Articles by Yotam Ariel
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Monday
December 23
2013The best of 2013: Put Down the Champagne, Pick Up the Computer Mouse: For solar power to reach poor consumers, the focus must be on results
The 2013 World Economic Forum in Davos launched with the theme ``Resilient Dynamism." Although I have never attended Davos, the international gathering of dignitaries did remind me somewhat of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) conference, ‘Sustainable Energy Strategies in Low and Middle-Income Economies,’ in November. Is there a better way to support BoP businesses? The answer is yes.
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- Energy, Entrepreneurship
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Tuesday
March 13
2012A Wish for Sharing: Why Social Entrepreneurs Don’t Need A Bottled Genie to Gain
More often than not, entrepreneurs who share the same mission – ending energy poverty, hesitate to share resources, even if we all benefit. What are we afraid of? Is it the fear that all our hard work simply paved the way for someone else to get credit for lifting a billion villagers out of energy poverty? Or maybe it’s the bucks we were planning to make while perusing our lofty goal?
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- Energy, Entrepreneurship