Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

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. What is the population size of the consumers you plan to market to? For more information on market research and competitive analysis, utilize this guide from the SBA.

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Microfinance Entrepreneur Planning Audience 114

Mills Scofield

AUGUST 27, 2012

You will be excited and optimistic about the passion, compassion, thought, analysis, and implementation of this generation. Thoughts on Charity, Foreign Aid and Market Incentives - Tanzania. He worked in a firm that supported fixed income investments in emerging markets. by Chia Han Sheng on Sunday, August 19, 2012.

Incentives 171

Incentives Marketing Microfinance Entrepreneur 171

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.

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Microfinance Due Diligence Cost-Benefit Analysis Industry 13

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.

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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. This makes sense to Milaap.org , a social enterprise in Bangalore that crowdsources low-cost capital for microfinance institutions through its online platform.

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. Opportunities and markets are global. Entrepreneurs don't need to help America beat China or Brazil in addressing the needs of customers and markets. This is not a contradiction. We don't innovate in entrepreneurial finance enough in the U.S.:

Venture Capitalist 15

Venture Capitalist Entrepreneur Microfinance Finance 15

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." Importance.

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Entrepreneur Planning Taylorism Taylor 10