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BoP Learning Labs: Coinventing the Inclusive Economy
Cornell University has been at the heart of the base of the pyramid (BoP) discussion since Stu Hart became a professor there in 2003. The school’s programs study growth opportunities that address the needs of the world’s poorest communities and drive business success.The next logical...
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Boston Consulting Group Takes on Next Billion
Boston Consulting Group has been conducting extensive primary research into the spending habits and lifestyle of a segment of the population it identifies as the “next billion.” The “next billion” are economically better off than the poorest of the poor, but earn just less...
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Kiva vs. MicroPlace – What’s the Difference?
MicroPlace, a wholly-owned subsidiary of EBay, launched its new web site today with a flurry of press releases and coverage in both Reuters and BusinessWeek. From the press release:Through MicroPlace?s secure platform, everyday people can purchase investments ? for as little as $100 ?...
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Investor Forums 2007 – A New Generation of Entrepreneurs
I hate to throw a shameless plug on the heels of a brilliant guest post and Rob’s superb profiles from the Pop!Tech Conference, but these events are pretty outstanding in their own right and deserve a mention here...New Ventures will be holding its flagship events this November and...
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Guest Post: Anand K. Jaiswal on the Role of Small and Medium Enterprises
Guest blogger Dr. Anand Kumar Jaiswal is a faculty in marketing area at the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, India. He received his Ph.D. from XLRI Jamshedpur. His research interests include business strategies for low-income markets, sustainable development, services management and...
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Pop!Tech – Jay Keasling’s Microbes Are Changing the World
Jay Keasling is the personification of creative destruction.? Keasling is an award-winning scientist and the developer of an ultra low-cost source of artemisinin, the active ingredient in anti-malarial drugs.? His company, Amyris Biotechnologies, engineers microbes that produce artemisinin at...
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Pop!Tech – Victoria Hale’s One World Health Needs Franchising
Victoria Hale is the founder of OneWorld Health, a nonprofit pharmaceutical company. The first of its kind in the U.S., OneWorld?s mission is to develop safe, effective, and affordable medicines for those most in need through collaboration with other pharmaceutical companies, governmental and...
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Pop!Tech – Interview With Kiva’s Jessica Flannery
Jessica Flannery is, in many ways, an accidental entrepreneur.? Had she not met a guy named Matt at a DC conference in 1999, the entire enterprise she’s known for (Kiva.org) might not exist today.? I was fortunate to be able to sit down with Jessica for an interview yesterday here at...
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