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  Countdown to SOCAP: The Fastest Growing Industries and Markets

  This post, featuring a conversation with Dalberg’s Shashi Buluswar, is the first in a series that will leading to and cover the third Social Capital Markets Conference - SOCAP. NextBillion is a media partner to SOCAP.

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  Shilpa Shah is Building Leaders for Indian Social Enterprises

  The Piramal Fellowship is a unique opportunity for aspiring business and community leaders to engage at the intersection of business success and social impact. Recently, I had the opportunity to sit down with Shilpa Shah, founder of the Fellowship, which is accepting applicants until September 15th. It’s not too late to apply!

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  Support for Microfranchising: Knowledge, Funding and Missing Links

  For the last month or so, we’ve covered the different types of microfranchises as they exist today. The series has also included interviews with researchers and practitioners. In this final post, we’ll cover existing support for microfranchising.

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  The Future of Microfranchise: An Interview with Deborah Burand

  This post is second to last in a series focused on microfranchising. It focuses on the recent insights from a study conducted for the Omidyar Network by Deborah Burand of the University of Michigan.

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  Investing in Microfranchising: What Should I Know?

  To date, this series has focused on the mechanics of microfranchising from the entrepreneurs’ s point of view. This post, second to last in this series, looks at microfranchise from the perspective of the investor.

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  Final Post in the Series: Ramping Up Support for Microfranchising

  For the last month or so, we’ve covered the different types of microfranchises as they exist today.For the final post

• News
  Danone’s Cheap Trick

  Groupe Danone is the world’s largest yogurtmaker and one of the biggest companies in France, with some $21 billion in sales annually. Yet a tiny factory in Bangladesh from which Danone never expects to earn any money is giving the company a profitable lesson in manufacturing for the developing world - and even some tips for business in the West. The factory, which sits in the northern city of Bogra and ma...

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  “Machine Powered” Entrepreneurs: Infrastructure-based Microfranchising

  Continuing our exploration of microfranchising, we’ll move on from discussing the business-in-a-bag model to one that requires a larger physical presence for the franchise: infrastructure based models.