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Change 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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I’ll Be Just a Blog Away
NextBillion readers, the time has come for me also to bid you goodbye as a daily contributor to NextBillion.net. It’s been a great six-month run for me here at the World Resources Institute, and I will greatly miss sharing the interest of hundreds of you out there who are watching BoP...
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Event: 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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Job – 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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Global Action, Local Responsibility: Is Development Through Enterprise a Western-Only Concept?
This year’s topic for the St. Gallen’s Symposium set me thinking...Global Capitalism, Local ValuesThere has been much discussion about Bill Gates’ keynote address at the World Economic Forum in Davos, where he pushed for “a creative capitalism” that uses market forces to...
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Book 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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Book Review: Paul Polak’s Out of Poverty
So far, 2008 has been a great year in terms of attention to BoP and market-based solutions to poverty. Out of Poverty, a new book by Paul Polak, founder of International Development Enterprises (IDE), just hit the shelves this month and will certainly add to this momentum. IDE’s recent...
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Job – Chief Operating Officer, Scojo Foundation
Position: Chief Operating Officer Location: Hyderabad, India with frequent international travel to the US, China, Africa and Latin America (30%) Organization: Scojo Foundation is a global social enterprise, currently operating in 13 countries, which creates jobs and sustains livelihoods...
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