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How One Startup Developed a Sales Model That Works in Emerging Markets

Harvard Business Review

Launch day was a wild success. In 2014 we partnered with Greenlight Planet to take a spin at door-to-door stove selling. Where a solar light can simply be turned on to show its value, a stove demo requires 30 minutes of time and extensive training about the technology. I am the cofounder and CEO of BioLite.

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What Initial Coin Offerings Are, and Why VC Firms Care

Harvard Business Review

Also known as “token sales,” this new fundraising phenomenon is being fueled by a convergence of blockchain technology, new wealth, clever entrepreneurs, and crypto-investors who are backing blockchain-fueled ideas. How technology is transforming transactions. Insight Center. Business in the Era of Blockchain.

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Crowdfunding’s Big-Bang Moment

Harvard Business Review

But those impressive numbers may be eclipsed by a revolution in venture financing that is only being held back by final government approval: start-ups raising actual investment funds from individuals in exchange for equity or a share of profits. How big a deal is this “democratization” of finance? Last week, the U.S.