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Rising Ventures: EcoMantra Makes Tourism a Benefit to the Community and the Planet
Ravi Goel’s and Marukh Bulsara’s Indian eco-tourism venture exposes major corporate clients to the benefits of sustainable living while supporting local communities with employment and local investment. by Rajya Karipineni - New Ventures IndiaRavi Goel stresses that he and his...
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TONIGHT: Microfinance Club of NY Event
Via Pablo Halkyard, who many will recognize as a co-founder of PSD Blog. He’s now up at NYU doing a master’s degree. In any case, Pablo sent me an e-mail regarding the following event...if you’re in NYC, check it out:The Microfinance Club of New York in cooperation with The...
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Base of the Pyramid — Cartoon Edition
This came across my desk via Virginia Barreiro, director of New Ventures.? For your Tuesday afternoon (EDT) pleasure....
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Indian Education: Missing Markets, New Opportunities
The role of the private sector in promoting education is a topic of considerable interest and discussion. Atanu Dey’s series of blog posts on The Indian Education System make for good reading.An extract:"Imagine for a bit what it would be like if education were provided by private...
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Rising Ventures: BK Environmental Innovations Lets You Have Your Spoon and Eat it Too
At the same time as plastic cutlery waste increases every year, the traditional Indian Jowar crop has been declining, leaving farmers to search for unsustainable alternatives. BK’s solution to both: edible cutlery. by Rajya Karipineni - New Ventures India Sales of plastic cutlery grow...
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Fourth Investor Forum is Just the Tip of the Iceberg for Green Entrepreneurship in China
I’ve run across numerous articles, briefs and blogs in the past few months talking about the trend of green business and investment that is heating up in China. The Investor Forum that New Ventures wrapped up in Beijing last week was a real testament to the fact that this is more than just...
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Karnani: Microfinance Misses Its Mark
Aneel Karnani, the Michigan strategy professor and controversial author of “Mirage at the Bottom of the Pyramid", has a new article in the Summer edition of the Stanford Social Innovation Review.? “Microfinance Misses Its Mark” examines some of the failures of microfinance,...
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BOP in Bogota – Conference This Week
I realize I’ve been pretty quiet on NextBillion lately.? Thankfully Derek, Tayo, Nitin, Al, Bill, and Julia have picked up a ton of slack and are writing fantastic pieces. One of the reasons I’ve been so quiet lately is simply that I haven’t been around much.? Between work...
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