Articles by Francisco Noguera
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Monday
November 10
2008NextBillion at the Net Impact North America Conference: Preview
NextBillion returns this year to Net Impact’s annual conference, which this time will be held in Philadelphia at Penn’s Wharton School of Business. Titled The Sustainable Advantage: Creating Environmental and Social Value,?it will be Net Impact’s largest conference up to date with...
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Wednesday
November 5
2008Job: Research Internship at E+Co
Position: Research InternLocation: Amsterdam or Bloomfield, NJOrganization: E+Co, a non-profit investment firm focusing on clean energy enterprises in developing countries, is seeking a qualified graduate level (Masters) student for research and writing assignments. The internship will last...
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Friday
October 31
2008Better by Design Conference Next Week: You Should Try to Make It to Providence
If you’re interested in the power of design and design thinking to address the challenges of poverty and environmental degradation, please read on. If, on top of it, your schedule is open for next weekend and your budget allows you to, book a ticket to Providence and?grab a seat at?the...
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Wednesday
October 29
2008Guest Post: Is Base of the Pyramid Work Relevant to Rich Countries?
Guest blogger Bill Kramer is principal of The Global Challenge Network, LLC, an executive education and training company. From 2001 through mid-2007, he worked on pro-poor business strategies with WRI. Previously, Bill founded a non-profit focusing on the relationship of knowledge to economic...
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Monday
October 27
2008Guest Post: Silver Lining to the Financial Meltdown?
Guest blogger Bill Kramer is principal of The Global Challenge Network, LLC, an executive education and training company. From 2001 through mid-2007, he worked on pro-poor business strategies with WRI. Previously, Bill founded a non-profit focusing on the relationship of knowledge to economic...
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Friday
October 24
2008Web 2.0 Ventures Reaching Out to the Base of the Pyramid
As the week winds down I wanted to share a note?about a couple of interesting Web 2.0 ventures relevant to the base of the pyramid community. Two social networks have launched recently, aiming to connecting people and ideas around the role of business and entrepreneurship against poverty and...
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Friday
October 17
2008Social Capital Markets: Roxanne Miller on New African Capital
Guest blogger Roxanne Miller is a 2nd-year MBA student at the Haas School of Business at UC Berkeley, focusing her studies on the intersection of international development, social enterprise and technology.? She spent this past summer interning at Unitus and working on an ICTD health care...
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Thursday
October 16
2008Social Capital Markets: Charlene Chen on “Innovative Ways to Invest”
Guest blogger Charlene Chen is a 2nd-year MBA at the Haas School of Business at UC Berkeley, with a focus on international development through ICT and social entrepreneurship. She spent this past summer working in SME development at an internet services provider in Ghana. Prior to Haas, she...
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