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Social Entrepreneurs from GSBI 2008: Meet Neelam Chhiber, from Industree Crafts
The goal: Create economic opportunity for Indian villagers so they can build sustainable livelihoods in their local settings, preserve their traditions and avoid the need to migrate to large urban centers. The means: Industree, a social enterprise that promotes locally owned and operated craft...
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Beyond ?Basic Needs? Business Strategies
In my previous post about Anand Jaiswal?s article, Erik Simanis left a comment adding one more critique to the approach to BoP markets from a producer/consumer framework. In this critique he refers to ?Beyond Basic Needs Business Strategies?, an article he recently co-authored with Stuart...
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This Might Just Be Your BoP Dream Job
Jocelyn Wyatt was.? So were David Lehr and Keely Stevenson.? John Tucker is.? Joel Montgomery is about to be.? Pablo Halkyard might have been; in fact, I might have been also. What the heck am I talking about?? The Acumen Fund Fellows Program, of course. (For the record, Pablo took...
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A Classic Base of the Pyramid Business
The product is something people everywhere need, but is often costly or ? for more than a billion people worldwide ? simply unavailable. It has to be produced locally on a daily basis. And the market price, in rural India, is less than $20 per household per year. An impossible business? I...
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Job: Research Associate, Growing Inclusive Markets
Position: Research Associate / ConsultantLocation: New York City, United States Organization: Growing Inclusive Markets Initiative, United Nations Development Programme.? The new flagship UNDP multi-stakeholder Initiative on “Growing Inclusive Markets” is UNDP’s most visible...
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Social Entrepreneurs from GSBI 2008: Meet Zipporah Ongwenyi, from Binti Africa Foundation
Zipporah is one of the 16 entrepreneurs that took part in this year’s Global Social Benefit Incubator, at Santa Clara University. Her?project is a great?example of how rural communities can be empowered and brought into?the value chain of products that are key to the dignity, health, and...
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Event: How Everyone Can Be a Social Investor
NextBillion ally and friend Kevin Jones passed along word that the Good Business Network is hosting an interesting event next week in San Francisco about social investing and low-income markets.? If you’re in town, be sure to check it out. Event posting: How Everyone Can Be a Social...
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Job: Country Director for New Ventures India
If you?are currently located in/ can re-locate to Hyderabad,?have a strong?interest in the acceleration of sustainable SMEs and their role as a driver for sustainable development, or know someone who?fulfills these characteristics, please read on and see the attached file for a full job...
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