Articles by Rob Katz
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Wednesday
August 27
2008Drishtee: Rural Health Franchising
One in eight people on the planet lives in an Indian village. That’s 775 million people, about half of whom live on less than $1 per day.To Drishtee and its founder, Satyan Mishra, these numbers aren’t daunting; rather, they represent an incredible opportunity. Drishtee is franchisor...
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Friday
August 22
2008Cornell Announces Base of the Pyramid Essay Competition
The Center for Sustainable Global Enterprise at Cornell University’s Johnson Graduate School of Management is accepting submissions for its 2008 Base of the Pyramid (BoP) Narrative Competition. This short-essay competition seeks to highlight the challenges of implementing business in...
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Thursday
August 21
2008Social Capital Markets Conference – Early Registration ends 8.25
I first learned of the Social Capital Markets conference from organizer Kevin Jones, a friend whom I’ve often run into at various conferences through the years. Last year, Kevin - a principal at Good Capital - began to think that it was time to break down silos and get various ’social...
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Wednesday
August 20
2008Barefoot Optometry for the Base of the Pyramid: The VisionSpring Interview
Last week, I had the opportunity to sit down with Jordan Kassalow, Graham Macmillan and Miriam Stone ? three staff members at VisionSpring ? to conduct a long-form interview. Formerly known as Scojo Foundation, VisionSpring is the pioneering base of the pyramid-focused enterprise working...
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Tuesday
August 19
2008Roundup: Mobile Phones for Development, SME Outsourcing and More
Things are generally slower in August, as many folks take vacation and less gets done by those who are at the office. (For a refreshing and innovative take on this phenomenon, you might consider Seth Godin’s advice to work like your hair is on fire while the competition sleeps.) For the...
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Friday
August 15
2008Job: Acumen Fund – New York, Pakistan and India Hiring
If you’re in the market for a job in the base-of-the-pyramid space, you might want to check out the five current job openings listed on Acumen Fund’s web site. There are two openings in India, one for a Business Development Manager and the other for a Portfolio Associate.? Both are...
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Monday
August 11
2008Guest Post: What Defines a Base of the Pyramid Business?
Guest blogger Monica Touesnard is the Managing Director of the Base of the Pyramid Learning Lab, a program of the Center for Sustainable Global Enterprise at the Johnson Graduate School of Management at Cornell University. She is currently working to expand the scope and reach of the BoP...
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Friday
August 1
2008Creating a World of Smart Energy: Interview with Kushant Uppal, Intelizon
More than 1.5 billion people in the world live without access to electricity. India alone houses more than 35% of the world’s population without electricity, approximately 579 million people. Kushant Uppal is working to change that. ? After earning a MS and Ph.D. from the University of...
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