Articles by Josh Cleveland
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Monday
October 4
2010BoP Career Paths: Interview with Peter Frykman, Driptech CEO & Founder
In this series, NextBillion brings you Base of the Pyramid career path stories and best practices from across the BoP industry spectrum. Today we speak with Peter Frykman, founder and CEO of Driptech, an innovative company that creates ?extremely affordable, water-efficient irrigation solutions for small-plot farmers in developing nations.?
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- Agriculture
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Thursday
September 30
2010Countdown to SOCAP: Beyond Innovation
Root Capital is pioneering a model for value chain finance and agricultural lending, mainly in the sustainable natural products space. In a pre-SOCAP conversation, founder William Foote shared with us what’s next for the organization.
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Wednesday
September 29
2010Countdown to SOCAP: The Fastest Growing Industries and Markets
This post, featuring a conversation with Dalberg’s Shashi Buluswar, is the first in a series that will leading to and cover the third Social Capital Markets Conference - SOCAP. NextBillion is a media partner to SOCAP.
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Wednesday
August 25
2010The Future of Microfranchise: An Interview with Deborah Burand
This post is second to last in a series focused on microfranchising. It focuses on the recent insights from a study conducted for the Omidyar Network by Deborah Burand of the University of Michigan.
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Wednesday
August 18
2010The Future of Microfranchise: The State of the Field
This article is the first of a series that I will write, adding to that written by Ayllu and which will be included in an upcoming e-book that will focus on the emerging topic of microfranchise.
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Tuesday
May 4
2010Corporate Engagement and Building Effective Partnerships with BoP Organizations
I highlighted the potential for big change from projects initiated by passionate employees (social intrapreneurs) involving their organization in a deep, meaningful way in Base of the Pyramid markets. This article dives deeper into this subject, and suggests four principles to guide how you go about developing these partnerships.
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- Education
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- academia, partnerships
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Tuesday
April 6
2010BoP Career Paths: Interview with Agnes Dasewicz of the Grassroots Business Fund
Today’s BoP Career Path Series post features an interview with Agnes Dasewicz, Chief Operating Officer at the Grassroots Business Fund; an organization providing financing and technical assistance to high-impact enterprises at the BoP. Let’s see what Agnes had to say about the skills necessary to meet the demands of structuring BoP investments.
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Wednesday
March 3
2010BoP Career Paths: Interview with Chris Laurent of MicroVest
In this series, NextBillion brings you Baase of the Pyramid career path stories and best practices from across the BoP industry spectrum. Today’s post features an interview with Chris Laurent, Business Development Officer at MicroVest; a capital-mobilizing intermediary for microfinance institutions.
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