Mills Scofield

JUNE 16, 2013

This week''s post is by Andy Posner , Co-Founder & Executive Director of Capital Good Fund ( CGF ), a non-profit microfinance organization targeting the root causes of poverty through innovative micro-loans and personal financial coaching. Maybe you can help! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~.

Innovation 161

Innovation Microfinance Business Model Self-aware 161

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 13

Microfinance Due Diligence Cost-Benefit Analysis Industry 13

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 22, 2013

Calling himself the ICT4D jester (using the development jargon for "information and communication technologies for development"), he has no shortage of material. That's easier said than done in a world where most product innovations are geared toward the rich.

Technology 18

Technology Microfinance Banking Document 18

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 11, 2013

The outlook is only marginally better for endowments , with returns on their invested capital hovering around 5 percent—as they did in 2011. When presented with a surprising idea, smart organizations will bravely listen, because what comes next might just be game-changing innovation. percent lower than its value in 2007.

Microfinance 8

Microfinance Rogers Tourism Engineering 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 24, 2012

Social entrepreneurship has evolved a great deal since the late 1980s, when pioneers like City Year 's Alan Khazei and Teach for America 's Wendy Kopp took great risks to prove that innovative organizations could produce transformative social change. Take, for example, the issue of economic development.

Entrepreneur 15

Entrepreneur Microfinance Market Segmentation Incubator 15

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 22, 2013

Calling himself the ICT4D jester (using the development jargon for "information and communication technologies for development"), he has no shortage of material. That's easier said than done in a world where most product innovations are geared toward the rich.

Technology 8

Technology Microfinance Banking Document 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 21, 2013

This innovation has impact. When an organization has evidence that its innovation and model produce substantial social impact, its leaders face a dilemma: do we grow our organization continuing to provide our service directly or do we expand our impact by helping other organizations adopt the model? Conclusion?

Venture Capitalist 9

Venture Capitalist Mentor Microfinance NGO 9