Articles by Rob Katz
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Friday
February 15
2008Excerpt: Acumen Fund’s Winter Update
I recently received an e-mail update from Acumen Fund’s CEO, Jacqueline Novogratz.? It is interesting to hear updates from Acumen, whose operations include offices in Pakistan and Kenya - two countries that have been in the news lately for all the wrong reasons.? Often, those of us in...
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Friday
February 15
2008A BoP Energy Source?
Guest blogger Bill Kramer is principal of The Global Challenge Network, LLC, an executive education and training company. From 2001 through mid-2007, he worked on pro-poor business strategies with WRI. Previously, Bill founded a non-profit focusing on the relationship of knowledge to economic...
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Thursday
February 14
2008Sun Microsystems’ CEO Schwartz on Emerging Markets and the BoP
I had an interesting meeting today, during which one of the people I was speaking with brought up a talk given by Jonathan Schwartz last August. Schwartz - the CEO of Sun Microsystems - delivers a fascinating talk over about 25 minutes during which he relates important demographic and...
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Thursday
February 14
2008Leapfrog Fund Winners Announced by Schwab, Lemelson
Guest blogger Bill Kramer is principal of The Global Challenge Network, LLC, an executive education and training company. From 2001 through mid-2007, he worked on pro-poor business strategies with WRI. Previously, Bill founded a non-profit focusing on the relationship of knowledge to economic...
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Friday
February 8
2008Change in Latitude, Not in Attitude: I’m Going to Acumen Fund
As the week winds down, I have some exciting news to share: in a few weeks, I will be leaving World Resources Institute (NextBillion’s parent organization) to take a full-time position with the Acumen Fund, a NextBillion ally and major player in the BoP movement. I am excited to be...
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Friday
February 8
2008Event: How to Do Business at the Base of the Pyramid – Madrid, Spain
Later this month, I will be traveling to Madrid to attend a day-long forum sponsored by Accenture, Compromiso Empresarial and the City of Madrid entitled “Como Hacer Negocios en la Base de la Piramide” (How to Do Business at the Base of the Pyramid). Others addressing the forum...
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Friday
February 8
2008Job – Director of Sales and Product Management, Envirofit International
Position: Director of Sales and Product Management ? Clean Cook Stoves India Location: Based in Fort Collins, Colorado (approximately 40% of job will be international travel) Organization: Envirofit International was established to develop well-engineered technology solutions to improve...
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Thursday
February 7
2008Book Review: The Power of Unreasonable People – How Social Entrepreneurs Create Markets That Change
Upon finishing The Power of Unreasonable People: How Social Entrepreneurs Create Markets That Change the World, three words came to mind: it’s about time.? Lately, I’ve felt that the social entrepreneurship movement has grown too large, encompassing too many sub-topics that don’t...
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