Articles by Rob Katz
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Monday
August 2
2010Transitions in the NextBillion Team: Rob Katz and Acumen Fund
I’m finding it difficult to put the right words on paper today as I seek to let you know about some important transitions on site. Today, I’ll officially transition from my role as a Managing Editor on NextBillion to that of a Staff Writer. Acumen Fund, my employer, transitions from its role as a Managing Partner to that of an Associate Partner.
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Thursday
April 22
2010Remembering CK Prahalad – Collected Thoughts
As an undergraduate summer intern, I helped edit case studies that appear in the appendices of The Fortune at the Bottom of the Pyramid. It was my first exposure to CK Prahalad, and I was lucky. Who else gets to spend their summer editing what would go on to become an influential book by the world’s soon-to-be-named number one management guru?
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Tuesday
April 13
2010ANDE Launches Impact Report and Announces Grants
The Aspen Network of Development Entrepreneurs (ANDE) - now a global network of more than 80 high-profile organizations supporting high-impact entrepreneurship in developing countries - today announced the findings of its 2009 Impact Report. For instance, the report notes that ANDE members have made 2,500 investments totalling $830 million.
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Monday
April 5
2010One Acre Fund: Empowering the One Acre Farmer
I recently had the pleasure to meet Andrew Youn, co-founder of the One Acre Fund. He and his co-founder, Eric Pohlman, generously agreed to an interview. Last week, One Acre Fund named as one of four 2010 Skoll Awardees. Let’s learn more about Andrew, Eric and the social enterprise they’ve dedicated themselves to: One Acre Fund.
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Friday
February 26
2010Kenya Dispatch – M-PESA to the Rescue
Since its introduction in 2006, I have been obsessing over an innovative little cell phone service called M-PESA. Launched by Safaricom ? Vodafone?s subsidiary in East Africa ? the M-PESA service allows Safaricom customers to transfer phone credit wirelessly, through SMS.
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Tuesday
February 23
2010Indicorps Fellowships – Apply by March 1
Question: What do you get when you mix equal parts Mahatma Gandhi, Martin Luther King and John F. Kennedy?Answer: The ideal Indicorps Fellow.
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Monday
February 22
2010Are You Unreasonable? Vote Now!
Were you unreasonable then? If so, then likely you still are. If not, then get with the program! (Just kidding - but seriously - check this out.)Thirty?four young entrepreneurs, hailing from 19 countries are vying for twenty?five spots in a ten?week Boulder?based incubator called the Unreasonable Institute.
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Wednesday
January 27
2010Announcing TechnoServe as a New Partner in NextBillion
We are pleased to announce that TechnoServe has agreed to join the NextBillion community as an Associate Partner. TechnoServe joins World Resources Institute, Acumen Fund and William Davidson Institute as the site’s Partners.
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