Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

Whether your idea for your small business is one you have fleshed out on your own, or one you’ve developed with the help of family and friends, make sure it’s a solid one. Conducting market research along with taking the time to do a full competitive analysis as it pertains to your business is vital to the success of your company.

Microfinance 102

Microfinance Entrepreneur Planning Audience 102

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 27, 2012

A few weeks ago, I attended a lecture about microfinance, and got sucker-punched. Expecting to hear a litany of pros and cons about the business, and an exploration of good and bad models, I was instead greeted with a knockout punch: Microfinance doesn't work, at least not in the way we think it does. That's nice.

Microfinance 12

Microfinance Due Diligence Cost-Benefit Analysis Industry 12

Mills Scofield

AUGUST 27, 2012

You will be excited and optimistic about the passion, compassion, thought, analysis, and implementation of this generation. One of his main tasks was to structure a hedging derivative that negated foreign exchange risks so that Microfinance institutions could take safer loans from the developed world.

Incentives 171

Incentives Marketing Microfinance Entrepreneur 171

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 11, 2013

And while some foundations bucked the trend and made double-digit investment gains in recent years, the average foundation in Chronicle's analysis netted out 14.9 It called for leveraging the profits of the global microfinance institution, and coupling them with private investments from the Allmans and their donor network.

Microfinance 8

Microfinance Rogers Tourism Engineering 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 4, 2013

In an analysis of data from roughly a hundred social entrepreneurs, we found a clear connection between a venture's Facebook presence and its commercial performance. Ventures with founders over the age of 40 tend to be less adept at developing their social-media networks, and female entrepreneurs are building stronger social-media presences.

Entrepreneur 8

Entrepreneur Microfinance Media Follow-up 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 2, 2011

Cities and counties should become the units of analysis, not the nation. Do we really want to beat India at developing clean tech, cheap medical devices, and affordable housing? Microfinance (Bangladesh), securitization of revenues (Saudi Arabia), and royalty-pay-back funding (Israel) were all invented overseas.

Venture Capitalist 14

Venture Capitalist Entrepreneur Microfinance Finance 14

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 18, 2013

And we are often happy to review these start-up plans — which include the typical elements such as a product description, competitive analysis, estimate of market size, and projected financials. Applying a formal spreadsheet-type analysis to an early stage concept can be " disastrous." Marquis found a way to do this. Importance.

Entrepreneur 10

Entrepreneur Planning Taylorism Taylor 10