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== '''VisionSpring''' ==

VisionSpring, formerly Scojo Foundation, is a social enterprise founded by Jordan Kassalow and Scott Berrie in 2001, a year after Kassalow co-founded Scojo Vision LLC, a designer and distributor of high-end reading glasses. <ref>http://www.draperrichards.org/fellows/visionspring.html</ref>


(contracted; show full)and effectiveness which in turn increase their income with improved vision. Vision entrepreneurs are empowered with a job that sustains a livelihood though the sales of the glasses. These caused an aggregate increment in the nations’ [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gross_domestic_product| GDP]. Studies have shown that VisionSpring has increased the earnings of an average customer by $106 and generated $38million in economic growth. <ref>http://www.acumenfund.org/investment/visionspring.html</ref>
By 2007, Scojo's "India programme has become the organization’s largest and fastest-growing, training more than 450 Vision Entrepreneurs and selling more than $100,000 worth of glasses." <ref>Dan L. (2007). "Microfranchising: using markets, community to cure illness, poverty" ''Mint''</ref>


The success of VisionSpring’s capitalistic and philanthropic operation has been used as a learning example and role model for social enterprises. Stanford Social Innovation Review <ref>http://www.ssireview.org/articles/entry/freeing_the_social_entrepreneur/</ref>, Handbook of Research on Social Entrepreneurship <ref>Fayolle, A(ed.), Matlay, H(ed.) (2011) ''Handbook of Research on Social Entrepreneurship.'' Edward Elgar Publishing Limited, UK</ref> and Next Gene(contracted; show full)


The Vision Entrepreneurs, who will conduct eyesight screening, are trained shortly within 3 days, the reliability of their assessment skills can be questioned. <ref>http://inspiredeconomist.com/2011/08/31/visionspring-a-model-toms-shoes-would-be-wise-to-adopt/</ref>

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