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Scaling from Small to Large: Endeavor Insight’s Research Reveals How Entrepreneurs are Integral to Solving the Job Crisis
NEW YORK, Sep 25, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Entrepreneurship is increasingly viewed as a key solution to chronic unemployment, but when it comes to job creation, not all entrepreneurs are equal. According to a new report and interactive online tool released by Endeavor Insight, high-growth small and medium size enterprises that scale into large businesses have significant potential to drive sustained job creation and employment, especially in emerging markets. Endeavor Insight partnered with Omidyar Network and Aspen Network of Development Entrepreneurs (ANDE) to commission and release the report.
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- employment, research, scale
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Venture Capital Is Taking Off in Mexico
Mexico has a large, stable and growing economy, currently the 14th largest economy in the world and, according to Goldman Sachs, will be the fifth largest economy by 2050.
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- Investing
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- Latin America
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Microfinance Giant Launches Venture Capital Fund For East Africa
Accion, an international microfinance and investment firm, has launched Venture Lab, a $10 million investment vehicle which will provide seed capital and management support to financial inclusion startups worldwide, with a particular focus on East Africa and India.
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- Investing, Technology
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- North Africa & Near East
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Cisco Invests in Rural Venture Capital Firm
Cisco today announced an investment in Aavishkaar, a venture fund founded to promote development in rural and semi-urban India.
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- Investing
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- South Asia
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The Argidius Foundation and ANDE Announce Finance Challenge to Stimulate Small Businesses in Emerging Markets
Competition aimed at providing entrepreneurial finance will award up to two million euros
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- Press Release
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- Investing
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- Europe & Eurasia
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Omidyar Network Backs Two More Indian Firms
Omidyar Network started funding projects in India about two years ago with plans to invest up to $200 million in five years
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- Investing
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- South Asia
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Unitus Seed Fund Launches with Three Social Enterprise Investments in India
New Unitus Labs Initiative Seeks to Accelerate Development of Innovative Startups Which Have the Potential to Significantly Benefit Families Living on Less Than $2 Per Day
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- Investing
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- South Asia
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Is Aid Working?
It is hard to argue with the lofty ambition to end once and for all the scourge that is global poverty. How the world should go about this, however, is much more vexed. If poor countries do not have sufficient capital, aid advocates argue that there is a moral imperative for rich ones to help. Since 1970 hundreds of billions of dollars in bilateral and multilateral aid has been sent to Africa from the developed world. G20 leaders agreed at last month’s summit London that an extra $50bn ...
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- Agriculture, Investing
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- Sub-Saharan Africa