Articles by Rob Katz
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Thursday
February 19
2009Job: Business Development Manager – Marketing, Acumen Fund
Acumen Fund is looking to create a step change in terms of awareness, excitement, and membership in our community of supporters and advocates ? from tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands, and someday millions of people who believe that markets and entrepreneurship have a central role to play in the global fight on poverty.
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Thursday
February 12
2009Hammond vs. Karnani: Debating “Romanticizing the Poor” Part 2
In December, Professor Aneel Karnani published an article in the Stanford Social Innovation Review entitled, "Romanticizing the Poor."? At the time, we posted about it here on NextBillion.net and suggested that our review of the article would be forthcoming; it has not, and for that, we apologize...
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Thursday
February 12
2009Hammond vs. Karnani: Debating “Romanticizing the Poor” Part 1
Editor’s note: In December, Professor Aneel Karnani published an article in the Stanford Social Innovation Review entitled, "Romanticizing the Poor."? At the time, we posted about it here on NextBillion.net and suggested that our review of the article would be forthcoming; it has...
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- Investing
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Tuesday
February 3
2009Job: Pakistan Portfolio Manager, Acumen Fund
Position: Pakistan Portfolio Manager Location: Karachi, Pakistan Organization: Acumen Fund is a global non-profit venture capital fund, focused on supporting the delivery of critical services ? water, health, housing, energy ? at affordable prices to the four billion people earning...
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Monday
February 2
2009Job: Search and Selection Associate, Endeavor
Position: Search and Selection AssociateLocation: New YorkOrganization: Founded in 1997, Endeavor works with High-Impact Entrepreneurs in Latin America, the Middle East, South Africa, and India. High-Impact Entrepreneurs are operating for-profit businesses with enormous growth potential....
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Monday
February 2
2009Job: Summer Associates, Acumen Fund
Position: Summer Associates (varied roles)Locations: MultipleNew York, NYKarachi, PakistanHyderabad, IndiaNairobi, KenyaOrganization: Acumen Fund is a non-profit global venture fund that uses entrepreneurial approaches to solve the problems of global poverty. We seek to prove that small...
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Friday
January 30
2009Next Billions Swarm Davos; Quadir Calls for an End to Aid
It was a high profile news day for the development-through-enterprise community today.? First, a report was published at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland entitled The Next Billions: Unleashing Business Potential in Untapped Markets.? The report was produced by the Boston...
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Wednesday
January 28
2009Sankalp Forum Awards High-Impact BoP Enterprises
Sankalp (English translation: Pledge or Determination) is a South Asia Social Enterprise and Investment Forum with the primary goal of bringing together various stakeholders sharing a common conviction that capital should be invested to create multiple bottom-line returns (financial, social and...
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