Articles by Rob Katz
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Wednesday
March 26
20082008 Skoll World Forum Preview
I like late March. Here in New York - and in Washington, where I used to live - late March is when spring starts to take hold, bringing longer, warmer days. It’s also when the annual Skoll World Forum takes place, bringing a breath of fresh air to cloudy, rainy England (apologies for the...
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Monday
March 24
2008Using Microfinance to Bring Safe Drinking Water to Rural India
Guest blogger Mallika Ahluwalia works for ACCESS Development Services, an Indian firm providing inclusive and innovative livelihood solutions enabling the poor to ovecome poverty and live with dignity. By Mallika AhluwaliaYakalakshmi lives in Nekkunda village, part of the Telengana region...
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Friday
March 21
2008For-Profit, Non-Profit or Both: The Funding Gap
When talking with people inside the “base of the pyramid” (BoP) community, I often hear strong opinions about how BoP ventures should be set up.? Some people strongly support registering these ventures as for-profit entities, while others maintain that BoP activities can start out as...
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Thursday
March 20
2008Reminder: Piramal Prize – $25k for Healthcare Innovations
Back in December, we wrote about the new Piramal Prize for healthcare innovations.? Now, the deadline is just twelve days away...but there is still time to submit a winning entry.? See below for the details. ---------- Anand Shah, CEO of the Piramal Foundation and a NextBillion reader,...
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Friday
March 7
2008Don’t Wait for the Rain: Social Marketing for KickStart’s MoneyMaker
NextBillion ally Cat Laine - editor of the excellent AIDG blog - posted a fantastic social marketing video earlier this week that I just had the chance to look at today. Entitled Don’t Wait for the Rain, the video features Maasai rap artist Mr. Ebbo alongside actors portraying the...
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Thursday
March 6
2008BoP Protocol Releases 2nd Edition
What does a next-generation BoP strategy look like?? How do large companies work effectively (and profitably) with the BoP?? What have we learned in the years since Stuart Hart and C.K. Prahalad published their s+b article, Fortune at the Bottom of the Pyramid?If you’re looking for...
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Tuesday
March 4
2008Kenya Stories – Africa IS Open for Business
NextBillion ally Bill Stevenson - who blogs for Lenovo at The Heart of Business - pointed me to a 6-minute CNN story about a recent TechnoServe business plan competition in Kenya.? Entitled “Believe, Begin, Become,” the competition’s initial 5,000 applicants were whittled down to...
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Tuesday
February 19
2008Guest Post: President Bush Visits A to Z in Tanzania
Guest blogger Brian Trelstad is the Chief Investment Officer of Acumen Fund, a non-profit global venture fund serving the 4 billion people living on less than $4 a day. Before joining Acumen Fund, Brian Trelstad spent four years at McKinsey & Company as a consultant in the healthcare and...
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