Mills Scofield

AUGUST 27, 2012

Thoughts on Charity, Foreign Aid and Market Incentives - Tanzania. Among this group has been a founder of a wildlife foundation, a married Wall Street duo, a management consultant, his digital artist wife, and an urban planner. He worked in a firm that supported fixed income investments in emerging markets.

Incentives 171

Incentives Marketing Microfinance Entrepreneur 171

Strategy Driven

APRIL 4, 2023

You should also prepare some insights about your market and competition. How can I manage my business’s funding effectively once I have raised it? Corporate partnerships and sponsorships that provide funding in exchange for marketing or other benefits How can I make my business more attractive to potential investors?

Venture Capitalist 114

Venture Capitalist Finance Microfinance How To 114

Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

While many ideas for businesses never fully come to fruition, some entrepreneurs dream big enough to actually put pencil to paper. Though starting a business amidst the current pandemic might feel impossible, over 69% of American entrepreneurs begin their businesses right from the comfort of their own homes.

Microfinance 112

Microfinance Entrepreneur Planning Audience 112

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 22, 2011

The microfinance industry has in just a few years gone from making headlines for the Nobel Peace Prize to stories about limited impact, allegedly abusive tactics, client suicides, government crackdowns, major lenders struggling with insolvency and the forcible removal of Mohammed Yunus as Managing Director of Grameen Bank.

Microfinance 15

Microfinance Entrepreneur Crisis Short-term 15

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 5, 2016

While meeting this challenge is a clear priority for policy makers and donors, it is also a major profit opportunity for commercial players who can solve market failures and create real value. Expanded access to microloans did lead some entrepreneurs to increase business investments , but rarely to increased profits.

Microfinance 9

Microfinance Insurance Banking Bottom-up 9

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 4, 2012

But many entrepreneurs — particularly those in the world's toughest economies — are still battling to secure the cash they need to launch and run their businesses. The White House has called this gap between the demand and supply of finance for small and medium enterprises a "market failure.[and] But times have changed.

Entrepreneur 14

Entrepreneur Globalization Microfinance Finance 14

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 1, 2017

In 2014 we described what Western investors want from African entrepreneurs. We recently interviewed 100 entrepreneurs to find out which ventures are most likely to thrive. A few of these companies manage to transcend national boundaries and scale to a larger size.

Microfinance 8

Microfinance Hotels Entrepreneur Incubator 8