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Guest blogger David Auerbach works on strategic growth projects for Endeavor, a global organization that supports high-impact entrepreneurs.? He is a 2003 graduate of Yale University. By David Auerbach High-Impact Entrepreneurs ? those running high-growth, innovative businesses ? are...
Guest Post: Endeavor Entrepreneurs React to Crisis in a Revealing SurveyBlog Post
Position: Consultant Location: Nyanza Province, Kenya Organization: The Safe Water and AIDS Project (SWAP) is an organization that provides women with HIV/AIDS a range of services (counseling, emotional support, paralegal assistance, health and nutrition education) as well as income...
Job: Consultant, Safe Water and AIDS ProjectBlog Post
Attending the “VI Inter-American Conference on CSR: The Business of Inclusion” in Cartagena was a great opportunity to draw a parallel between the nascent BoP/ Development through Enterprise movement in Latin America and the one in the English-speaking world, which I’ve had the...
Afterthoughts from the VI Inter-American Conference on CSRBlog Post
Aneel Karnani, a Professor at the University of Michigan and a Managing Director at FSG Social Impact Advisors, is a long-time critic of market-based approaches to poverty alleviation and the “base of the pyramid” concept in general. His latest article, Romanticizing the Poor,...
BoP Critic Karnani: Stop “Romanticizing the Poor”News
By AMOL SHARMA Vodafone Group PLC plans to announce a partnership Monday with Western Union Co. to allow international money transfers via mobile phones, as the wireless carrier seeks to tap into the increasing flow of cross-border remittances. The companies are initially launching a pilot program that will allow residents of Reading in the United Kingdom to send money to family members and friends in Kenya, where Vodafone is the 40% owner of local wireless operator Safaric...
Vodafone, Western Union Offer Transfers Via CellBlog Post
Today we are announcing the launch of NextBillion en Espa?ol, a new forum to promote and discuss inclusive business models that enhance and dignify the lives of the poor in Latin America. As said in my last post, we are launching it with the coverage of the Interamerican Conference on...
Announcing the Launch of NextBillion en Espa?olBlog Post
Guest blogger Francesca van der Feltz is a graduating MS student with a focus in Asian Regional Business Environment at Thunderbird School of Global Management. She is the Net Impact president and Service Corps non-profit consulting leader on campus. She earned a BA in journalism from Arizona...
Net Impact: The Private Sector’s Role in Building Stable Business-Friendly EnvironmentsBlog Post
Like the year before, it was cold, it was early and it was at the Rubin Museum of Art. But that?s where the 2008 Acumen Fund Investor Gathering ceased to be like the 2007 version, at least on the surface. On a personal, micro level, there were obvious differences: last year, I attended...
Reflections on Acumen Fund’s Investor Gathering
