Steve Blank

AUGUST 15, 2016

I went to Nigeria to meet that first cohort, interview them and try to pick four from the six. Tune in Thursday at 1 pm PT, 4 pm ET on Sirius XM Channel 111. We were looking for four students for the program, four developers in training, and we ended up getting 700 applicants in a week. We got that down to six finalists.

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Steve Blank

AUGUST 15, 2016

I went to Nigeria to meet that first cohort, interview them and try to pick four from the six. Tune in Thursday at 1 pm PT, 4 pm ET on Sirius XM Channel 111. We were looking for four students for the program, four developers in training, and we ended up getting 700 applicants in a week. We got that down to six finalists.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 11, 2011

As Nigeria’s former finance minister, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala understands how trade, aid, private investment and government support all impact an economy differently. The Honey Bee Network provides opportunities for some of the world’s most marginalized peoples to channel their creative, inventorial and entrepreneurial inclinations.

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Transformify

DECEMBER 15, 2016

He is a traveler and has been to 29 states in Nigeria, helping people through job creation and verbal sponsorship. He wondered why and was going to change the channel if it continues. Seated on his couch on the floor’s sit-out thinking and meditating. His radio was repeating a particular song. As he spoke, she jotted.

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thebarefootvc

OCTOBER 25, 2015

We just have to look at emerging markets that don’t have financial infrastructure in place to see how nonbank entities are utilizing mobile connectivity, advanced data analytics and social channels to provide financial services to 2.5 billion unbanked adults (half of the world’s adult population).

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thebarefootvc

OCTOBER 25, 2015

We just have to look at emerging markets that don’t have financial infrastructure in place to see how nonbank entities are utilizing mobile connectivity, advanced data analytics and social channels to provide financial services to 2.5 billion unbanked adults (half of the world’s adult population).

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