Articles by Rob Katz
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Sunday
October 29
2006NextBillion 2.0 – Improving Our Community
Since our launch in May 2005, NextBillion.net has remained more or less the same as far as functionality and usability are concerned. Sure, we added the Events Calendar and the Activity Database, but the basic interactions on-site have remained the same.At the same time, we?ve experienced...
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Thursday
October 26
2006Those Too Poor for Microfinance Look to Trickle Up
What?s a hundred dollars from the perspective of a low-income, base of the pyramid community? That question should be viewed in a new light in the weeks after Muhammad Yunus was announced as the Nobel Peace Prize winner. A hundred bucks? That?s a micro-loan, of course, to be made through...
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Tuesday
October 24
2006Profit-Driven Problem Solvers – The Fast 50 Awards
BOP businesses and entrepreneurs, take note: Fast Company wants you. The magazine?s sixth annual Fast 50 Awards will spotlight businesses that are helping to save the world ? a can?t-miss opportunity for worthy base of the pyramid initiatives to make waves in the mainstream media. From...
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Monday
October 23
2006Global Giving Olympics
Saima Zaman, a former colleague of mine, sent me a note the other day to tell me about her latest project: the Global Giving Olympics. For the next 3 weeks, project leaders at Global Giving will compete for cash prizes ? whoever mobilizes the most support receives a windfall bonus. This...
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Wednesday
October 18
2006News Roundup: Tierney, Hubbard, HP Suggest BOP Mainstream
Mainstream media coverage of the intersection between business and poverty has been strong of late, undoubtedly catalyzed by Yunus winning the Peace Prize last week.? Three stories ? two from National Public Radio and one from the New York Times ? bear special mention here on NextBillion....
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Tuesday
October 17
2006Zambia Journal: Lusaka’s Consumer Culture
Guest blogger Brian McBrearity will be reporting from time to time about his experiences working in Zambia on SME and financial services development. His Zambia Journal posts will appear about once a week here on NextBillion.net. This is the first in the series.I am not a development expert,...
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Tuesday
October 17
2006Zambia Journal: Introducing Guest Blogger Brian McBrearity
I?m happy to introduce NextBillion ally Brian McBrearity as our latest guest blogger. Brian is a reformed Wall Street asset manager ? now he?s working in the SME development and financial services field as he tries to apply his finance background to serve the BOP. He recently accepted a...
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Tuesday
October 17
2006Selling in China
For NextBillion readers interested in China, Knowledge @ Wharton has a special section out this month that will be of interest. Selling in China is the third in a series of reports on the world?s most populous nation; this issue covers a range of topics, including the dichotomy between rich...
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