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How Large NGOs Are Using Data to Transform Themselves

Harvard Business Review

By February 2016, more than three-quarters of the Central Territory Corps were trained in the new model. A critical part was adapting a proven model in a related field: microfinance. Army staffers now develop individual strategies to overcome these barriers, connecting families to community services to achieve self-sufficiency.

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President Obama Can Make Start-Up America Succeed

Harvard Business Review

Nothing prevents Obama or his successor from starting a new initiative on January 1, 2016. Microfinance (Bangladesh), securitization of revenues (Saudi Arabia), and royalty-pay-back funding (Israel) were all invented overseas. I suggest that Obama announces now that Start-Up America will officially disband on December 31, 2015.

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The 3 Preconditions for an Entrepreneurial Society

Harvard Business Review

Drucker Forum 2016: The Entrepreneurial Society. And if you need access to money, crowdfunding platforms and microfinance options make that easier than ever. This post is one in a series of perspectives by presenters and participants in the 8th Global Drucker Forum. To be a taxi driver, you need a car and a GPS.