Articles by Jona Repishti
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Guest Articles
Wednesday
July 8
2020Who Should Get COVID-19 Funding? How MIT D-Lab’s ‘Urgency Index’ is Helping it Deploy Grants to the Entrepreneurs Who Need Them Most
Entrepreneurs in emerging markets face unprecedented challenges during COVID-19, and there are many organizations working to support them. But as Jona Repishti at MIT D-Lab and Sagar Tandon at Moonshot Ventures explain, it can be hard to determine which of these enterprises are most in need. They explore the process that D-Lab's Bridge fund uses to target its grants for maximum impact.
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- Coronavirus, Entrepreneurship, Investing
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Friday
December 30
2016Most Influential Post Winner: Finding the Right Last-Mile Distribution Model
This post, which addresses a recent effort to share what works and doesn't work in bringing market-driven solutions to base-of-the-pyramid customers, was the most popular NextBillion article in September. That earned it a place in our annual Most Influential Post contest. You can vote for it, or any of the other 11 contenders, through Jan. 2. The winner will be announced on Jan. 4.
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- Education, Entrepreneurship
