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My 13 Favorite Alternative Funding Options of 2013

Up and Running

RocketHub also recently partnered with the TV channel A&E for marketing and funding help for their favorite fundraising campaigns. From their website: While microfinance has helped millions, many people have been left out: Think remote rural villages in Kenya or recent refugees with no credit history in the United States.

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Women 2.0 Pitch Night…batter swing!

Sophia Perl of Wisdom

Kenya is the most advanced for mobile payment. ObjectiveMarketer offers an integrated platform for businesses to create, execute and optimize powerful multi-channel social media marketing programs. CEO of Obopay has raised $200M in funding. Presenter: Hilary Decesare (Co-Founder & CEO, Everloop).

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Women 2.0 Pitch Night…batter swing!

Sophia Perl of Wisdom

Kenya is the most advanced for mobile payment. ObjectiveMarketer offers an integrated platform for businesses to create, execute and optimize powerful multi-channel social media marketing programs. CEO of Obopay has raised $200M in funding. Presenter: Hilary Decesare (Co-Founder & CEO, Everloop).

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Entrepreneurs are Everywhere Show No. 13: Liz Powers and Rocio Perez-Ochoa

Steve Blank

Naivete and a shared vision are among the key markers for success, two social entrepreneurs said on the latest episode of Entrepreneurs are Everywhere , my radio show on SiriusXM Channel 111. Tune in Thursday at 1 pm PT, 4 pm ET on Sirius XM Channel 111. Liz Powers. Rocio Perez-Ochoa. And download any of the past shows here.).

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Out of the Crisis #19: Revolution Foods co-founders on feeding kids and families, being parent-entrepreneurs, and scaling food security innovations

Startup Lessons Learned

I think specifically we were seeing the opportunity to start expanding, kind of using our platform of fresh food manufacturing to expand into more channels, whether that be sort of convenience store, corner store fresh food or family meals in different forms.

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Are Banks the Next Dinosaurs?

thebarefootvc

The most documented example of this is M-Pesa’s mobile money platform in Kenya, which I have written about a few times on this blog, including in my thesis piece When Third is First. billion unbanked adults (half of the world’s adult population).

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Are Banks the Next Dinosaurs?

thebarefootvc

The most documented example of this is M-Pesa’s mobile money platform in Kenya, which I have written about a few times on this blog, including in my thesis piece When Third is First. billion unbanked adults (half of the world’s adult population).