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Event: Africa Entrepreneurship Platform
If you believe that Africa is indeed open for business, consider attending the launch of the Africa Entrepreneurship Platform at the Harvard Club of New York on Thursday, February 28th. The quarterly forum, supported by the Clinton Global Initiative and administered by the South African...
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Change in Latitude, Not in Attitude: I’m Going to Acumen Fund
As the week winds down, I have some exciting news to share: in a few weeks, I will be leaving World Resources Institute (NextBillion’s parent organization) to take a full-time position with the Acumen Fund, a NextBillion ally and major player in the BoP movement. I am excited to be...
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I’ll Be Just a Blog Away
NextBillion readers, the time has come for me also to bid you goodbye as a daily contributor to NextBillion.net. It’s been a great six-month run for me here at the World Resources Institute, and I will greatly miss sharing the interest of hundreds of you out there who are watching BoP...
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Event: How to Do Business at the Base of the Pyramid – Madrid, Spain
Later this month, I will be traveling to Madrid to attend a day-long forum sponsored by Accenture, Compromiso Empresarial and the City of Madrid entitled “Como Hacer Negocios en la Base de la Piramide” (How to Do Business at the Base of the Pyramid). Others addressing the forum...
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Job – Director of Sales and Product Management, Envirofit International
Position: Director of Sales and Product Management ? Clean Cook Stoves India Location: Based in Fort Collins, Colorado (approximately 40% of job will be international travel) Organization: Envirofit International was established to develop well-engineered technology solutions to improve...
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Global Action, Local Responsibility: Is Development Through Enterprise a Western-Only Concept?
This year’s topic for the St. Gallen’s Symposium set me thinking...Global Capitalism, Local ValuesThere has been much discussion about Bill Gates’ keynote address at the World Economic Forum in Davos, where he pushed for “a creative capitalism” that uses market forces to...
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Jobs at Intellecap
Intellecap recently e-mailed us about a couple of interesting job opportunities.About Intellecap:Intellecap is a leading consulting firm focused on capital advisory and innovations for the inclusive finance space, endeavoring to createand deliver mainstream, profitable solutions to address...
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The Power of Unreasonable People: How Social Entrepreneurs Create Markets That Change the World
An important new book hits shelves (and Amazon wish lists) today.? The Power of Unreasonable People: How Social Entrepreneurs Create Markets That Change the World is co-authored by John Elkington (of SustainAbility) and Pamela Hartigan (of the Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship). ...
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