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How to Raise Money as a Business

Strategy Driven

Raising money is an important part of building and growing a successful business. Whether you need to raise money to fund a new startup or to expand an existing business, financing can be a complex process. With so many options available, it can be difficult to know where to begin or which financing option is best for your business.

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Women as Microfinance Leaders, Not Just Clients

Harvard Business Review

We're a network of microfinance organizations; we exist to share practices and develop the leadership skills required by a sector that has grown up fast. And as you might be aware, microfinance is a phenomenon that, while it did not set out to be "for women," has mainly turned out to be.

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How One Startup Developed a Sales Model That Works in Emerging Markets

Harvard Business Review

Given that we’re in the business of clean cooking, we hypothesized that we’d be successful by selling our stoves through these shops. As a crowd-pleaser, the promotion was a success, drumming up customer excitement; as a sales conversion, it fell short. Launch day was a wild success. Here’s the thing.