Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 22, 2015

Ending extreme poverty by 2030 is the BHAG – the big, hairy audacious goal – of our generation. ” Microfinance and other market-based interventions don’t generally reach them. While skepticism abounds, momentum is on our side, with poverty rates falling in every region of world.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 13, 2011

Bank marketing materials focus on the dreams, anxieties and goals of consumers. Yet unlike in finance, where distributing risk across institutions is the goal, in drug development the focus is on isolating risk. Risk management processes don't — but they should.

Banking 10

Banking Pharmaceuticals Microfinance Risk Management 10

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 21, 2013

Yet, if scaling impact is the goal, these skills are essential. Successful examples of this approach are still rare; most people point to microfinance. to prove the goal is much more than size: it's about impact. Second, assuring continued quality while scaling an innovation through other entities can be difficult.

Venture Capitalist 9

Venture Capitalist Mentor Microfinance NGO 9

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 8, 2015

The goal was to embolden everyone to speak up; after all, you can’t be intimidated by people you can’t see. ,” to discuss for 20 minutes. And it worked.

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Conference Microfinance Creativity Participative 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 2, 2011

This measurable goal will help focus attention and galvanize stakeholders into action. Microfinance (Bangladesh), securitization of revenues (Saudi Arabia), and royalty-pay-back funding (Israel) were all invented overseas. Publish a "sell-by" date for Start-Up America. We don't innovate in entrepreneurial finance enough in the U.S.:

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Venture Capitalist Entrepreneur Microfinance Finance 15

CO2

JUNE 4, 2012

Her fascinating story of travel, work, and adventure is always driven by the goal of empowering people to lift themselves out of poverty. My solution was to found a microfinance organization that puts women in a position to create their own destinies and achieve their full potential. Where does one start? Chingwell Mutombu.

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Microfinance Travel Open-book Education 121

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 17, 2016

Marx’s goal was for workers to take ownership of the means of production, by which he meant factories and machinery. And if you need access to money, crowdfunding platforms and microfinance options make that easier than ever. Consider our means first. Charles Handy once pointed out that Karl Marx was right all along.

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Drucker Microfinance Licensing Entrepreneur 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 30, 2018

For example, one microfinance organization that is dually devoted to advancing a social mission and being commercial viable says employees are both “social workers” and “bankers.” Organizations also share the responsibility of normalizing complexity in the workplace.

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