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Pop!Tech: Paul Polak on Scaling the Bottom of the Pyramid
Paul Polak is wearing a sweater vest.? This will come as no surprise to anyone who?s met him or seen him speak.? The man loves sweaters ? cardigans, sweater vests, pullovers.? Hell, in Camden today ? with temperatures hovering around 40 degrees in the midday sun ? Paul?s sweater...
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An ?Easy? Step-by-Step Guide to Mobile Banking
Last July CGAP issued a new report about the main building blocks for any bank that is thinking about offering mobile phone financial services to its customers. (Shame on me for doing this post so late). Banking on Mobiles: Why, How, for Whom? is, not surprisingly, very good report. After...
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NextBillion Returns to Pop!Tech: Conference Preview
Tomorrow morning, I return to Maine for the annual Pop!Tech conference.? For the second consecutive year, NextBillion.net will be live-blogging the event, which brings together 600+ thought leaders for three days of inspiring presentations, performances, discussions and declarations.? (I am...
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Social Capital Markets: Three Key Takeaways
All good things must come to an end, including NextBillion.net’s coverage of last week’s Social Capital Markets conference.? SoCap was a 72-hour firestorm of ideas, conversations, impromptu meetings and a lot of blog posts ? 22, to be precise.? But at the end of the day, what does it...
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Social Capital Markets: The Informal Sessions
The final day of last week’s SoCap event was, for me, the best of the 3 days.? It was the chance to meet with lots of other participants, hear their ideas, and get actively involved in the things that I really cared about and wanted to discuss.? The “strategically...
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Social Capital Markets: Two Bucket Thinking – Two Bucket Standards?
Guest blogger Graham Macmillan is the Senior Director of VisionSpring (formerly Scojo Foundation). In addition to his work with the VisionSpring team, Graham is pursuing his Global EMBA as part of TRIUM, which is a joint program of London School of Economics, HEC Paris, and NYU Stern. He also...
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Social Capital Markets: Venture Philanthropy and International Government Investment
Aden Van Noppen is a senior at Brown University where she studies International Development. She is also an intern for Acumen Fund, where she works to develop programs that teach college students about private sector solutions to poverty. Aden was formerly an intern for Dalberg Global...
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Social Capital Markets: 10 Tips on Pitching Your Social Venture
Guest blogger Jill Finlayson is the Marketing Manager of Social Edge, the leading online community by and for social entrepreneurs. ?She is a graduate of UC Berkeley, with a degree in Political Economy. ?This post first appeared on Social Edge. By Jill Finlayson Yesterday was Blog...
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