Articles by Al Hammond
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Tuesday
April 20
2010Remembering CK Prahalad – In Appreciation
To those of us fortunate to know him, CK Prahalad’s death is both unexpected and a huge personal loss. He was so vital, so full of creative energy, that it seems hard to believe he is not still here, brimming with new ideas, backed by a diagram and compelling anecdote.
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Thursday
December 3
2009From the Field, Part 5: The Launch and Seeing the Vision Become Flesh
The formal launch was perhaps the most difficult part of the journey so far. Because both the Governor of the State and the Finance Minister were coming, the local political officials were determined that everything should be perfect.
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Wednesday
December 2
2009Notes from the Field, Part 4: A Hybrid Approach to Building a Company
Building a new venture from scratch often takes a lot of time. Operating in a rural area with imperfect infrastructure only makes it harder. But we were able to leverage the existing field force of our Indian partner to begin construction of our healthpoint units almost immediately after incorporation.
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Tuesday
December 1
2009Notes from the Field, Part 3: The Money Chase
When BOP entrepreneurs share war stories, they are inevitably about raising money. And I’m often asked, how do you do it? So here in brief are my experiences in raising money for our rural healthcare venture, which now has 3 operating E Health Points in rural Punjab, India.
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Monday
July 27
2009Notes From the Field: The Future of Healthcare Part II
Last week, I stood in a room in India where perhaps 15 women in clean-room garb were assembling point-of-use rapid diagnostic kits. These were pregnancy tests, but the company makes similar diagnostic kits for malaria, dengue, hepatitis, HIV, glucose levels, etc.; more than 30 in all. But that’s only part of the story.
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Wednesday
April 22
2009A Must Read!
"Emerging Markets, Emerging Models", the report on BOP entrepreneurship from Monitor Group, is probably the most important new study in the last couple of years. It is based on some intensive original research and focused on the key question: why haven’t most BOP efforts scaled?
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Friday
February 6
2009Notes From the Field: I have seen the future of healthcare
Editor’s note: Al Hammond, entrepreneur in residence at Ashoka, will write a series of reports documenting his experiences and the learning involved in started a "base of the pyramid"; (BoP) healthcare venture to serve developing countries. This is his first report in the...
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Monday
November 17
2008Tech Awards 2008: Silicon Valley Turns to Technologies that Benefit the World’s Poorest Citizens
I had the opportunity to attend the Tech Museum Awards ceremony last week in San Jose, California. ?What’s interesting about this annual event is not just the social entrepreneurs and their sometimes quite remarkable innovations, but also the way Silicon Valley turns out to honor them and,...
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