Steve Blank
NOVEMBER 21, 2016
For our students, that can mean anyone from a Syrian refugee trying to make contact with his family back home, to a supply chain manager for a major apparel brand who wants to make sure his contract factory in Bangladesh doesn’t use forced labor. He’s hoping to take some of the Lean methods back to his work in economics. “I
Steve Blank
NOVEMBER 21, 2016
For our students, that can mean anyone from a Syrian refugee trying to make contact with his family back home, to a supply chain manager for a major apparel brand who wants to make sure his contract factory in Bangladesh doesn’t use forced labor. He’s hoping to take some of the Lean methods back to his work in economics. “I
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YoungUpstarts
JANUARY 3, 2012
The benefits of microfinance have been debated since the ’70s when the Grameen Bank in Bangladesh began making tiny loans to impoverished small business owners. In 2006, Muhammad Yunus, the bank’s founder and “the father of microfinance,” won the Nobel Peace Prize.
YoungUpstarts
AUGUST 19, 2012
However, there is debate in the microfinance community as to whether their services should be for-profit or not-for-profit. If members of a poor community are making money and building good credit, their local and national economy will grow and improve as a result. Who invented microfinancing? Does microfinancing actually work?
Hearpreneur
AUGUST 9, 2020
We are perceived as a health organization, helping those who make less thank $4/day in India, Bangladesh and several countries in Africa, but in fact, we are contributing to livelihoods, unlocking $1.4B With our pivot, we will have created a new set of disciplines around design, iteration, safety, and service in low-income communities.
VC Cafe
JULY 31, 2017
To add more colour, I’ll draw examples from Techbikers, a non-profit bringing together the tech community around endurance cycling challenges, to bring education to children in the developing world, in partnership with Room to Read. A community forms around a common goal. The community has the power to mobilise resources.
Life Beyond Code
MARCH 19, 2013
A value proposition is the promise of value to be given to a constituent (customer, client, community, etc.). The Grameen Bank (Bangladesh) revolutionized banking services using a business model driven by People considerations: how to extend banking to, and create employment opportunities for, poor men and women.
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