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Exciting Times in the Base of the Pyramid Movement
It has been an exciting week in the “base of the pyramid” (BOP) world, at least from my vantage point.? From mainstream media coverage of key BOP issues to off-the-radar developments in organizations like Endeavor and Acumen Fund, a lot is going on.? A brief wrap-up: On Sunday,...
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Job: One Acre Fund Director of Program Innovation/ Interim COO
(via iPienso)Position: Director of Program Innovation/ Interim COO, One Acre FundWanted: Early-career (3-10 years post-undergrad experience), ?elite? business professional to work in Africa Work in Africa for One Acre Fund, an exciting non-profit that runs like a start-up...
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Job: Acumen Fund India Portfolio Associate
Acumen Fund is currently seeking highly qualified applicants for the position of India Portfolio Associate.Location: Hyderabad, IndiaAcumen Fund is a global non-profit venture capital fund serving the four billion people living on less than $4 a day. Its objective is to create a blueprint...
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Is There a Third Way to Think About Low-Cost Cars?
By Ethan Arpi and Rob Katz While discussions of Ratan Tata’s 1 lakh car - and other entrants to the ultra-cheap car market - are nothing new to NextBillion.net and many other blogs, the concept received another burst of publicity over the weekend when New York Times columnist Thomas...
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Vaatsalya: BoP Healthcare in India
In 2004, Ashwin Naik had 2 interesting choices. An MBA at MIT’s Sloan School of Management or an opportunity to jump into healthcare for the rural and semi-urban population. Ashwin chose to follow his passion and co-founded Vaatsalya. As Ashwin put it, “it was an opportunity to learn at...
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Babajob: Monster.com Meets Facebook Meets BoP
From The Times of India:When Bradley Montgomery relocated to Bangalore from California, his primary concern as a single parent was to hire a domestic hand not just to cook and clean, but also to tend to his son Aaron (11). His mother chanced upon babajob.com and within days, Montgomery hired...
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Pop!Tech’s Net Impact (Pun Intended)
What’s the net impact of Pop!Tech?? I’ve been thinking about my time in Camden, Maine a lot lately - never more so than while I attended the 2007 Net Impact conference this past week in Nashville (see, pun very much intended.)? In all seriousness however, my trip to Tennessee prompted...
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Ericsson’s Plan: Rural Connectivity for the Millennium Villages
I recently came across an article on CNNMoney.com about world-leading supplier of telecommunications Ericsson?s plan to provide mobile phones and internet connectivity to the Millennium Villages. It caught my attention, since it relates to a flurry of recent activity on NextBillion. We?ve...
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