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MNC to BoP: How Entrepreneurs Make The Link
We blog frequently on this site about the importance of large multi-nationals finding ways to tap into BoP markets. This often comes in the form of discussions on reaching the BoP directly as consumers (ie projects like the OLPC or microcredit initiatives). But what about small and medium...
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SMEs Are What’s Next
"What poor countries need most is not more microbusinesses. They need more small-to-medium-sized enterprises, the kind that are bigger than a fruit stand but smaller than a Fortune 1000 corporation.” These were the words of James Surowiecki last month in his New Yorker piece What...
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World Challenge 2008: Nominations Accepted Until May 31st
Now in its fourth year, World Challenge 08 is a global competition aimed at finding projects or small businesses from around the world that have shown enterprise and innovation at a grass roots level. The competition seeks social entrepreneurs who are making a difference without costing the...
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BoP = 1; SME = Global
"N=1, R=G” is purportedly the equation that summarizes C.K. Prahalad’s new contribution to business management literature. I haven’t had a chance to read the book yet, but there are good synopses online already, such as this one - all of which report that the new book by C.K....
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Examining Entrepreneurs at the BoP
The Social Equity Venture Fund (S.E.VEN) has just invested $100,000 to research the age-old question of what factors lead some entrepreneurs to success and others to failure, only this grant is one of the few to support research on this topic in the developing world. S.E.VEN has awarded...
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Agora Partnerships: Building Talent With Bamboo
Over the last few months, there?s been plenty of discussion about the growing importance of building talent in the area of BoP business/social enterprise. Moses Lee has mentioned talent often ? in one recent post, he described how a BoP business scheme failed when a group of experienced...
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StartingBloc Institute for Social Innovation: NYC 2008
We are all looking for opportunities to develop our ability to address poverty and underserved markets with business solutions. One forum that brings together students and young professionals to connect around these ideas is StartingBloc. I was encouraged to apply to StartingBloc through...
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Kenya Stories – Africa IS Open for Business
NextBillion ally Bill Stevenson - who blogs for Lenovo at The Heart of Business - pointed me to a 6-minute CNN story about a recent TechnoServe business plan competition in Kenya.? Entitled “Believe, Begin, Become,” the competition’s initial 5,000 applicants were whittled down to...
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