了一個國內項目SamaUSA,主要面向居住在舊金山的低收入學生。 |
Leila Janah ? Company: Samasource ? Age: 31 In 2008, Janah talked to a call center worker from Dharavi, India, the largest slum in South Asia, while working as a consultant. The worker said there were millions of unemployed villagers as talented as he was. "I thought, 'What if outsourcing could generate a few dollars for billions of people, rather than billions of dollars for a wealthy few?'" Janah says. She went on to launch Samasource, a tech platform that connects impoverished women and youth with large corporations like Google, LinkedIn, and Microsoft to complete digital projects. To date, the non-profit has helped over 16,000 people rise above the poverty line and it recently launched SamaUSA, a domestic program for low-income students living in San Francisco. |